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Arthur Buchanan Sands 1889–1947 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Sep 1889 or 1887

Birth Location: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Death Date: 04 Jan 1947

Death Location: Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Father: John Sands

Mother: Catherine Tatham

Spouse(s): Gladys Steven, Ethel Orchard, Edith Hooker

Children(s): Jean Sands, Jack Sands, Harry Jones

Arthur Buchanan Sands was born in 1889 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the child of John Sands And Catherine Mary Tatham. In 1913, Arthur Buchanan Sands resided in Christchurch, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealan. Arthur Buchanan Sands married Edith Frances Aka Daisy Hooker, Ethel Adelaide Orchard, Gladys Ivee Steven, and had children including Harry Richard Jones, Jack Braithwaite Sands, Jean Kathleen Sands, William Robert Sands. Arthur Buchanan Sands passed away in 1947 in Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Biography

  • Arthur Buchanan Sands was born in 1889 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the child of John Sands And Catherine Mary Tatham.
  • In 1913, Arthur Buchanan Sands resided in Christchurch, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealan.
  • Arthur Buchanan Sands married Edith Frances Aka Daisy Hooker, Ethel Adelaide Orchard, Gladys Ivee Steven, and had children including Harry Richard Jones, Jack Braithwaite Sands, Jean Kathleen Sands, William Robert Sands.
  • Arthur Buchanan Sands passed away in 1947 in Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.

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Arthur Sands's Ancestors

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Arthur Sands
1889–1947
Birth Place: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Parents
John Sands
1854–1909
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Catherine (Mary) Tatham
1864–1949
Ballarat, Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia
Grandparents
John Sands
1830–1907
Kincardine By Doune, Perth, Scotland, or, Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Jane Buchanan
1820–1883
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, England, UK
John Tatham
1838–1926
Skipton, Yorkshire, England
Catherine Watson
1832–1919
Burnley, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Arthur Sands's Descendants

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Arthur (Buchanan) Sands (5 Sep 1889 or 1887–04 Jan 1947) m. Gladys (Ivee) Steven (1891–11 Jan 1965) m. Ethel (Adelaide) Orchard (04 Oct 1881–27 Apr 1966) m. Edith (Frances (aka Daisy)) Hooker (14 Aug 1893–26 Feb 1984)
  1. 1. Jean (Kathleen) Sands 1929–1992
  2. 2. Jack (Braithwaite) Sands –1943
  3. 3. Harry (Richard) Jones 1918–2010 m. Alma (Doreen) Stone 1922–2000 m. Gwenyth (El-ma Ambrose or) Jones 1923–2008

Arthur Sands's Timeline

4 Records

1887
05 Sep 1887
Birth of Arthur Buchanan Sands in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
1889
5 Sep 1889 or 1887
Birth of Arthur Buchanan Sands in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
1913
1913
Age 24
Arthur Buchanan Sands resided here in Christchurch, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
1947
04 Jan 1947
Age 58
Death of Arthur Buchanan Sands in Nairobi Area, Kenya
Nairobi Area, Kenya

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 05 Sep 1887
    Event Place: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922, Pioneer Index, Victoria 1836-1888
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    [3] Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Birth Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Sep 1889 or 1887
    Event Place: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1913
    Event Place: Christchurch, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, City & Area Directories, BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; Collection Title: New Zealand City & Area Directories, 1866-1955; Directory: Wise´s New Zealand Post Office Directory

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 04 Jan 1947
    Event Place: Nairobi Area, Kenya
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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