Sydney
J. Saunders & Co.: History
The
Company
This
firm appears to have been established by Sydney John Saunders sometime during
the first half of 1876[1]
based on a notice placed in a book that year and the fact that the company was
not listed in the 1875[2]
London directory. The book’s notice says
“Mr. Sydney J. Saunders, recently with Messrs. Letts and Co., has commenced
business at No. 54 St. Mary Axe, as a wholesale and export stationer”[3]. At some point Archibald Keith joined the firm
and became Saunders partner. As an export stationer[4]
the company sold books, paper and writing implements and by 1881[5]
actually manufactured many of the items they
sold. Also, that year, the firm employed
five men, eight women and two boys[6]
and in 1891[7]
a large part of their business was exported to places like East India, the Cape
and Australia. Sometime between 1880[8] and 1885[9]
the business moved to 45 St. Mary Axe and remained there until 1903[10]. Their product line can be best seen in the
four pages of advertisements below which were placed in a book they published
in 1888[11].
This included manufacturing different types of paper, ink, carbon pho
to
s,
Christmas and birthday cards, calendars, etc.
In
early 1901[12] the
partnership between Saunders and Keith was dissolved by mutual consent and the
business was carried on solely by Sydney J. Saunders. Roughly two years later in 1903[13]
the firm moved from their St. Mary Axe address to 7 Bevis Marks which was only
a couple blocks east. It remained there
until May 1904[14] when
the business was sold based on the Tenders notice seen here which was placed in
a local newspaper. “A tender is an invitation to bid for
a project or accept a formal offer such as a takeover bid.”[15]
1905[16]
was the last time this business was listed in local trade directories. It was
recorded that year as “Saunders Sydney J. & Co. wholesale export
stationers, see Sandle Bros”. Sometime
between 1904 and 1905 the Saunders firm was sold to Sandle Bros. who were
listed in the 1905[17]
directory as follows “Sandle Brothers (in which is incorporated Sydney J.
Saunders & Co.), wholesale, export, manufacturing & fancy stationers,
account book manufacturers, printers, christmas &
birthday card publishers & fancy goods importers…”
The
Sydney J. Saunders & Co. name has been found on three Avery style needle
cases: Shakespeare’s Birthplace - Small version (pictured on the left)
registered by W. Avery & Son of Redditch in 1873; the Easel-Floral which
was registered by Buncher & Haseler of Birmingham in 1875; and the Troll
and Box (pictured on the right) registered in 1877 by Frank J. Kendrick also of
Birmingham. It seems most likely that
someday additional examples of Avery style needle cases will be found with the
Saunders name. And why is that? Because this company’s merchandise appealed
to the middle and upper classes who could afford fancy brass needle cases.
The
area in London where this firm was originally located is less than a mile north west, of the Tower of London. Much of this area of London was destroyed in
1940/1941 during the Blitz of World War II.
Today one of London’s most famous modern buildings can be found at 30
St. Mary Axe. This 41-story building,
which was built in 2003, is known as the “The Gherkin” because of its shape and
it is one of London’s most recognized landmarks[18].
The
Saunders Owners
The parents of Sydney John Saunders were
James Ebenezer Saunders Jr. and Harriet Farley.
Sydney’s grandfather, James Ebenezer Saunders Sr., who was born in
London in 1778, became a very successful fishmonger (a shop or person who sells
fish for food[19]). James Sr. attained the status of esquire and
left an estate valued at £16,000
(approximately £946,067[20]
today) when he passed away in 1860 at age 81.
James Jr. was born in 1802 and was apprenticed to his father James Sr.
for seven years beginning when he was age 14 in 1816. This is where he learned the fishing
business, an occupation he also held throughout his life. In 1825 James Jr. married Harriet Farley in
Clapham, Surrey, part of the south London Borough of Lambeth. The Saunders family lived on Thames Street on
the north side of the Thames River between the Tower of London and St. Paul’s
Cathedral for a number of years before moving to
Kennington in Lambeth where James Jr. worked as a wholesale fish factor in
1851. James Jr. and Harriet had 4
children between 1827 and 1847: Elizabeth F., James Ebenezer III, Sydney John and Alexander Goudge.
Unfortunately, James Jr. died in 1857 at the age of 55 by poisoning
himself during a temporary state of insanity while the family was living in
Finsbury Circus, a mile or so northwest of the Tower of London. He was buried at Norwood Cemetery in
Lambeth. His wife Harriet lived an
additional nineteen years and passed away in 1876 at age 69 while visiting
Brighton.
