George Saunders

We have finally found our missing George Saunders born 1850 to Robert and Ann Saunders. George married Louisa Roden 1875 in Victoria. They had the following children.

• Henry Roden Saunders born 1875 in St Kilda, Victoria.
• George Robert Saunders 1877 in Prahan, Victoria.
• Mary Ann May Saunders 1880 in St Kilda, Victoria.
• Frank William Roden Saunders 1887 in Westbury, Tasmania.
• Norman Basil Lewis Saunders 1890 in Westbury, Tasmania.
• Murice Glady Kate Saunders 1894 in Westbury, Tasmania.

George and Louisa Saunders and their children were involved in Orcharding in the North of the state. The Saunders brothers had a very successful Orchard at Sidmouth, Richmond Hill a property called "Barrymore" ownered by Norman and another at Glengarry "Saundridge Park" all the family worked at the Orchards until the death of Norman in the war and George and Lousias death around 1920. Murice married into the Vincent family (another Orcharding family in the area) and Mary Ann May into the McGarry family.

 

Henry married Elizabeth and remained in Sidmouth working as a farmer until after 1922. In 1928 we was living in Newstead, Launceston and working as a gardener. Henry died in 1964 and is buried at Winkleigh cemetery.

 

George moved to New Zealand. He died in 1947.

 

Frank is list from 1919  - 1943 as working as a Fruit labourer and distributor in Gilbert Street Latrobe, Tasmania. Frank passed away 1948 aged 61.

 

Mary Ann at age 40 married Joseph McGarry who were also orcharding at the time in the East Tamar area. They moved to the North West coast around 1928. Mary Ann died in 1946 aged 66.

 

Maurice married Charles Vincent they lived in Deloraine where Charles worked in a Timber yard. By 1937 they had moved to the North West coast and were living in Alexander Road, Ulverstone. Maurice died in 1981 aged 86.