WILLIAM¹ SANDERS was born in the north of Ireland about 1812-3, and died at LeRoy Township, Mower County, Minnesota, on 6 November 1884. He married first CYNTHIA O'DELL. She was born perhaps at New York or Ireland perhaps about 1830-1, and died at LeRoy Township on 18 July 1873. William married second before 1880 SARAH ________ . She was born at Ohio about 1830-1.^[1]

The fullest description of the life of William Sanders, which I have found, is his obituary, which appeared in the Mower County Transcript on 12 November 1884:^[2]

Census records present a confusing picture of the birth places and ages of William and Cynthia Sanders. Begining in 1850 the United States census lested each person, with their age and state or country of birth. Beginning in 1880 the census also noted the birth place of the parents of each person. These records reported the following:^[3]

Three factors can contribute to this confusion. 1) Census takers may have atributed to a spouse the birthplace of the husband, not thinking that they might be different. 2) Being of Scottish descent from Ireland, and coming to America at a time when the Irish faced serious discrimination, the Sanders family might have felt it necessary to distance themselves from the other Irish, by calling themselves Scottish. 3) When asked for their mother's birthplace, some interviewees may automatically think of their step-mother. The step-mother of the children was born in Ohio. The obituary affirms that William was born of Scottish descent in the north of Ireland. The age indicated in the obituary is consistent with the age reported in the 1880 Census. With regards to Cynthia, if we discount the times when she is given the same birth-place as her husband, and the times the respondent may have indicated their step-mother's birth place, we are left with the 1870 Census identification of New York (and possibly the 1910 Census identification of Wisconsin). New York then becomes our best guess. Remarkably, after the passage of ten years, from 1860 to 1870, Cynthia was one year younger! (Do we all wish we could do that!). If the age reported in 1860 were correct, Cynthia would have given birth to her last child at the age of forty-nine, which is not probable. If the age reported in the 1870 Census is correct, then her first child was born when she was twenty-four, and her last child when she was thirty-eight, which is more probable. So the best guess for her birth date in 1830-1. Cynthia's maiden name is given only in her daughter Cynthia's death record in 1945.

Based on the obituary, William Sanders came to America from Belfast about 1838-9. I have not, with any degree of confidence, been able to identify him in the 1840 or 1850 censuses. Their first child was born about 1856-7, which points to their marriage probably by 1856, when William would have been forty-four, and Cynthia twenty-six. The 1860 Census reported this family farming at Armenia Township (Necedah Post Office), Juneau County, Wisconsin, consisting of William and Cynthia, and two sons, William and James.^[4]

According to the obituary, the family moved to Mower County about 1863. This agrees with the ages and places of birth of the children. The 1870 Census reported the family at LeRoy Township (LeRoy Station Post Office), Mower County, as follows:^[5]

The names Sanders and Saunders are oftren confused; this family, which always called itself Sanders, was sometimes called by others Saunders.

Cynthia, wife of William Sanders, died in 1873, leaving William with children aged 17, 13, 10, 9, 5 and 4. William remarried sometime before the next census, in 1880, which reported the family at LeRoy Township as follows:^[6]

Son William, 23, lived nearby (on the same page of the census), where he boarded with the family of Alice Plummer and worked as a laborer.^[7]

In the next few years this family changed rapidly. James married in 1882; Eliza married in 1884. William Sanders died in 1884, leaving two minor children with their step-mother. James died in 1888, at the age of twenty-eight. John married in 1889. William, Junior, died in 1890; he was found dead at an establishment called the "Blind Pig"; he died from heart failure caused by a drunken spree.^[8] Cynthia married in 1890 and Eva married in 1894.

William Sanders and his first wife Cynthia had the following children:^[9]