The older brother
of Sydney John Sanders achieved a high level of success, whereas their younger
brother Alexander died at age 16 in 1864 of rheumatic fever. James Ebenezer Sanders III was born in 1830
on Lower Thames Street, along the river just east of the London Bridge, and
became an architect by the time he was 21 in 1851. Four years later in 1855 he married Jane
Barnard and by 1859 they were living in Lewisham, a Borough of south east London where they remained until at least
1871. James II
I and Jane had 5 children:
Florence Jane, Martin Luther, Herbert Stanley, Constance Beatrice
and Blanche Geraldine. By 1881 the
family moved to neighboring Lee in the south London Borough of Greenwich where
they lived until at least 1891. During
their years in the London area, James III held a variety of positions in local government
including councilman of London, Deputy Lieutenant for Towers Hamlets, Justice
of the Peace and as a member of the London School Board. Also, during those years, he partnered with
another architect to form a practice known as Worley & Saunders. This firm designed the London Pavilion at
Piccadilly Circus in 1885 (photograph of it on the left was taken by the author
in 2015) which is now part of the London Trocadero Centre[21]. This Saunders family lived in Eltham in 1901,
a section of south east London in the Borough of
Greenwich bordering the Borough of Lewisham.
James III died there in 1909 at age 79 and left an estate of £8,983 to his two sons Martin and
Herbert who also became architects. His
obituary below provides additional details about his life. His wife Jane died four years later at age 83
in 1913.
“Obituary
Mr.
J. Ebenezer Saunders, D. L., J. P., of Lee
We
record with deep regret, the death, which occurred on Wednesday night last
week, after a long illness of Mr. James Ebenezer Saunders, D.L., J.P., F.S.A.,
F.L.S., F.G.S., of Chelvistone, Eltham-road,
Lee. Mr. Saunders, who was in his 80th
year, had for a long period taken a very active interest in religious and
public affairs, both in the City of London and in this locality. By profession an architect, he was the
founder of the firm Messrs. J. E., M. L., and H. S. Saunders, of
Coleman-Street, E.C., his partners being his sons. For upwards of 30 years
he was a member of the Corporation of the City of London, serving first as
Common Councilman, and afterwards as a member of the Court of Aldermen, being
unanimously elected in 1887 to succeed Sir William McArthur as the
representative of the Ward of Coleman-street.
He resigned in the following year.
He was also for a considerable period a prominent member of the now
defunct Metropolitan Board of Works. During
his membership of the Court of Common Council he filled the chairs of the City
Lands, Bridge House, and Coal and Corn and Finance Committees. Of late years he had taken no active part in
the municipal life of the city except occasionally attending the Coleman-street
wardmotes. Upon the retirement of Mr.
William Ewart Gladstone from the representation of Greenwich in Parliament Mr.
Saunders, who was a pronounced and stalwart Radical, made an unsuccessful
attempt to enter the House of Commons as one of the members for that
borough. Twice subsequently he contested
the Dartford Division of Kent, but on both occasions failed. In 1876 he was elected a member of the London
School Board, having as he colleagues Mr. Henry Gover, Canon Money, and Mr.
Guildford Barker Richardson – all of whom predeceased him – and represented the
Greenwich Division until 1885. In 1876
he was appointed a Deputy-Lieutenant of the City of London, and at the time of
his death he was one of the oldest members of the Court of Lieutenancy, as he
was of the Blackheath Bench of Magistrates.
He occupied a prominent place in Masonic circles, held rank for some
years in the Auxiliary Forces, and was also a member of the Royal Astronomical,
Geological, Linnean and Zoological Societies.
In religion Mr. Saunders was a member of the Baptist denomination,
and worshipped at Lee Chapel. He
was an active worker in the interest of the Sunday School Union – on the
council of which he served for fifty years – and was formerly president of the
South-East Auxiliary, being elected a vice-president on his retirement. The cause of charity ever found in him a
hearty supporter; his death will be the occasion of deep grief to many - The
funeral took place on Monday at Eltham Parish Churchyard . . . The mourners were Mr. and Mrs. Martin L.
