Sander Index
This is a site to explore the ancestors of Michael D Sander 1941, brother in law of my friend Maggie Cooke .
If you would like to contact the owner of this site please email chris@chrisgrant.eu
Research started on 28/10/2018 . Last put live 27/12/2020 & the conclusion of my work!
Now the Sander family history can be printed out as a book so as to survive for posterity.
https://fleetvillediaries.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/sander-moon-exhibition-revised.pdf
Click on any name in blue
Paternal side
Michael D Sander 1941 . . Louis David M Fearnley Sander 1911-1975 . . Conrad Fearnley Sander 1874-1957 . Heinrich Frederick Conrad Sander 1847-1920 . . Ernst Frederick Conrad Sander 1818-1859 . . Johann Heinrich Friedrick Sander 1772-1851 . . Earlier Sander
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Freda Waugh wife of Conrad Sander 1872-1953 . .Benjamin Waugh 1839-1908 . . James Waugh 1809 - 1880 . . Benjamin Waugh 1758-1829
Sarah Elizabeth Boothroyd wife of Benjamin Waugh 1838-1932 . .Samuel Boothroyd 1814-1886 . Benjamin Boothroyd 1768-1836 . . Earlier Boothroyds
Mary Harrison wife of James Waugh 1807-1847 . . John Harrison 1774-1854 . .James Harrison 1744- 1828. . .Edward Harrison 1716-1789
Grace Holmes wife of John Harrison 1779-1825 . . John Holmes 1747- 1833. .Marmaduke Holmes 1708-1770 . Marmaduke Holmes 16xx - 1730
Mary Procter wife of Benjamin Waugh 1758 1767-1845 . . Andrew Procter 1737-1775 . . Robert Procter ~1710- 1779
Eliza Fearnley wife of Heinrich Sander 1841-1922 . .James Fearnley 1807-1894 . . James Fearnley 1777-1863 . James Fearnley 1748-1817
Mary S Paine wife of James Fearnley 1807 1809-1875 . .Daniel Paine 1770-1845
Dinah Mesnard wife of James Fearnley 1777 1785-1853. Stephen Mesnard 1749-1824 . .Stephen Mesnard 1717-1775 . Daniel Mesnard ~1675-1737
Anna Johanna Kropp wife of Ernst Sander 1823- . . Friedrich Kropp 1795 . . Friedrich Kropp
Diederika Groten wife of Friedrick Kropp 1794
Hanne M C Leweke wife of Johann Sander 1777-1818 . . Anton Conrad Leweke 1752-1797
Sarah Ann Greatbatch wife of Samuel Boothroyd 1810-1865 . . Rev.George Greatbatch 1779-1864 . . Rev.James Greatbatch 1751-1810
Sarah Greatbatch wife - unrelated- of Rev.George Greatbatch 1766-1851 . .John Greatbatch 1739-1810
Sarah Hurst wife of Benjamin Boothroyd 1773-1832 . . Francis Hurst 1731-1796 . . Samuel Hurst
Other related pages: Rose Magali Sander 1898- 1968. . .K M Evelyn Sander 1900-1989 . .Eliza Laelia Sander 1902-1962 . . Julian Fearnley Sander 1908-2000 . . .. Ralph Benjamin Waugh Fearnley Sander 1909-1978 . . . . . . Peter Conrad Fearnley Sander 1914-1945 . . . . . .Mary Harrison Sander 1912-1990 . . . . . Frederick Mark Roger Sander 1904-1978. . . Eliza Diedericke Sander 1873-1942 . . .Frederich Kropp Sander 1876-1951 . ..Louis Lohmann Sander 1878-1936 . . . Matthew Fearnley, a son of James Fearnley 1777 1823-1909 . . Sander press cuttings . . . . Conrad's 154 page memoirs- precis . . Group photos of children of Conrad & Freda . Edna Waugh 1879
Maternal side
Barbara Mary Massey Davies 1918- 1990 . . Thomas F Davies 1890-1944 . .David Davies 1840-1919 . . David Davies
Esther B Massey wife of Thomas F Davies 1888-1920 . . Albert E Massey 1864-1920 . . Charles Massey 1826-1885 . . Thomas Massey 1800-1873 . . . Thomas Massey 1769-1812 . . William Massey 1737-1787
Sarah Ann E Conoley wife of David Davies 1859-1943 . .Cornelius Coneley 1836-1900 . . Walter Conoley