1. WILLIAM E.² SANDERS, Jr. b. at Wisconsin about 1856-7; d. at LeRoy on 6 March 1890.
2. JAMES P.² SANDERS b. at Juneau County on 12 July 1860; d. at LeRoy on 31 July 1888; m. at Mower County on 8 November 1882 FANNY BROWNLOW.
3. EVA² SANDERS b. at Wisconsin about 1862-3; m. at Mower County on 19 December 1894 MALCOLM MALCOLMSON.
4. ELIZA² SANDERS b. at Minnesota about 1865, d. at Lansing, Mower County, on 27 July 1897; m. at Mower County on 17 April 1884 MICHAEL E. DOYLE b. at Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin, on 7 November 1860, d. at Taopi, Mower County, on 17 October 1912.
5. JOHN RANDOLPH² SANDERS b. at LeRoy on 8 October 1867.
6. CYNTHIA JANE² SANDERS b. at LeRoy on 5 July 1869; d. at Baker, Fallon County, Montana, on 23 April 1945; m. at LeRoy on 28 April 1890 BENJAMIN STARK, b. at Illinois on March 1863. Children of Cynthia and Benjamin:
   1. Glen Carrol Stark b. at Minnesota on 23 January 1891, d. on 6 March 1942; m. at Oklahoma Bessie ______ b. at Clay Center, Clay County, Kansas, on 21 March 1895, d. at Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, on 6 Novenber 1972. Bessie m(2). at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, on 1950 Ernest McMann b. on 15 December 1900, d. on 9 September 1961.
   2. Hazel B. Stark b. at Minnesota on 26 August 1893, d. on 10 April 1975.
   3. Olive M. Stark b. at Minnesota on December 1895.
   4. Earl William Stark b. at Iowa on 23 August 1898, d. on 21 July 1968; m. Florence Henrietta Abrams b. on 27 August 1900, d. on 27 December 1977.

JOHN RANDOLPH² SANDERS (William¹) was born at LeRoy Township on 8 October 1867 a son of William and Cynthia Sanders . He died at Lansford, Bottineau County, North Dakota, on 26 July 1926. He married about 1888-9 ELIZABETH PETERSON. She was born at Grand Meadow, Mower County, on 15 July 1870, a daughter of John Peterson and his wife Johanna Christinsen. She died at Ward County, North Dakota, on 20 March 1958.^[10]

John Sanders and Elizabeth Peterson both grew up on farms in Mower County. Elizabeth was the first of four children of Danish immigrants. John was the fifth of six children of a Scotch-Irish father. When John was five years old his mother died. At some point during the next seven years he acquired a step-mother; when he was seventeen his father died.

John and Elizabeth were 21 and 19 respectively when they married. The 1900 Census found them in the village of Grand Meadow. At that time the family consisted of John, 32, Lizzie, 29, Lilia, 10, Bernice, 8, Merle, 6, and Donovan, 1. John was a day laborer.^[11]

This family moved to North Dakota be 1903, based on the birth places of the children. The 1910 Census reported a family of eight children living in Waterford Township, Ward County, North Dakota:^[12]

John and Elizabeth continued to farm in Waterford township and continued having children. The 1920 Census reported the following:^[13]

Harold, Elizabeth, Kenneth and Shirley were all attending school. Although the record stated that wife Elizabeth and eldest daughter Lelia had no occupation, it is easy to speculate that both were very busy maintaining the house and raising the rest of the family. Bernice, 27, had married in 1912 and lived in nearby Minot, Ward County, with her husband, Ludwig Sonnenberg, 27, who worked for the railroad, and two children, Elmer, 3, and Robert, 1.^[14] Merle, 25, had married probably in December of 1915 (date of marriage license), and lived in Waterford Township with her husband, Ben Nelson, 26, farmer, and their children Donald, 3, and Burton, 1.^[15] I have no further record of Harriet, reported as a daughter in 1910.

John Sanders died in 1926. Meanwhile the children were marrying at the rate of about one a year. Lelia married about 1924-5, Donovan about 1925-6, Harold about 1926-7 and Elizabeth about 1927-8. The 1930 Census found the family scattered into several households as follows.