Saunders (son and daughter-in-law), Mr. Herbert S. Saunders (son), Miss
Saunders (daughter), Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Williams (son-in-law and daughter),
Mr. and Mrs. Sydney J. Saunders (brother and sister-in-law) . . .”[22]
Sydney
John Saunders was born in 1837 at Upper Thames Street in London, along the
river just west of London Bridge. He
lived with his parents until his father’s death in 1857 when he most likely
moved in with his older brother James III.
Sydney married Caroline Ashby in 1859 in Lewisham and by 1861 they were
living with his brother and Sydney was working as a wholesale stationman. By 1881 he moved to Charlton in the London
Borough of Greenwich where Sydney was listed as a manufacturing stationman with
15 employees who were working for the Sydney J. Saunders & Co
business. In 1891 the family either
lived in or was visiting Reigate, a town 19 miles south of London. In 1891 and 1901 he was consistently listed
as a export merchant or
wholesale export stationer and in 1891 was recorded as exporting goods mostly
to E. India, Cape and Australia, major parts of the British Empire. Sydney and Caroline had no children during
their 38 years together. Carolyn died in
1897 at age 58 after suffering with cancer for one and a half years and within
three months Sydney married his second wife Flora Teresa Morris, who was 26
years younger than him, at St. George in Hanover Square in the London Borough
of Westminster. Within a year their
first child was born followed by a second a year later and a third a year after
that: Sydney James Reginald, Charles James Russell and
Agnes Flora. At first the family lived
in the south London Borough of Croydon in a home they called Chateau Teresa,
before moving to Denbigh Street in Westminster.
In 1911 when Sydney was 74 years of age he worked as a manager in an
export stationary business, possible the one that took over his personal
business around 1904. Sydney died in
Bromley, another borough in south London in 1923 at age 85. Thirteen years after his death his wife Flora
and their daughter Agnes moved to Toronto, Canada in 1936 and Flora died there
in 1948.
Sydney
John and Flora Saunders had two sons.
The eldest, Sydney James Reginald Saunders (Sydney Jr. for the rest of
this narrative) was born in 1898 in Croydon.
Shortly after his father’s death in 1923 Sydney Jr. moved to Canada and
began to travel extensively between Canada, the UK and
the USA, working as an export manager.
In 1928 he married Ila Maude Campbell who was born in Manitoba,
Canada. He later became a publisher and they settled in Toronto where his mother and
sister Agnes joined him in 1936. Sydney
Jr. died there in 1945 at age 47 of coronary occlusion and was buried at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery. His wife Ila lived an
additional forty-one years and died in 1986 and was buried next to him. The youngest Saunders son was Charles John
Russell Saunders who was born in 1899 in Croydon. He remained in the London area and married
Frederica Elsa Olga Triebner in 1924 in the southwest
London Borough of Wandsworth, a year after his father’s death. In 1939 they were living in Chailey, Sussex,
a town about fifty-six miles south of London, were Charles worked as a
Lieutenant in the Royal Army Pay Corp, which was part of the British Army
responsible for administering financial matters[23]. His wife died in 1981 in Brighton at age 87
and he died four years later in Hove, a seaside reside
near Brighton, at age 86 in 1985.
The
Keith Owners
Unfortunately,
no information about Archibald Keith has been found. There were several men in the London area
with this name, but none were listed in the 1881, 1891 or 1901 censuses with
the occupation of export stationer or something similar[24]. Because of this there is no way at present to
prove which one of these men was the one associated with the Sydney J. Saunders
& Co. firm. Perhaps in the future
additional information will be located.
Sydney J. Saunders & Co.: Genealogy
Generation 1: James Ebenezer Saunders Jr. (1802-1857) and
Harriet Farley (c1807-1876)
· Born: August 16, 1802 (S1c).
· Baptized: September 11, 1802
St. Giles Cripplegate Barbican Independent, London
(S1c). Listed as James Ebenezer Saunders
with parents James Ebenezer and Sarah Saunders.
·
Parents:
James Ebenezer Saunders Sr. (1778-1860)
and Sarah Goudge
1. Born: November 15, 1778 Dr. Williams Library
London (S1b). Listed as James Ebenezer
Saunders born in Hand Court near Dowgate Hill with
parents James Saunders and his wife Jenny daughter of Thomas and Sarah Hart.
2. Marriage: November 14, 1801 St. Botolph without Bishopsgate, London (S1m). Listed as James Ebenezer Saunders and Sarah
Goudge.
3.
1841 Census:
not found.
