Distant Sanfords

A few more notes on the Sanfords.

William and Abigail Simmons Sanford

Son William Hicks Sanford has 2 recorded marriages: on an AF to Patience Sawdy and Priscilla Sawdy, and in NFS to Priscilla Sawdy and Rhoda Sawdy.

Son Abraham Sanford’s wife is Clara, and an AF gives her the full name Clara Howes

Brother Peleg Simmons: an AF records his wife as Eliphal Sanford, instead of NFS’s Abigail Sanford.

Peleg and Lillis Wilcox Sanford An AF lists their marriage as 1774, and NFS has many dates, including 1747, before both were born.

*Except for the marriage date discrepancies noted above, all of the Marriage dates on an AF 5 generations above Violet Sanford agree with the NFS dates and people.

* a note indicates there were 2 main Sanford immigrations to America. John Sanford and Thomas Sanford (no relation) (handwritten notes by Dad, 6/21/1995)

Cemetery notes

Notes that Mom took at the Craigmont Idaho Cemetery agree with the New Family Search birth and death dates for Violet Sanford and Augustus Carley

The Box: John Herman Sanford

I went through the file we have for John Sanford and compared everything to New Family Search (NFS). Discrepancies and Confirmations are listed below.

Marriage. A Iowa Marriage Record extraction (ie not the handwritten version) confirms NFS marriage date and place between John and Mary.

Early Marriage. It seems John and his wife Mary lived with John’s parents when John’s daughter Violet was young. In the house were his mother Melinda (65), Brother Tilly (35), Brother Alonzo (24), Daughter Violet (2), and wife Mary (21), as well as a 2-month-old (“William”?). (1870 Iowa Federal Census)

Child William S Sanford: Mom’s notes from Craigmont Idaho Cemetery indicate he was born in 1883, rather than NFS’s 1881.

Child Mary A Millage: Mom’s notes from Craigmont Idaho Cemetery indicate she was born February 26, 1881 rather than NFS’s 1883. The cemetery notes also indicate she died August 30, 1961 rather than NFS’s September 2, 1961. There are also cemetery dates for a William Millage, who may have been her father in law (b. 1860, d. 1932)

Grandchild Earl Bliss Carley: notes from Craigmont Idaho Cemetery indicate he died June 25, 1973 (NFS options are June 25, 1974 or just June 1973.