Sarah Ann M Scott wife of Cornelius Conoley 1836-1921 . .John W Scott ~1807 -1871
Pamela Brown wife of John W Scott
Esther Jane Smith wife of Albert E Massey 1862-1951 . .Frederick Smith 1837 - >1891 . .George Smith 1813 -1868 . . Edward Smith 1783-1866
Mary Cove wife of Charles Massey 1828-1898 . John Cove 1798-1864
Eliza Godwin wife of Thomas Massey 1803-1892
Esther Jane Platt wife of Frederick Smith 1841- 1866 . . James Platt 1803-1845 . . James Platt 1776-1829
Mary Anderton wife of George Smith 1812-1886
Esther Anderton wife of James Platt 1801- 1883 . . Thomas Anderton 1777-1834
Mary Brown wife of George Smith 1800-1870
Tree,( some dates incorrect) plus some articles, courtesy of Peter Sander's wondrous site https://www.sandersorchids.com/sanders-orchids/
SUMMARY
Michael Sander's and his siblings’ ancestors on his paternal side are more illustrious than most! The Sander name has been synonymous for nearly 150 years with Sanders’ Orchids and the once famous orchid nurseries in St Albans, and Bruges . His great grandfather, Heinrich Friedrich Sander, arrived in England from his native Bremen aged 18, around 1865, probably following the German victory over Denmark in the Schleswig-Holstein wars. By 1884 his nurseries were established in St Albans, and by 1894 in Bruges. In a famous edition of Punch he was christened “The Orchid King”.
Heinrich Friedrich Sander married the daughter of a successful merchant, James Fearnley, (son of a corn dealer & coal merchant). It was Fearnley money that was to help the establishment of a seed nursery, then an Orchid Nursery, in St Albans.
His son, Conrad Fearnley Sander, married Freda, a daughter of Benjamin Waugh, a Yorkshireman, a Congregational Minister, founder of the NSPCC,
Benjamin was the son of a saddler, James Waugh, & grandson of a Dissenting Independent Minister (another Benjamin Waugh). He married a daughter of Samuel Boothroyd, a self-made man, a draper in Southport: Samuel's father was also an Independent Minister, and son of a humble shoemaker. Samuel married a daughter of the Rev. George Greatbatch, from Staffordshire, also the son of a Minister.
Michael’s father, David Sander, 1911, was truly an orchid expert, and came to be known as “The Orchid Prince.”
Michael’s maternal ancestors were involved in less exotic or reformist occupations: his mother, Barbara M. Massey Davies, was the daughter of a bank representative, Thomas Davies, the son of a Master Mariner, David Davies, born in Cork, and who ran a Boarding House in Bournemouth in his retirement.
He had married Sarah Conoley, daughter of a painter & plumber, Cornelius Conoley, but with a mariner as her maternal grandfather, John W Scott.
Barbara's maternal grandfather, Albert Massey, was a very successful Timber Merchant, born to an agricultural labourer, Charles Massey, also son of an agricultural labourer, who later made good as a Timber Merchant in St Albans. Albert married a daughter of an architect/surveyor, Frederick Smith, who was the son of a coal agent's clerk. And Frederick married a daughter of a grocer, James Platt. All these people, the Davies from Poplar & before that Cork, the Conoleys from Limehouse/Poplar & before that Ireland, the Smiths & the Platts from Blackburn, the Masseys in Barnet/St Albans, but from Gloucestershire, and before that London, have their own stories of upward mobility to tell.. Please read on!