• Widow Elizabeth Sanders, 58, farmer, continued to live in Waterford Township, with Kenneth, 20, Shirley, 18, and Inez, 13.^[16]
• Lelia, 40, lived at Lansford with her husband, Alois Schaefer, 38, who worked as an engineer for a steam railroad. Inez, her sister, 13, who was also reported with their mother, was reported here as well, attending school. Lansford is about thirty milres north of Waterford.^[17]
• Bernice, 38, lived with her husband, Ludwig Sonnenberg, 37, at Velva, McHenry County, North Dakota. With them were three children, Eleanor, 13, Louis, 11, and Paul, 5, and also Ludwig's widowed mother, Barbara Sonnenberg, 66. Ludwig was a blacksmith with his own shop.^[18]
• Merle, 36, lived in Byron Township, Cass County, Minnesota, with her husband, Ben Nelson, 36, farmer, and their children: Donald, 13, Burton, 11, Doris, 9, Marvin, 7, Stanley, 5, and Rolland, ten months.^[19]
• Donovan (called Donald on the census), 31, farmer, lived in Waterford Township with his wife, Gertrude, 27, and children Montez, 4, Donovan, 2, and Fannette, ten months. Also boarding with them was Montez Taul, 20, a teacher in public school.^[20] As Gertrude's maiden name was Taul, Montez Taul may have been a relative. The 1925 North Dakota State Census had reported Floyd and Harold Sanders immediately after Don and Gertrude Sanders in Waterford Township; however I find no further record of Floyd.
• Harold, 27, farmer, was reported in Waterford Township with his wife, Laurel, 21, and their daughters, Vivian, 2, and Beatrice, eleven months.^[21]
• Elizabeth, 23, lived at Minot with her husband, Alvin Braun, 24. He worked as a fireman at a power plant, she worked as a presser in a cleaning plant.^[22]

The 1940 Census reported about half the family near their family home, and about half scattered:

1. Elizabeth A. Sanders, widow, 67, lived at Waterford Township with her son Shirley, 28, single, farmer.^[23]
2. Harold, 37, farmer, was reported in Waterford on the same page of the census with his mother. With him were his wife, Laura, 31, and children Vivian, 12, Beatrice, 10, James, 9, Harold, 5, and Lyle, 1.^[24]
3. Kenneth,, 30, farmer, was also reported in Waterford Township on the same page with his mother. With him were his wife, Irene, 23, and children Donna, 5, John, 2, and Judith, three months.^[25]
4. Donovan, 41, was also farming in Waterford Township, where he lived with his wife, Gertrude, 38, and children Montez, 14, Donovan, 12, Fanette, 10, Jerald, 7, Meredith, 6, Elden, 5, Marilyn, 4, and Larry, 2.^[26]
5. Bernice, 48, had moved to Donneybrook, Ward County, about 30 miles from Waterford. Her husband, Ludwig Sonnenberg, 47, had his own blacksmith shop there. Their two youngest children, Paul, 15, and Helen, 7, remained at home.^[27]
6. Lelia, 50, lived at Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota. She was a widow, her husband, Alois Schaefer, having died in 1937. With Leila were two sisters: Elizabeth Braun, 32, divorced, worked as a presser for a cleaning company; Inez, 25, single, was a beauty operator in a beauty shop. Elizabeth's children, Carol Braun, 8, Delton Braun, 6, and Joanne Braun, 5, were also with them, as were two boarders.^[28]
7. Merle, 47, lived at Meadow Brook Township, Cass County, where her husband, Bernhardt Nelson, 47, operated a dairy farm. The family included children Marvin, 16, Stanley, 15, Rolland, 10, John, 8, Bernell, 6, and Ray, 4.^[29] Their three oldest children were no longer at home.

   Elizabeth (Peterson) Sanders died in 1958 at the age of eighty-seven.

   John Sanders and his wife Elizabeth Peterson had the following children:

