Decimus Nathan Saunders was born 1869 Hardington, Somerset, England. Son of Smuel Esau Saunders & Martha Gillingham, Brothers were William George, John Samuel R, Henry Robert & Richard & sisters Mary Ann & Martha Jane all born in Dorset/Somerset, England. Last found in 1881 Census of Netherbury, Dorset.
Have a vague idea the family may have emigrated to USA.
Has anyone over there any info.
Thanks,
William Richard Saunders

I am a decendant of Richard Saunders born in England in 1836. He immigrated to Canada, and Married Mary Hudgins in 1855. Any connection?
Roy

WILLIAM1 SAUNDERS was born 1803 in Balcombe, Dorset, England. He married MARY ANN UNKNOWN Abt. 1827. She was born 1807 in Leigh, Dorset, England.
Notes for WILLIAM SAUNDERS:
William SAUNDERS, 1841 England Census, Gender: Male, Age: 35, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806, Where born: Dorset, England, Occupation: Farmer, Civil Parish: Hillfield, Hundred: Cerne, Totcombe and Modbury, County/Island: Dorset, Country: England, Street address: (?), Registration district: Dorchester and Cerne, Sub registration district: Cerne, Household Members: Name Age, William SAUNDERS 35 &
Mary SAUNDERS 35, John SAUNDERS 12, Jacob SAUNDERS 9, Matthew SAUNDERS 6, Samuel SAUNDERS 4, Mary SAUNDERS 2.
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William SAUNDERS, 1851 England Census, Gender: Male, Age: 47, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1804, Relation: Head, Where born: Balcombe, Dorset, England, Spouse's Name: Mary Ann, Civil Parish: Pendomer, County/Island: Somerset, Country: England, Street address: Farm, Occupation: Farmer of 75 Acres, Registration district: Yeovil, Sub registration district: Coker, ED, institution, or vessel: 4, Household schedule number: 1, Household Members: Name Age: William SAUNDERS 47 & Mary Ann SAUNDERS 44, son John SAUNDERS 22 & his wife Hannah SAUNDERS 24, and thier son
John SAUNDERS 1; Jacob SAUNDERS 18, Samuel E SAUNDERS 14, Mary Ann SAUNDERS 10, Elizabeth C SAUNDERS 7, Sarah J SAUNDERS 1; William SAUNDERS 14 (Visitor, born Wayford, Somerset, England).
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William SAUNDERS, 1861 England Census, Gender: Male, Age: 58, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803, Where born: Batcombe, Dorset, England, Relation: Head, Spouse's Name: Mary Ann, Civil Parish: Halstock, County/Island: Dorset, Country: England, Street address: Dyke Farm, Occupation: Agriculturist, Registration district: Beaminster, Sub registration district: Evershot, ED, institution, or vessel: 2, Household schedule number: 136, Household Members: Name Age: William SAUNDERS 58 & Mary Ann SAUNDERS 54, Samuel Esau SAUNDERS 23, Mary Ann SAUNDERS 21, Elizabeth Charlotte SAUNDERS 17, Sarah Jane SAUNDERS 11, Andrew SAUNDERS 4 (Grandson).
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Wiilliam SAUNDERS, 1871 England Census, Gender: Male, Age: 68, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803, Where born: Batcombe, Dorset, England, Relation: Head, Spouse's Name: Mary Ann, Civil Parish: Halstock, Ecclesiastical parish: Salisbury, County: Dorset, Country: England, Street address: (?) Farm, Occupation: Farmer of 150 Acres, Registration district: Beaminster, Sub registration district: Evershot, ED, institution, or vessel: 2, Household schedule number: 1, Household Members: Name Age: William SAUNDERS 68 & Mary Ann SAUNDERS 64, Mary Ann SAUNDERS 31, Eliz Charlotte SAUNDERS 27, Richard SAUNDERS 9 (Grandson), Wm S North 28 (Farm Hand).
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William SAUNDERS, 1881 England Census, Gender: Male, Age: 78, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1803, Where born: Batcombe, Somerset, England, Condition as to marriage: Widow, Relation: Father in Law, Civil Parish: Yarcombe, County/Island: Devon, Country: England, Street address: Panshayne Farm, Occupation: Formerly A Farmer, Registration district: Chard, Sub registration district: Combe St Nicholas, ED, institution, or vessel: 6, Household Members: Name Age: John Harris 48 & Mary A. Harris 42, Thomas M. Harris 20, George R. Harris 18, Emma Harris 16, Bessie Harris 14, Rosa S.C. Harris 12, Mary A. Rendall 26, William SAUNDERS 78.
