Saunders family
tree
Origins of the
name
The Saunders name dates back, on early
records in England, to Cambridge, London and Middlesex in the 1600s. Later in
the 1700s records show the name in Norfolk and by the 1800s many other
counties.
Place names
The Saunders name appears on migration
ships in the 1700s to America, and later in the 1800s the name appears in
Australia. In Nebraska, USA, there is a Saunders County and several
organisations with the Saunders name.
In Wales there is the small seaside town
of Saundersfoot in Pembrokeshire. There is also a Saunders Street
in Southport, Merseyside. Sanderstead is in London and Sanderton in
Buckinghamshire. From other people's research the name itself is said to derive
from Sandes, it then became Sanders before turning into Saunders.
Famous family
Today probably the most famous Saunders is
the comedian Jennifer Saunders. There is also many others including
Ben Saunders, the Arctic explorer.
The name today
The name is linked to the Wellham family through the
descendants of Alice Saunders born in the late 1800s, she married Arthur Bullock of Bishops
Frome, England. They had a son Edwin Bullock born 1915 of Madersfield,
Malvern, England. He married Doris Watkins born 1918, they
had a son Anthony James Bullock.
Anthony Bullock married Christine Sylvia Dunkley of
Chatham in Kent. They had three daughters Debbie, Diane and Sally.
Anthony re-married to Patricia Nunney, they had a son Gary. Diane Bullock married Simon Wellham of Worcester, they
had two sons Jamie and Luke Wellham. |
