SAUNDERS, Sadell Ida (1886-1984)

SAUNDERS, Sadell Ida (1886-1984)

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Sadell Ida ‘Sadie’ Saunders was born on June 7, 1886, in Green Turtle Cay, Abaco to John Patrick Saunders (1849-1909) and Mary Jane Lowe (1851-1944).

Her siblings included…

  • Charlotte (1874)
  • Edward (1875)
  • John Appleton (1878)
  • Stanley Franklen (1883)
  • Herbert Woodland(1884)
  • Berlin Bernard (1895)
  • Virgil (1896)
  • Birchland (1897)
  • Cal (1898)

In Key West during October 1907, Sadie married William Carl ‘Jack’ Richmond (1887-1974) from New York. Jack served as a postal clerk in Miami for a period of time.

Their children included…

  • William Carl Jr (1912-1928) Accidental drowning in Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida.
  • Henry John (1922)

Sadell Ida ‘Sadie’ Saunders pass away on October 11, 1984 (age 97) in Lake Worth, Florida and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Miami, Florida.

Sadie with niece Ruby Isabella Saunders Young and her children Gloria Young and Oliver Young.
Descendants of Mary Jane Lowe Saunders and John Lowe of Green Turtle Cay, Abaco.
L-R: Berlin Bernard Saunders Sr with Myrna Rider, Betty Saunders w/Lorraine Saunders, Jos Sweek, Broward Saunders holding daughter Bobbie, Sadell Ida ‘Sadie’ (Saunders) Richmond, Edna Saunders Crider, Helen Sweek Saunders, Jennie Breen Saunders, Jennie Sweek.
Berlin & Sadie are siblings. Sadie born in GTC.
L-R: Broward Benjamin Saunders, Nettie Elmira Saunders, Edna Mae Saunders, Sadell Ida Saunders, Edward Saunders, William Carl Richmond. Two boys (L-R) Berlin Bernard Jr and John Henry Richmond.
L-R Berlin Bernard Saunders, Maria Genevieve Scanion, Oliver Oglethorpe Young, Sadell Ida Saunders, William Carl Richmond
L-R Edna Mae Saunders, Sadell Ida Saunders, Helen Margaret Sweek
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