4. 1851 Census: 16 Finsbury Square, St. Luke, Finsbury, Middlesex (S4). Listed as Jas E. Saunders age 72 a fish
factor born in London with 1 visitor and 3 servants.
5. Death: January 2, 1860 St. Luke, Finsbury,
Middlesex (S8d), listed as James Ebenezer Saunders age 81 a fish salesman who
died of chronic bronchitis at 16 Finsbury Square. January 2, 1860
at Finsbury-square (S6).
6. Probate: January 21, 1860 Principal Registry
(S6). Listed as James Ebenezer Saunders
Esq. of 16 Finsbury-square with Effects under £16,000 proved by the oaths of William Henry Warton and Thomas Henderson
executors.
· Grandparents: James
Saunders Esq (1753-1831) and Jenny Hart
1.
Baptized:
March 5, 1753 Harwich, Essex (S1c). Listed as James Saunders with parents
Nathaniel and Elizabeth Saunders.
2.
Marriage:
May 4, 1775 St. Mary, Islington, London (S1m). Listed as James Saunder and Jenny Hartt.
3.
Burial:
September 30, 1831 St. Swithin London Stone, London
(S7). Listed as James Saunders Esquire age 78 of Hand Court, Chequer
Yard.
4.
Will
Proved: October 5, 1831 Court of Canterbury Wills
(S6). Listed as James Saunders Esq. of
Hand Court, Thames Street, London with funds going to Martha Saunders widow of
son Nathanial, son James Ebenezer Saunders, son John Saunders and son Thomas
Saunders.
5.
Obituary:
The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronical. From January to June, 1862. Volume
CII. by Sylvanus Urban, Gent. Page
644 lists the obituary of James Saunders Esq.
(S=books.google.com).
· Apprentice
Indenture: September 28, 1816. Listed as James Ebenezer Saunders the younger
as apprenticed to his father James Ebenezer Saunders citizen and fishmonger
living in Lower Thames Street.
(S=https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/172341751/person/ 1122 44465077/media/60ef1c59-54bc-47b1-9424-0c5fd1f483fc?_phsrc=LLw8482&_phstart= succesSource).
· Marriage: April 7, 1825 Holy
Trinity, Clapham, Surrey (S1m). Listed
as James Ebenezer Saunders and Harriett Farley.
· 1841 Census: Thames
Street, St. Michael Crooke Lane, London (S4).
Listed as James Saunders age 35 a fish salem
born in the county with wife Harriet age 30 not born in the county and 3
children all born in the county: Elizh, James, and
Sydney.
· 1851 Census: 3 The
Terrace, St. Marks Kennington, Lambeth, London (S4). Listed as James E. Saunders age 48 a
wholesale fish factor born in Spitalfields, Middlesex with wife Harriet age 43
born in Clapham, Surry, 4 children: James E., Elizabeth F., Sydney Jno and Alexander G. and 1 servant. (Note:
the middle initials and birth places are very hard to read
and some appear to be transcription errors).
· Death: December 11, 1857
Whitechapel, Middlesex (S8d). Listed as
James Ebenezer Saunders age 55 a fish factor who died at the London Hospital of
poisoning himself in a temporary state of insanity.
· Burial: December
17, 1857 Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth, London (S7). Listed as James Ebenezer Saunders age 54 who
resided at Finsbury Circus.
· Probate: not found.
·
1861 Census Wife: not found.
·
1871 Census Wife: not Found.
· Wife’s Death: 4th
QTR 1876 Brighton, Sussex (S5d). Listed
as Harriet Saunders age 69. November 29,
1876 151 King’s-road, Brighton (S6).
· Wife’s Burial:
December 5, 1876 Norwood Cemetery, Lambeth, London
(S7). Listed as Harriet Saunders age 69
of 36 Lee Terrace, Blackheath removed from 151 King Road Brighton.
· Wife’s Probate:
January 18, 1877 Principal Registry (S6). Listed as Harriet Saunders late of Brighton a
widow with Effects under £4,000
(Resworn April 1879 under £5,000)
proved by James Ebenezer Saunders of 9 Finsbury-circus, London the son an
architect and surveyor the sole executor.
· Children:
1.
Elizabeth
F. Saunders (c1827-??). 1841 and 1851
Censuses with parents (S4). Listed as
age 14 born in the county in 1851 and age 24 born in St. Mary at Hill in 1851.
2.
James
Ebenezer Saunders III (1830-1909) – See Generation 2.
3.