   1. LELIA³ SANDERS b. at Minnesota on 2 September 1889; d. on 26 September 1979; m. about 1924-5 ALOIS SCHAEFER, b. at Minnesota on 10 October 1891, d. on 6 July 1937.^[30]
   2. BERNICE EVA³ SANDERS b. at Grand Meadow on 25 Marech 1892.
   3. MERLE³ SANDERS b. at Minnesota on 7 Febroary 1894; d. on September 1977; m. about 1915 BENHARD NELSON, b. at Minnesota about 1893. Children of Merle and Benhard:^[31]
      1. Donald L. Nelson b. at North Dakota about October 1916.
      2. Burton Nelson b. at North Dakota about November 1918.
      3. Doris Nelson b. at North Dakota about 1920-1.
      4. Marvin A. Nelson b. at North Dakota about 1922-3.
      5. Stanley W. Nelson b. at North Dakota about 1924-5.
      6. Rolland J. Nelson b. at Minnesota about May 1929.
      7. John M. Nelson b. at Minnesota about 1931-2.
      8. Bernell A. Nelson b. at Minnesota about 1933-4.
      9. Ray D. Nelson b. at Minnesota about 1935-6.
   4. DONOVAN J.³ SANDERS b. at Grand Meadow on 27 June 1898; d. at Minot on 10 June 2000; m. about 1925-6 GERTRUDE B. TAUL, b. at Texas on 1902, d. on 1972. Children of Donovan and Gertrude:^[32]
      1. Montez Elizabeth Sanders b. at Waterford on 6 June 1925, d. at Minot on 13 March 2017; m. at Minot on 6 February 1945 Joseph Valentine Nett b. at Muskego, Renville County, North Dakota, on 17 July 1922, d. at Minot on 28 December 2004. Children of Montez and Joseph:
         1. Loren Nett m. Kathleen ________.
         2. Wayne Nett m. Anita ________
         3. Craig Nett n. Linda ________
         4. Blair Nett m/ Bonnie ________
      2. Donovan W. Sanders b. at North Dakota about April 1927, d. on 1988; m. Verna K. _______ b. on 30 October 1927, d. on 13 July 1995.
      3. Fannette Sanders b. at North Dakota on 1 June 1929, d. on 13 November 1999; m. ________ Jensen.
      4. Jerald J. Sanders b. at North Dakota about 1932-3; m. Joan ________.
      5. Meredoth Ann Sanders b. at Minot on 10 June 1933, d. there on 4 December 2009; m. at Glenburn, Renville County, on 27 October 1953 Marvin Mathwick b. on 16 January 1928, d. on 31 July 1972.
      6. Elden Leroy Sanders b. at Waterford on 30 April 1934, d. at Minot on 20 June 1917; m. at Minot on 6 November 1955 Darlene Bunker. Children of Elden and Darlene:
         1. Terry Sanders m. Janet ________.
         2. Rick Sanders m. Carole ________.
         3. Todd Sanders m. Teresa ________.
         4. Lori Sanders m. Mike Pellenwessel.
      7. Marilyn B. Sanders b. at North Dakota on 31 August 1935, d. on 29 June 1997; m. ________ Lillegard.
      8. Larry J. Sanders b. at North Dakota on 31 August 1937, d. on 29 December 2010.
   5. FLOYD J.³ SANDERS b. at Minnesota about 1899-1900.^[33]
   6. HAROLD ALBERT³ SANDERS b. at North Dakota on 30 March 1903; d. on October 1964; m. about 1926-7 LAURA MAE CARLSON, b. at Montana on 3 January 1929, d. at Minot on 30 April 1984. Children of Harold and Laura:^[34]
      1. Vivian Lois Sanders b. at North Dakota on 29 March 1928, d. on November 1989.
      2. Beatrice Elaine Sanders b. at North Dakota on 9 May 1929, d. at Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia, on 5 January 1919; m. at Minot on 26 December 1955 Gerald Hobart Brooks b. on 3 July 1927, d. on 2 June 1966.
      3. James R. Sanders b. at North Dakota on 18 February 1932, d. on 6 June 1955.
      4. Harold Albert Sanders, Jr. b. at Waterford on 26 May 1934, d. at Ward County on 2 August 2017; m. at Minot on 12 July 1954 Mary Jo Johnson b. at Kenmare, Ward County, on 16 July 1936, d. at Minot on 14 July 2020. Children of Harold and Mary Jo:
         1. David Sanders
         2. Shannon Sanders m. Jim Mariner.
         3. Melinda sanders m. Kevin Jorde.
         4. Tammy Sanders m. ________ Forman.
      5. Lyle R. Sanders b. at North Dakota about 1938-9.
      6. Craig L. Sanders b. on 1948, d. on 1948.
   7. ELIZABETH C.³ SANDERS b. at North Dakota about 1906-7; m. about 1927-8 ALVIN F. BRAUN, div. before 1940; b. at North Dakota about 1906-7. Children of Elizabeth and Alvin:^[35]
      1. Carol J. Braun b. at North Dakota about 1931-2.
      2. Delton H. Braun b. at North Dakota about 1933-4.
      3. Joanne F. Braun b. at North Dakota about 1934-5.
   8. HANNAH³ SANDERS b. at North Dakota about November-December 1909.^[36]
   9. KENNETH E.³ SANDERS b. at North Dakota on 31 December 1909; d. on 21 May 1985; m. IRENE N. CARLSON, b. at Box Elder, Hill County, Montana, on 27 May 1916, d. at Minot on 21 April 2009. Children of Kenneth and Irene:^[37]
      1. Donna M. Sanders b. at North Dakota about 1934-5.
      2. John A. Sanders b. at North Dakota about 1937-8
      3. Judith K. sanders b. at North Dakota about December 1939.
   10. SHIRLEY S.³ SANDERS b. at North Dakota about 1912.^[38]
   11. INEZ A.³ SANDERS b. at North Dakota about November 1916; m. ________ BOYD.^[39]