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More About WILLIAM SAUNDERS and MARY UNKNOWN:
Marriage: Abt. 1827
Children of WILLIAM SAUNDERS and MARY UNKNOWN are:
2. i. JOHN2 SAUNDERS, b. 1829, Balcombe, Dorset, England.
ii. JACOB SAUNDERS, b. 1833, Balcombe, Dorset, England.
3. iii. SAMUEL Esau SAUNDERS, b. 1838, Halstock, Rampisham, Dorcet, England; d. Aft. 1920, Binghamton, Broome County, New York, USA.
iv. MARY ANN SAUNDERS, b. 1840, Halstock, Rampisham, Dorcet, England.
v. ELIZABETH CHARLOTTE SAUNDERS, b. 1844, Hillfield, Dorset, England.
vi. SARAH JANE SAUNDERS, b. 1850, Pendomer, Dorset, England.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHN2 SAUNDERS (WILLIAM1) was born 1829 in Balcombe, Dorset, England. He married Hannah UNKNOWN. She was born 1827 in Pendomer, Dorset, England.
Child of JOHN SAUNDERS and Hannah UNKNOWN is:
i. JOHN3 SAUNDERS, b. 1850, Pendomer, Dorset, England.
3. SAMUEL ESAU2 SAUNDERS (WILLIAM1) was born 1838 in Halstock, Rampisham, Dorcet, England, and died Aft. 1920 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York, USA. He married MARTHA GILLINGHAM. She was born 1836 in Hazelbury Bryant, Dorcet, England.
Notes for SAMUEL Esau SAUNDERS:
Samuel E SAUNDERS, 1871 England Census, Gender: Male, Age: 34, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837, Where born: Rampisham, Dorset, England, Relation: Head, Condition as to marriage: Spouse's Name: Martha, Occupation: Farmer of 45 Acres, Street address: Romsey Farm, Civil Parish: Hardington Mandeville, Town: Hardington Marsh, County/Island: Somerset, Country: England; [Registration district: Yeovil, Sub registration district: Coker, ED, institution, or vessel: 11 Household schedule number: 54]; Household Members: Name Age: Samuel E SAUNDERS 34 & Martha SAUNDERS 35, William G SAUNDERS 4, John S SAUNDERS 3, Nathan B SAUNDERS 2, Henry B SAUNDERS 1.
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Samuel E. Saunders, 1881 England Census, Gender: Male, Age: 42, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839, Where born: Rampisham, Dorset, England, Relation: Head, Spouse's Name: Martha, Street address: Ford Farm, Civil Parish: Netherbury, County/Island: Dorset, Country: England, Occupation: Farmer 105 Acres Employing 3 Men. [Registration district: Beaminster, Sub registration district: Netherbury, ED, institution, or vessel: 1, Household Members: Name Age: Samuel E. Saunders 42 & Martha SAUNDERS 43, William George SAUNDERS 14, John R. Saunders 13, Disimas N.B. Saunders 12, Henry R. Saunders 11, Mary Ann. Saunders 10, Martha Jane SAUNDERS 8, Richard SAUNDERS 6.
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Samuel E SAUNDERS, 15 May 1910 United States Federal Census, Race: White, Gender: Male, Age in 1910: 72, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838, Birthplace: England, Father's Birth Place: England, Mother's Birth Place: England, Relation to Head of House: Father, Marital Status: Widowed, Year of Immigration: 1889, Home in 1910: Main Street, Friendship, Allegany, New York, Household Members: Name Age:
Richard G SAUNDERS 35 & Bertha L SAUNDERS 30, Charles S SAUNDERS 5, Martha A SAUNDERS 3, Richard D SAUNDERS 1 9/12 months, Samuel E SAUNDERS 72. [22-25].
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Children of SAMUEL SAUNDERS and MARTHA GILLINGHAM are:
i. WILLIAM GEORGE3 SAUNDERS, b. 1867, Halstock, Dorcet, England.
ii. JOHN SAUNDERS, b. 1868, Huntingham Mandeville, Hardington Marsh, Somerset, Endland.
iii. NATHAN SAUNDERS, b. 1869, Huntingham Mandeville, Hardington Marsh, Somerset, Endland.
iv. HENRY SAUNDERS, b. 1870, Huntingham Mandeville, Hardington Marsh, Somerset, Endland.
4. v. MARY ANN SAUNDERS, b. 1871, Huntingham Mandeville, Hardington Marsh, Somerset, Endland.
vi. MARTHA JANE SAUNDERS, b. 1873, Thorncombe, Dorset, England.
5. vii. RICHARD SAUNDERS, b. 1875, Thorncombe, Dorset, England.