Sydney
John Saunders (1837-1923) – See Generation 2
4.
Alexander
Goudge Saunders (1847-1864). Born: 2nd
QTR 1847 St. Mary Newington (S=GRO Online listing), listed as Alexander Goudge
Saunders with mother’s maiden name Farley.
1851 Census with parents (S4), listed as Alexander G. Saunders age 3
born in Kennington, Surrey. 1861 Census:
Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent (S4), listed as Alexander G. Saunders age 13 a scholar
born Kennington, Surrey. Death: January 10,
1864 St. Mary in the Castle, Hastings, Sussex (S8d),
listed as Alexander Goudge Saunders age 16 the son of the late James Ebenezer
Saunders a fish factor, who died at White Rock Place of rheumatic fever 3
months with J. Ebenezer Saunders of 1 Granville Park Terrence, Blackheath, Kent
in attendance; January 10, 1864 Hastings (S6).
Burial: January 19, 1864 Norwood Cemetery,
Lambeth (S7), listed as Alexander Goudge Saunders age 16 of Granville Park
Terrace, Blackheath removed from Hastings.
Probate: February 18,1864 Principal Registry (S6), listed as Alexander
Goudge Saunders of 1 Granville-Park-terrace, Blackheath a bachelor with effects
under £100 to Harriet
Saunders of the same address a widow the mother and only next of kin.
Generation 2: James
Ebenezer Saunders III (1830-1909) and Jane Barnard (c1831-1913)
· Born: February 3, 1830
Lower Thames St, London (S1c). Listed as
James Ebenezer Saunders with parents James Ebenezer and Harriet Saunders.,
· 1841 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as James Saunders
age 11 born in the county.
· 1851 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as James E.
Saunders age 21 an architect born in Lower Thames, Middlesex.
· Marriage: March
15, 1855 Kings Neigh House Chapel, Fish Street Hill,
London (S8m). Listed as James Ebenezer
Saunders age 25 a bachelor, architect and surveyor who resided at 9 Finsbury
Circus whose father was James Ebenezer Saunders a fish factor and Jane Barnard
age 24 a spinster.
· 1861 Census: 63 1 Granville Well Ter, Lewisham, London
(S4). Listed a James E. Sanders age 31
architect living on N. S. S. Comm Councilman of London KGS born in London with
wife Jane age 30 bon in London, 4 children: Florence T., Martin L. Herbert L. and
Constance B.,1 brother Sidney, 1 sister-in-law Caroline and 2 servants.
· 1871 Census: 1 Granville Park Terrace, Lewisham, London
(S4). Listed as James E. Saunders age 41
an architect born in St. Botolph London with wife Jane age
40 born in St. Sepulcher London, 5 children: Florence J., Martin L., Herbert
S., Constance B., Blanche G., and 2 servants.
· 1881 Census: 36
Lee Ter, Lee, London (S4). Listed as
James E. Saunders age 51 H. M. Lieuts. for city of
London, D. Lieut. for The Towers Hamlets, member London School Board and
architect born in London with wife Jane age 50 born in
London, 5 children: Florence J., Martin L., Herbert S., Constance B. and
Blanche S., and 2 servants.
· 1891 Census: 36
Lee Terr., Lee, London (S4). Listed as
James E. Saunders age 61 Justice of the Peace and architect born in London with
wife Jane age 60 born in London, 3 children: Florence
J., Constance B., and Herbert S., and 1 servant.
· 1901 Census: 71
Eltham Road, Eltham, London (S4). Listed
as James E. Saunders age 71 an architect born in London with wife June age 70
born in London, 2 children: Constance B. and Blanche G., 1 visitor, 1 boarder
and 2 nurses and 2 servants.
· Death: 4th QTR 1909 Lewisham, London (S5d). Listed as James Ebenezer Saunders age
79. November 24, 1909
Lee (S6).
·
Obituary:
The Kentish Mercury newspaper dated December 3, 1909, page 5, column 3
(S=www.britishnewspaperarchives. com).
· Probate: December
3, 1909 London (S6).
Listed as James Ebenezer Saunders of Chelviston
Eltham-road Lee Kent and of 4 Coleman-street London with effects £8,983 to Martin Luther Saunders
and Herbert Stanley Saunders architects and surveyors.
· 1911 Census: 9 Woodstock Rd, Croydon (S4). Listed as Jane Saunders age 80 a widow born in
London who was married 54 years and had 5 children of which 4 were still
living, 1 daughter Constance B., 1 grand niece and 1
servant.
