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Olivia Ann (Sweeting) Saunders (1861 - 1952)

Olivia Ann Saunders formerly Sweeting
Born in Harbour Island, Bahamasmap
Wife of — married [date unknown] in Bahamasmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 90 in Harbour Island, Bahamasmap
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Biography

Bahamas Project
Olivia (Sweeting) Saunders is part of a Bahamian family.

Olivia Ann Sweeting was born 21 October 1861 in Harbour Island, Bahamas to Isaiah and Margaret Ann Sawyer Sweeting.

She married Joseph Henry Saunders, farmer, son of Joseph Henry Saunders and Mary Ann Roberts Saunders, about 1890. They had one son - Frank Kewley Saunders - born to them in Harbour Island in 1893.

Olivia Sweeting Saunders died 14 January 1952 in Harbour Island, Bahamas at 90 years of age.

Sources

Bahamas, Births, 1850-1891, 1861. "Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLL8-SHM : 16 December 2019), Olivia Anne Sweeting, 1861.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRS5-RHP?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZG-T3D%3A216280701 : 29 July 2015), Births 1892-1893 > image 281. Birth of Frank.

"New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T6-K3BS-W?cc=1368704&wc=4XBX-3RL%3A1600472401 : 26 January 2018), Roll 2343, vol 5367-5369, 3 Jul 1914 > image 628 of 1044; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Passenger Manifest establishes that Joseph Saunders' brother was Howell Saunders.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRSL-PFV?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZG-6T5%3A216295801 : 20 May 2014), Deaths 1950-1953 > image 338 of 532; Registrar General, Nassau. 90 y.





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