Generation No. 3
4. MARY ANN3 SAUNDERS (SAMUEL ESAU2, WILLIAM1) was born 1871 in Huntingham Mandeville, Hardington Marsh, Somerset, Endland. She married PATRICK J. KILMARTIN. He was born Jan 1870 in Ireland, and died in Binghamton, Broome County, New York, USA.
Notes for PATRICK J. KILMARTIN:
Patrick J Kilmartin, 9 January 1920 United States Federal Census, Race: White, Sex: Male, Age: 50 years, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870, Birthplace: Ireland, Father's Birth Place: Ireland, Mother's Birth Place: Ireland, Home in 1920: Binghamton Ward 11, Broome, New York, Relation to Head of House: Head, Marital Status: Married, Spouse's Name: Mary A. (Saunders), Home owned: Rent, Year of Immigration: 1888, Able to read: Yes, Able to Write: Yes, Occupation: Merchant, Image: 601, Household Members: Name Age: Patrick J Kilmartin 50 & Mary A Kilmartin 48, Harold Kilmartin 23, Samuel E SAUNDERS 83.
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Children of MARY SAUNDERS and PATRICK Kilmartin are:
i. HAROLD4 Kilmartin, b. 1895, Binghamton, Broome County, New York, USA.
ii. JOHN Kilmartin, b. Abt. 1897, Binghamton, Broome County, New York, USA.
iii. ALVINA Kilmartin, b. Abt. 1906, Binghamton, Broome County, New York, USA.
5. RICHARD3 SAUNDERS (SAMUEL ESAU2, WILLIAM1) was born 1875 in Thorncombe, Dorset, England. He married BERTHA TILDEN Abt. 1904. She was born Abt. 1880 in New York, USA.
Notes for RICHARD SAUNDERS:
Richard SAUNDERS, 23 January 1920 United States Federal Census, Race: White, Sex: Male, Age: 45 years, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875, Birthplace: England, Father's Birth Place: England, Mother's Birth Place: England, Home in 1920: Lafayette, McKean, Pennsylvania, Relation to Head of House: Head, Marital Status: Married, Spouse's Name: Bertha, Home owned: Rent, Occupation: Farmer, Year of Immigration: 1889, Able to read: Yes, Able to Write: Yes, Image: 877, Household Members: Name Age: Richard SAUNDERS 45 & Bertha SAUNDERS 40, Charles SAUNDERS 15, Martha SAUNDERS 13, Donald SAUNDERS 11, Arthur SAUNDERS 9, Dorothy SAUNDERS 3 10/12 months, Charles M TILDEN 77 (Father-in-law). [99-99].
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Richard G SAUNDERS, 15 April 1930 United States Federal Census, Race: White, Age: 55, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875, Birthplace: England, Home in 1930: Wellsville, Allegany, New York, Relation to Head of House: Head, Spouse's Name: Bertha G., Occupation: Janitor for City Hall, Household Members: Name Age: Richard G SAUNDERS 55 & Bertha G SAUNDERS 50, Charles S SAUNDERS 25, Richard Donald SAUNDERS 21, Arthur H SAUNDERS 18, Dorothy E SAUNDERS 14, Ruth J SAUNDERS 6, William G SAUNDERS 63 (Brother, Occupation: Piano Tuner)
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Richard SAUNDERS, City: Not Stated, County: McKean, State: Pennsylvania, Birth Date: 29 Oct 1874, England, Race: White, Roll: 1894018, DraftBoard: 2, Age: 43, Occupation: Farmer, Nearest Relative: Bertha SAUNDERS, Height/Build: Tall/slim, Color of Eyes/Hair: Brown / Brown. Signature: View Image.
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More About RICHARD SAUNDERS:
Occupation: 1910, Proprietor 5 & 10 Cent Store, Friendship, New York, USA
More About RICHARD SAUNDERS and BERTHA TILDEN:
Marriage: Abt. 1904
Children of RICHARD SAUNDERS and BERTHA TILDEN are:
i. CHARLES S.4 SAUNDERS, b. Abt. 1905, Pennslyvania, USA.
ii. MARTHA ANN SAUNDERS, b. Abt. 1907, Pennslyvania, USA.
iii. RICHARD DONALD SAUNDERS, b. Abt. 1908, Friendship, Allegany County, New York, USA.
iv. ARTHUR SAUNDERS, b. Abt. 1911, Friendship, Allegany County, New York, USA.
v. DOROTHY SAUNDERS, b. Abt. 1916, Friendship, Allegany County, New York, USA.
vi. RUTH J. SAUNDERS, b. Abt. 1924, Wellsville, Allegany County, New York, USA.
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Richard SAUNDERS
Woburn, MA, USA

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