· Wife’s Death: 4th
QTR Croydon, Surrey 1913 (Sd). Listed as
Jane Saunders age 83.
· Wife’s
Burial: December 20, 1913
St. John the Baptist, Eltham, Greenwich (S7).
Listed as Jane Saunders age 83 of 9 Woodstock Road, Croydon.
·
Wife’s Probate: not found.
· Children:
1.
Florence
Jane Saunders (1856-??). Born: 1st QTR
1856 City of London (S=GRO Online Index).
Listed as Florence Jane Saunders with mother’s maiden name Barnard. 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891 Censuses: with
parents (S4).
2.
Martin
Luther Saunders (1857-??). Born: 3rd QTR
1857 City of London (S=GRO Online Index).
Listed as Martin Luther Saunders with mother’s maiden name Barnard.
1861, 1871 and 1881 Censuses: with parents (S4).
3.
Herbert
Stanley Saunders (1859-??). Born: 1st
QTR 1859 Lewisham Union (S=GRO Online Index).
Listed as Herbert Stanley Saunders with mother’s maiden name Barnard.
1861, 1871, 1881 and 1891 Censuses: with parents (S4).
4.
Constance
Beatrice Saunders (1860-??). Born: 4th
QTR 1860 Lewisham Union (S=GRO Online Index).
Listed as Constance Beatrice Saunders with mother’s maiden name Barnard.
1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 Censuses: with parents (S4).
5.
Blanche
Geraldine Saunders (1862-??). Born: 3rd
QTR 1862 Lewisham Union (S=GRO Online Index).
Blanche Geraldine Saunders with mother’s maiden name Barnard. 1871, 1881
and 1901 Censuses: with parents (S4).
Generation 2:
Sydney John Saunders (1837-1923) and Caroline Ashby (c1839-1897) and
Flora Teresa Morris (c1861-1948)
· Born: March 15, 1837 132
Upper Thames Street, London (S1c).
· Baptized: June 29,
1837, St. Michael Crooked Lane, London (S1c).
Listed as Sydney John Saunders with parents James Ebenezer Saunders junior
a fish factor and Harriet Saunders the daughter of John and Elizabeth Farley of
Clapham, Surrey.
· 1841 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as Sydney Saunders
age 4 born in the county.
· 1851 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as Sydney Jho
Saunders age 14 a scholar born in Upper Thames, Middlesex.
· Marriage #1: May 2, 1859 St.
Mary, Lewisham, London (S3). Listed as
Sydney John Saunders a stationer living in Greenwich whose father was James
Ebenezer Saunders a deceased wholesale fish factor and Caroline Ashby a
spinster from Lewisham.
· 1861 Census: with
brother James E. Saunders (S4). Listed
as Sidney Saunders a brother age 24 a wholesale
stationman employing 4 men, 2 boys and 9 girls born in London and his wife
Caroline who was listed as sister-in-law to the head of household James E.
Saunders age 22 born in Lamberhurst, Sussex. (Note: Sidney is incorrectly listed in the
census index with the middle initial T).
·
1871 Census: not found.
· 1881 Census: 171 Woolahar Villa Lee Road, Charlton, London (S4). Listed as Sydney John Saunders age 44 a
manufacturing stationman employing 5 men, 8 women and 2 boys born in London
with wife Caroline age 42 born in Lamberhurst, Kent.
· 1891 Census: 222
London Road, Reigate, Surrey (S4).
Listed as Sidney John Saunders age 54 an export merchant mostly E.
India, Cape and Australia employer born in London with wife Caroline age 52
born in Lamberhurst, Kent and 1 servant.
· Wife #1 Death: May
1, 1897 East Grinstead, Sussex (S8d). Listed as Caroline Saunders age 58 the wife
of Sydney John Saunders export stationer who died at Woolhara
Bellggio Lingfield, Surrey of a cancerous obstruction
of the pylorus 1 year and 6 months with Sydney J. Saunders the widower of the
same address present at her death.
· Marriage #2: July 10, 1897 St.
George Hanover Square, London, Westminster (S3), listed as Sydney John Saunders
age 59 a widower and merchant who resided at Woollahra,
East Grinsted whose father was James Ebenezer Saunders deceased a ship owner
and Flora Teresa Morris a spinster age 36.
Allegation: July 6, 1897 Hanover Square, St.