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   NOTES

   ¹"LeRoy," obituary, Mower County Transcript (Lansing, Minnesota), 12 November 1884; Newspapers+ (newspapers.com : accessed 30 July 2020). p. 3. Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, population, LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, roll T132_8, p. 28, household 178, William Saunders family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 14 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Le Roy Cemetery, Le Roy, Mower County, Minnesota, Find a Grave (findagrave.com : accessed 28 July 2020), Cynthia Sanders; Created by: LezleeO. Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 160, roll 626, p. 466C, household 61, William Sanders family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 19 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
   ²"LeRoy."
   ³Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Armenia, Juneau County, Wisconsin, roll 1414, p. 980, household 1422, William Sanders family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 12 February 2018); NARA microfilm publication M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 Census, LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, roll T132_8, p. 28, household 178, William Saunders family. 1880 Census, LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, ED 160, roll 626, p. 466C, household 61, William Sanders family; LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, ED 160, roll 626, p. 466C, household 58, Alice Plummer family. "LeRoy." Twelth Census of the United States: 1900, population, Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota, enumeration district (ED) 88, p. 9, household 183, John Sanders family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 9 March 2018); NARA microfilm group T623; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration; Perry, Plymouth County, Iowa, ED 108, p. 8, household 152, Ben Stark family. Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910, population, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, enumeration district (ED) 181, roll 1149, p. 10B, household 16, John R. Sanders family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 January 2015); NARA group T624, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920, population, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, enumeration district (ED) 221, roll 1343, p. 3B, household 16, John R. Sanders family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 4 January 2015); NARA microfilm record group T625, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. State of Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Office of Vital Statistics, Helena, Montana, Montana State Deaths, 1868-2016, certificate 838, Cynthia Jane Stark, 1945; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 3 August 2020).
   ⁴1860 Census, Armenia, Juneau County, Wisconsin, roll 1414, p. 980, household 1422, William Sanders family.
   ⁵1870 Census, LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, roll T132_8, p. 28, household 178, William Saunders family.
   ⁶1880 Census, LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, ED 160, roll 626, p. 466C, household 61, William Sanders family.
   ⁷1880 Census, LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, ED 160, roll 626, p. 466C, household 58, Alice Plummer family.
   ⁸"Wm. Sanders," news, Mower County Transcript (Lansing, Minnesota), 12 March 1890; Newspapers+ (newspapers.com : accessed 30 July 2020). p. 3.
   ⁹1860 Census, Armenia, Juneau County, Wisconsin, roll 1414, p. 980, household 1422, William Sanders family. "Wm. Sanders." Le Roy Cemetery, Le Roy, James P. Sanders; Created by: LezleeO; Eliza Doyle; Created by: Sandy Gage; Michael Doyle; Created by: Sandy Gage. Minnesota Counties, "Minnesota Official Marriage System," database, Minnesota Official Marriage System (https://moms.mn.gov : accessed 3 August 2020), Sanders-Brownlow, 1882; Malcolmson-Sanders, 1894; Doyle-Sanders, 1884. 1870 Census, LeRoy, Mower County, Minnesota, roll T132_8, p. 28, household 178, William Saunders family. Montana State Deaths, 1868-2016, certificate 838, Cynthia Jane Stark, 1945. "C. B. L. & L. Corners," Mower County Transcript (Lansing, Minnesota), 7 May 1890; Newspapers+ (newspapers.com : accessed 30 July 2020). p. 8. 1900 Census, Perry, Plymouth County, Iowa, ED 108, p. 8, household 152, Ben Stark family. Bonnievale Cemetery, Baker, Fallon County, Montana, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 30 July 2020), Glen C. Stark; Created by: Mary Phea (day and month provided by informant); Hazel B Stark; Created by: Mary Phea, Photo added by 406-19; Earl W. Stark; Created by: Mary Phea, Photo added by 406-19 (day and month provided by informant); Florence H. Stark; Created by: Mary Phea, Photo added by 406-19 (day and month provided by informant). Highland Cemetery, Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 30 July 2020), Bessie-Ernest McMann; Created by: Pumpkin.
