Martha (Hawkins) Sanders (1888 - 1968)

Born 7 Sep 1888 in Rosedale, Iberville, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died May 1968 at age 79 in Rosedale, Iberville, Louisiana, United States

Biography

Martha (Hawkins) Sanders lived in Louisiana.

Martha (Hawkins) Sanders is a part of US Black heritage.

Martha Hawkins was born in Rosedale, Iberville Parish, Louisiana in 1888^[1] to Jackson Hawkins and his second wife, Mary J. Randolph. Her father was one of 272 enslaved people that were sold by Georgetown University in 1838,^[2] many of whom arrived in New Orleans 13 November 1838, as did he, with his family, before relocating to Iberville Parish, Louisiana. He was then two years old.^[3][4]

She married Thomas A. Sanders in Louisiana in 1910.

Known children of the marriage:

1. Abraham Sanders (c.1919)
2. Felix Sanders (c.1921)
3. Ernest Sanders (c.1934)

In 1923 she [may have] married Samuel David Arbuckle in Iberville Parish, Louisiana.

Known children:

1. Andrew Arbuckle (c.1924)

In 1940 she was counted on the census in her younger brother Abraham Hawkins' household in Iberville Parish, Louisiana, with four sons and possibly a daughter.^[5]

Martha Hawkins died in Rosedale, Louisiana in 1968,^[1] and was buried at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Cemetery in Maringouin, Iberville Parish, Louisiana.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRRR-42F : 10 January 2021), Martha Sanders, May 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

   State: Louisiana

   Residence Place: Louisiana

   Last Place of Residence: Rosedale, Iberville, Louisiana

   Previous Residence Postal Code: 70772

   Age: 80

   Birth Date: 07 Sep 1888

   Death Date: May 1968

2. ↑ 2016 New York Times, "272 Slaves Were Sold to Save Georgetown."... http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/us/georgetown-university-search-for-slave-descendants.html
3. ↑ "Louisiana, New Orleans, Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels, 1807-1860", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:48S9-R7ZM : 17 August 2020), Jackson Hawkins, 1838.
4. ↑ "New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., Slave Manifests, 1807-1860 for Coastwise Vessels, 1807 -1860" Jackson Hawkins, 2, on passenger list, accessible image at Ancestry.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYTW-N9B : 5 January 2021), Martha Sanders in household of Abraham Hawkins, Ward Seven, Iberville, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24-20, sheet 15B, line 63, family 293, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1404.

   Abraham Hawkins Head Male 44 Louisiana

   Abraham Sanders Nephew Male 21 Louisiana

   Felix Sanders Nephew Male 19 Louisiana

   Andrew Arbuckle Nephew Male 16 Louisiana

   Olive Ruth Anderson Niece Female 10 Louisiana

   Ernest Sanders Nephew Male 5 Louisiana

   Martha Sanders Sister Female 52 Louisiana

   Rose Jacob Lodger Female 50 Louisiana

6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images: accessed 05 May 2021, memorial page for Martha Hawkins Sanders (1888–1968), Find A Grave: Memorial #167023512, citing Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Cemetery, Maringouin, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Rochell Sanders Prater (contributor 49062988).

See also:

• 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 9, Iberville, Louisiana; Roll: 566; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0023; FHL microfilm: 1240566

• 1920 United States Federal Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 9, Iberville, Louisiana; Roll: T625_614; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 66; Image: .

• 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 7, Iberville, Louisiana; Roll: 795; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 19; Image: 406.0.