George (S=London and Surrey, Marriage Bonds and Allegations 1597-1921 available
at ancestry.com), listed as Flora Teresa Morris a spinster age 21 and upwards
and Sydney John Saunders a widower.
· 1901 Census: 230 Harewood Rd, Chateau Terese, Croydon,
Surrey (S4). Listed as Sydney J.
Saunders age 64 a wholesale export stationer employer born in Upper Thames St.
with wife Flora T. age 38 born in Marylebone, 3 children: Sydney J. R., Charles
J. R., and Agnes Flora, 1 mother-in-law Agnes M. Morris a widow age 56 and 2 servants. (Note: this census index incorrectly lists 5
additional residents who were actually in the next
household).
· 1911 Census: 84
Denbigh Street, Belgrave Road S. W., St. George Hanover Square (S4). Listed as Sydney J. Saunders age 74 a manager
export stationary firm worker born in Upper Thames St., London with wife Flora
T. age 50 born in Marylebone and 1 child: Agnes F. E. age 10. They were married 14 years and had 3
children all still living.
· Death: March 7, 1923 Bromley, Kent (S8d).
Listed as Sydney John Saunders age 85 a retired export stationers manager who died of senile decay at 20 Tweedy
Road with his son S.J.R. Saunders the informant.
·
Probate: not found.
· Wife’s Arrival in
the UK: September 13, 1946 (S=UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists
1878-1960 available at ancestry.com). Listed as Flora T. Saunders age 76 a widow
sailed on the Cunard White Star ship name Aquitania from Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada to Southampton, England with her daughter Agnes Saunders age 45 and
possibly some grandchildren who all were living in Canada.
· Wife’s Death
Certificate: June 24, 1948
Toronto, Canada (S=Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948
available at ancestry.com). Listed as
Flora Teresa Saunders of 223 Redpath Ave., Toronto an 87 year
old widow who had lived in Toronto for 12 years who was born in London
on October 23, 1860 and whose husband was the late Sydney John Saunders and
whose parents were Alfred and Agnes Marian Morris with her daughter Agnes
Saunders as the informant.
·
Wife’s Probate: not found.
· Wife’s Burial: 1948
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Canada (S=Canada, Find a Grave Index,
1600s-current available at ancestry.com).
Listed as Flora Theresa Saunders who died on June 24, 1848
in Ontario, Canada.
· Children:
1.
Sydney
James Reginald Saunders (1898-1945) – See Generation 3
2.
Charles
John Russell Saunders (1899-1985) – See Generation 3
3.
Agnes
Flora Saunders (1901-??). Born: 1st QTR
1901 Croydon (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Agnes Flora Saunders with mother’s
maiden name Morris. 1901 and 1911
Censuses: with parents.
Generation 3: Sydney James Reginald Saunders
(1898-1945) and Ila Maude Campbell (1903-1986)
· Born: 2nd QTR 1898 Croydon, Surrey (S=GRO online
index). Listed as Sydney James Reginald
Saunders with mother’s maiden name listed as Morris.
· 1901 Census: with
parents (S4). Listed as Sydney J. R.
Saunders age 3 born in Croydon.
· 1911 Census:
Christ Hospital School West Horsham, Sussex (S4). Listed as Sydney Saunders age 12 a scholar
born in Croydon.
· USA Arrivals:
1927. Listed as Sydney Jas Saunders
(S=US Index to Alien Arrivals at Canadian Atlantic and Pacific Seaports
1904-1944 available at ancestry.com).
· USA Arrivals: May
29, 1928 Seattle, Washington. Listed as Sydney James Reginald Saunders age
30 an exp. mgr born in Croydon, England departed
London for Boston. (S=US Border
Crossings from Canada, 1895-1960 available at ancestry.com). (Note: The arrival
index indicates he arrived in Seattle, however the actual document says he
departed London with Boston as his destination).
· Marriage: August 18, 1928
Toronto, Canada (S=Ontario, Canada Marriages 1826-1938 available at
ancestry.com). Listed as Sydney James
Reginald Saunders age 30 an export manager from Chelsea Gardens, London,
England whose parents were Sydney John Saunders and Flora Theresa Saunders and
Ila Maude Campbell age 25 who was born in Manitoba.
· UK Arrivals:
August 27, 1929 arrived in Liverpool from
Montreal. Listed as Sydney James. R.
