Charles
Comfort
Sands
Born in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA
Ancestors 
Son of William Comfort Sands
and Eliza (Dillon) Sands
Husband of
Julia Essie (McDonald) Sands
— married
26 Dec 1884 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Eliza Lillian (Sands) Lewis
Died
at age 63
in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA
Profile last modified
This page has been accessed 136 times.
Biography
Charles was born 13 November 1862 in Key West, Florida,[1] He was the son of William Comfort Sands and Eliza Dillon.
He married Julia Essie McDonald on 26 December 1884 in Key West in a ceremony performed by Robert Martin, M.E. Church South.[2] The witnesses were W. H. Williams and E. F. Williams.
Charles died on 31 December 1925 in Key West,[3] and he is buried there in the City Cemetery.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Charles's death certificate provides his date and place of birth and the names of his parents. The informant was his wife, Mrs. Chas. C. Sands. The 1900 census states that he was born in December 1862. Florida State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 17955 (1925), Charles C. Sands, 31 December 1925, Monroe County; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67H3-Y6D?i=2985&cat=816256 : accessed November 2016). 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West City 4th Ward, enumeration district 102, stamped page 88, sheet 5A, dwelling 96, family 102, Charles C. Sands household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004120049_00509/34151628?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/29579149659/facts/citation/680167871982/edit/record : accessed November 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 174.
- ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 1: 446, Chas. E. Sands and Julia E. McDonald, 26 December 1884; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G94X-T42D?i=301&cc=1803936 : accessed November 2016).
- ↑ Florida State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, death certificate no. 17955 (1925), Charles C. Sands, 31 December 1925, Monroe County; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67H3-Y6D?i=2985&cat=816256 : accessed November 2016).
- ↑ Donna Jean Robinson, "Charles C. Sands," Memorial no. 141627758, posted 21 January 2015; memorial without photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=141627758 : accessed November 2016).
Is Charles your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charles by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charles:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Charles by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Charles:
-
~6.25%
50.00%
James Moss 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SE8080294 [compare], FTDNA kit #189933
-
~1.56%
David Freeman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A248056 [compare], Ancestry member EHALE84191
-
~1.56%
Joyce (Dillon) Esquinaldo :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RJ1587754 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B642665
+
MyHeritage DNA
-
~1.56%
Betty (Dillon) Anuez :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch TY1321453 [compare], FTDNA kit #B848988
-
~1.56%
Nancy (Dillon) Epps :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch NF4073790 [compare], FTDNA kit #B869065
-
~1.56%
Joanne Matcovich :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PN2513831 [compare], FTDNA kit #B855346
-
~0.78%
Patricia Esquinaldo :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KU9809044 [compare], yourDNAportal PATadfef148, Ancestry member PattyKeyWest
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B378910
+
MyHeritage DNA
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured National Park champion connections: Charles is 15 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 20 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 14 degrees from George Catlin, 16 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 24 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 16 degrees from George Grinnell, 19 degrees from Anton Kröller, 15 degrees from Stephen Mather, 22 degrees from Kara McKean, 19 degrees from John Muir, 14 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 25 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.