   ¹⁰Lansford Cemetery, Lansford, Bottineau County, North Dakota, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 28 July 2020), John R. Sanders; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo Added by Brian Backes (day and month provided by informant); Elizabeth A.. Sanders; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo Added by Brian Backes (day and month provided by informant). "Minnesota Official Marriage System," Sanders-Peterson, 1889.
   ¹¹1900 Census, Grand Meadow, Mower County, Minnesota, ED 88, p. 9, household 183, John Sanders family.
   ¹²1910 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 181, roll 1149, p. 10B, household 16, John R. Sanders family.
   ¹³1920 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 221, roll 1343, p. 3B, household 16, John R. Sanders family.
   ¹⁴1920 Census, Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 231, roll 1343, p. 14A, household 303, Ludwig Sonnenberg family.
   ¹⁵1920 Census, Waterford Township, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 221, roll 1343, p. 3A, household 4, Ben Nelson family.
   ¹⁶Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, enumeration district (ED) 74, roll 1745, p. 1A, household 9, Elizabeth Sanders family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 23 December 2014); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
   ¹⁷1930 Census, Lansford, Bottineau County, North Dakota, ED 25, p. 3A, household 70, Alvis Schaefer family.
   ¹⁸1930 Census, Velva, McHenry County, North Dakota, ED 52, roll 1737, p. 4A, household 81, Ludwig Sonnenberg family.
   ¹⁹1930 Census, Byron, Cass County, Minnesota, ED 14, p. 4A, household 68, Ben Nelson family.
   ²⁰1930 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 74, p. 2B, household 42, Donavan Sanders family.
   ²¹1930 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 74, p. 1B, household 11, Harold Sanders family.
   ²²1930 Census, Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 77, p. 16B, household 354A, Alvin Braun family.
   ²³Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, enumeration district (ED) 51-76, roll 3017, p. 1A, household 7, Elizabeth Sanders family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 22 December 2014); NARA microfilm group T627.
   ²⁴1940 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 51-76, roll 3017, p. 1A, household 6, Harold Sanders family.
   ²⁵1940 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 51-76, roll 3017, p. 1A, household 5, Kenneth Sanders family.
   ²⁶1940 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 51-76, roll 3017, p. 3A, hpousehold 43, Donovan Sanders family.
   ²⁷1940 Census, Donnybrook, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 51-16, roll 3017, p. 2B, household 49, Ludwig Sonnenberg family.
   ²⁸1940 Census, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, ED 18-17, roll 3002, p. 62A, household 281, Leila Schaefer family.
   ²⁹1940 Census, Meadow Brook, Cass County, Minnesota, ED 11-34, roll 1912, p. 3A, household 37, Benhardt Nelson family.
   ³⁰Memorial Park Cemetery, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 30 July 2020), Lelia Schaefer; Created by: ginnyt, Photo added by kateb. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 31 July 2020), Lelia Schaefer, 502-18-7066. 1930 Census, Lansford, Bottineau County, North Dakota, ED 25, p. 3A, household 70, Alvis Schaefer family. Saint Philomena Catholic Cemetery, Glenburn, Renville County, North Dakota, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 31 July 2020), Alois F. Schaefer; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo added by Brian Backes.
   ³¹Information on this couple and descendants is from:"Grand Meadow," Mower County Transcript (Lansing, Minnesota), 21 February 1894; Newspapers+ (newspapers.com : accessed 30 July 2020). p. 2. "U.S. Social Security Death Index", Merle Nelson, 474-38-3334. "Marriage Licenses," Ward County Independent (Minot, North Dakota), 30 December 1915; Genealogy Bank (genealogybank.com : accessed 31 July 2020), Newspaper Archives. p. 10. 1920 Census, Waterford Township, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 221, roll 1343, p. 3A, household 4, Ben Nelson family. 1930 Census, Byron, Cass County, Minnesota, ED 14, p. 4A, household 68, Ben Nelson family. 1940 Census, Meadow Brook, Cass County, Minnesota, ED 11-34, roll 1912, p. 3A, household 37, Benhardt Nelson family.