Saunders age 31 of 40 Chelsea Gardens, London a mfr’s
rep (S=UK and Ireland Incoming Passenger Lists 1878-1960 available at
ancestry.com).
· Canada
Arrivals: March 9, 1935
arrived in Halifax, Canada from Liverpool, UK.
Listed as Sydney J. R. Saunders age 36 born in Croydon, England 1898
destination wife Ila Saunders Apt 30E, 400 Avenue Road, Toronto. (S=Canada
Incoming Passenger List 1865-1936 available at ancestry.com).
· UK Departures:
July 28, 1938 departed Southampton, UK for
Quebec. Listed as S. J. Reginald
Saunders age 40 publisher c/o Barclays Bank, London. (S=UK and Ireland Outbound
Passenger List 1890-1960 available at ancestry.com).
· USA Arrivals: May
20, 1941 New York, NY from Toronto by plane and
February 4, 1942 La Guardia New York, NY 1942 from Toronto by plane (S=New York
US Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists 1820-1957 available at ancestry.com). Listed as S. J. Reginald Saunders age 43 a
publisher.
· Death: July 13, 1945
Toronto, Canada (S=Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948
available at ancestry.com). Listed as
Sydney James Reginald Saunders of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto 47 year old married man who lived in 400 Avenue Road, Apt
303 Toronto, Canada for 22 years who was born in Croydon, England on June 6,
1898 and whose wife was Ila Campbell Saunders and whose parents were Sydney
James Saunders and Flora T. Morris of Croydon, UK a publisher who died of
coronary occlusion.
· Burial: 1945 Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
(S7). Listed as S. J. Reginald Saunders
1898-1945.
·
Probate: not found.
· Wife’s Burial: 1986
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto (S7).
Listed as Ila M. Saunders 1903-1986.
·
Children: unknown
Generation 3: Charles John Russell Saunders
(1899-1985) and Frederica Elsa O. Triebner
(1893-1981)
· Born: 4th QTR 1899 Croydon, Surrey (S=GRO online
index). Listed as Charles John Russell Saunders
with mother’s maiden name listed as Morris.
· 1901 Census: with
parents (S). Listed as Charles J. R.
Saunders age 18 months born in Croydon.
· 1911 Census:
Christ Hospital School West Horsham, Sussex (S4). Listed as Charles Saunders age 11 a scholar
born in Croydon.
· Marriage: May 20, 1924 Rochampton, Wandsworth,
London (S8m). Listed as Charles John
Russell Saunders age 24 a bachelor a proprietor of an undecipherable profession
who lived at Bestborough Rd, Rochampton
whose father was Sydney John Saunders deceased an export merchant and Frederica
Elsa Olga Triebner age 30 a spinster.
· 1939 Register: New
Market 163 Chailey, Sussex (S9). Listed
as Chas. J. R. Saunders born October 24, 1899 married
working as a lieut R. A. P. C with wife Frederica
born November 2, 1893 unpaid domestic.
· Wife’s Death: 3rd
QTR 1981 Brighton, East Sussex (S5d).
Listed as Frederica Elsa O. Saunders age 87 who was born November 2,
1893.
· Death: August 22, 1985, Hove, East Sussex
(S8d). Listed as Charles John Russell
Saunders age 86 a retired insurance accessor who resided at Flat 3, 6 Adelaide
Crescent, Hove where he died of heart disease.
He was born October 24, 1898 in London and his
son Peter Russell Saunders the informant.
·
Probate: not found.
· Possible Children:
(S2 and GRO)
1.
Peter
Russell Saunders (1925-??). Born: 1st
QTR 1925 Wandsworth (S=GRO Online Index), listed as Peter Russel Saunders.
2.
Joan
Russell Saunders (1929-??). Born: 4th
QTR 1929 Kingston (S-GRO Online Index), listed as Joan Russell Saunders.
Avery
style needle cases stamped with the “Sydney J. Saunders & Co 54 St. Mary Axe
London” name and address:
1.
Shakespeare’s
Birthplace Small: Ornamental design
#274362 registered July 11, in 1873 by W. Avery & Son, Redditch, UK (S=TNA,
Kew).
2.
Easel
- Floral: Ornamental design #292979 registered
July 19, 1875 by Buncher & Haseler, Birmingham, UK
(S=TNA, Kew).
3.
Trolley
and Box: Ornamental design #313961 registered
September 7, 1876 by Frank J. Kendrick, Birmingham, UK
(S=TNA, Kew).