   ³²Information on this couple and descendants is from:"World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital image, United States, Selective Service System, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 30 January 2019), Donovan James Sanders, no. 3678; citing : National Archives and Records Administration. Washington, D.C., microfilm record group M1509: Imaged from Family History Library microfilm. Sunset Memorial Gardens, Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 28 July 2020), Donovan-Gertrude Sanders; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo added by DebraD (day month and place provided by informant); Verna-Donovan Sanders; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo added by DebraD; Marilyn B Lillegard; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo added by DebraD. 1930 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 74, p. 2B, household 42, Donavan Sanders family. "Montez Elizabeth Sanders Nett," obituary, Find a Grave, Created by: D Kauffman (findagrave.com accessed : 28 July 2020). Saint Marys Cemetery, Foxholm, Ward County, North Dakota, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 28 July 2020), Joseph Valentine Nett; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo Added by Brian Backes. "Joseph Nett," obituary. Find a Grave, Created by: Herb Schwede (findagrave.com accessed : 28 July 2020). "U.S. Social Security Death Index", Verna K. Sanders, 501-20-3637; Fannette D. Jensen, 502-20-4837; Marvin Mathwich, 502-32-1826; Marilyn B. Lillegard, 502-28-7037; Larry J. Sanders, 502-28-7161. 1940 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 51-76, roll 3017, p. 3A, household 43, Donovan Sanders family. "Meredith Ann Mathwich," obituary, Find a Grave, Created by: It Matters. (findagrave.com accessed : 28 July 2020). "Elden Leroy Sanders," obituary, Find a Grave, Created by: D Kauffman (findagrave.com. accessed : 30 July 2020).
   ³³1910 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 181, roll 1149, p. 10B, household 16, John R. Sanders family.
   ³⁴Information on this couple and descendants is from:Sunset Memorial Gardens, Minot, Harold A. Sanders, Sr.; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo added by Debbie ?? (day and month provided by informant); Laura Sanders; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo added by Debbie ?? (day and month provided by informant); Vivian L. Sanders; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo added by Debbie ?? (day and month provided by informant); James R. Sanders; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo added by Debbie ??. "Harold Albert Sanders, Jr." obituary Find a Grave, Created by: Herb Schwede (findagrave.com accessed : 31 July 2020). 1930 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 74, p. 1B, household 11, Harold Sanders family. Weston Masonic Cemetery, Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 31 July 2020), Beatrice-Gerald Brooks; Originally Created by: Mom_of_3_boys, Maintained by and Photo added by: Barbara Jackson. "Beatrice “Bea” Elaine Sanders Brooks," obituary Find a Grave, Originally Created by: Carol Wilson Collins, Maintained by: Barbara Jackson (findagrave.com accessed : 31 July 2020). "Mary Jo Sanders," obituary, Find a Grave, Created by: Herb Schwede (findagave.com accessed 31 July 2020). 1940 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 51-76, roll 3017, p. 1A, household 6, Harold Sanders family. Burlington Township Cemetery, Burlington, Ward County, North Dakota, Find a Grave, digital images (findagrave.com : accessed 31 July 2020), Craig L. Sanders; Created by: Herb Schwede.
   ³⁵Information on this couple and descendants is from: 1930 Census, Minot, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 77, p. 16B, household 354A, Alvin Braun family. 1940 Census, Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, ED 18-17, roll 3002, p. 62A, household 281, Leila Schaefer family.
   ³⁶1910 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 181, roll 1149, p. 10B, household 16, John R. Sanders family.
   ³⁷Information on this couple and descendants is from: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Minot, Kenneth E Sanders; Created by: Herb Schwede, Photo added by DebraD (day and month provided by informant); Irene N. Sanders; Created by: Debbie ?? (no image). 1940 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 51-76, roll 3017, p. 1A, household 5, Kenneth Sanders family.
   ³⁸1920 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 221, roll 1343, p. 3B, household 16, John R. Sanders family.
   ³⁹1920 Census, Waterford, Ward County, North Dakota, ED 221, roll 1343, p. 3B, household 16, John R. Sanders family.
   

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