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David E "Milk" Sanford 1837–1928 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 JUL 1837

Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 17 NOV 1928

Death Location: Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Philip Sanford

Mother: Ruth Poole

Spouse(s): Emily Tripp

Children(s): Carrie Sanford, David Sanford, Everett Sanford, Herbert Sanford, Chester Sanford, Franklin Sanford, Mary Sanford, Charles Sanford

The story of David E "Milk" Sanford began in 1837 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. In 1880, David E "Milk" Sanford resided in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. David E "Milk" Sanford married Emily Matilda Tripp, and had children including Carrie Emily Matilda Sanford, Charles Frederick Sanford, Chester Philip Sanford, David Elmer Sanford, Everett Lincoln Sanford, Franklin Pierce Sanford, Herbert Alexander Sanford, Mary Etta Louisa Sanford. David E "Milk" Sanford passed away in 1928 in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of David E "Milk" Sanford began in 1837 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
  • In 1880, David E "Milk" Sanford resided in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.
  • David E "Milk" Sanford married Emily Matilda Tripp, and had children including Carrie Emily Matilda Sanford, Charles Frederick Sanford, Chester Philip Sanford, David Elmer Sanford, Everett Lincoln Sanford, Franklin Pierce Sanford, Herbert Alexander Sanford, Mary Etta Louisa Sanford.
  • David E "Milk" Sanford passed away in 1928 in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Philip Sanford
1802–
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, MA
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Ruth Poole
1812–1860
Birth Location: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
RP

Spouses(s)

Emily Tripp
1838–1905
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
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Children(s)

Carrie Sanford
1868–1944
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
CS
David Sanford
1861–1944
Birth Location: Massachusetts
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Everett Sanford
1863–1944
Birth Location: Massachusetts
ES
Herbert Sanford
1865–1933
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
HS
Chester Sanford
1859–1930
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
CS
Franklin Sanford
1857–1920
Birth Location: Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
FS
Mary Sanford
1869–1966
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
MS
Charles Sanford
1874–1956
Birth Location: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts USA
CS

David Sanford's Ancestors

Self
David Sanford
1837–1928
Birth Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Philip Sanford
1802–
Westport, Bristol, MA
Ruth (Weaver) Poole
1812–1860
New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
David Sanford
1773–1855
Westport, Massachusetts
Martha Simmons
1776–1809
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Jacob Poole
1790–1848
Dartmouth Township, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Keith Mosher
1792–1840
Great-Grandparents
Philip Sanford
1743–1803
Ruth Gifford
1747–1811
Thomas Simmons
1740–
Elizabeth Manchester
1741–1804
Surbinus Poole
1755–1838
Lurana Lee
1755–1823
Capt Weaver
1769–1853
Ruth Wilbur
1771–1845
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peleg Sr.
1708–1773
Anna Dennis
1704–1746
William Gifford
1722–1797
Patience Russell
1718–1793
Peleg Simmons
1716–1807
Mary Simmons
1717–1799
Thomas Manchester
1690–1788
Elizabeth Jennings
1705–1789
Jacob Poole
1715–1784
Mehitable Elliot
1715–1765
Major Lee
1728–1801
Elizabeth Baker
1732–
John Weaver
1741–1784
Susannah Carr
1744–1839
Jonathan Wilbur
1730–1800
Hannah Thompson
1741–1833

David Sanford's Descendants

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David (E "Milk") Sanford (14 JUL 1837–17 NOV 1928) m. Emily (Matilda) Tripp (18 Aug 1838–31 Dec 1905)
  1. 1. Carrie (Emily Matilda) Sanford 1868–1944 m. Andrew (Jackson) Mosher 1868–1955
    1. 1. Lester (Elwood) Mosher 1889–1938 m. A. (Evelyn) Tripp 1890–1978
      1. 1. "Barney" (Everett Louis) Mosher 1922–2009 m. Mary (Louise) Sheldon 1925–2009
        1. 1. Alan (Lester) Mosher 1945–2020
      2. 2. Robert (Austin) Mosher 1918–2002 m. C. (Evelyn) Gleason 1920–1991
        1. 1. Roberta (Estelle) Mosher 1944–2019 m. Swanton (Higgins) Wyman 1934–1981
      3. 3. "Polly" (Olive Elizabeth) Mosher 1926–2020 m. Robert (Anderson) Carter 1922–1990 m. "Mitch" (Chauncey Mitchell Depew) Jr. 1925–2021
      4. 4. Harold (Elwood) Mosher 1920–2019 m. Eleanor ("Ele" Sarah) Bryant 1923–2013
        1. 1. "Peggy" (Margaret Ann) Mosher 1950–2020
    2. 2. Carrie (Louise) Mosher 1891–1986 m. Warren (Clinton) Lawton 1890–1984
      1. 1. Howard (Louis) Lawton 1924–2013 m. Dorothy Lapre 1925–2000
      2. 2. Clinton (Boyd) Lawton 1925–1982 m. Winifred (L.) Robin 1927–2005
      3. 3. Thelma (Winifred) Lawton 1930–1935
    3. 3. "Dinny" (Louis Sanford) Mosher 1899–1985 m. Elsie (Marilla) Sibley 1902–1983
      1. 1. Bruce (Alden) Mosher 1927–2009
      2. 2. Raymond (Sanford) Mosher 1931–2018 m. Elizabeth (Audrey) Gammon 1933–2005
    4. 4. Herbert (Augustus) Mosher 1897–1906
  2. 2. David (Elmer) Sanford 1861–1944
  3. 3. Everett (Lincoln) Sanford 1863–1944 m. Mary (Ella) Lawton 1865–1943
    1. 1. Walter (Franklin) Sanford 1882–1964 m. Minerva (Anna) Borden 1882–1968
      1. 1. Dorothy (Minerva) Sanford 1913–1992 m. Gordon (Henry) Washburn 1914–1998
      2. 2. Phyllis Sanford 1922–1995 m. Robert (Thomas) Hogg 1921–2012
      3. 3. Mary (Louise) Sanford 1919–1994 m. Alfred (E) Beaulieu 1913–1999
    2. 2. Harold (Elliott) Sanford 1888–1940 m. Amy (J) Kirby 1888–1963
      1. 1. Ruth (Evelyn) Sanford 1912–1982 m. Isaac (Chase) III 1914–1994
      2. 2. Harold (Everett) Sanford 1916–1988 m. Sadie (Josephine) Pettengill 1916–2016
    3. 3. Florence (Bertha) Sanford 1891–1972 m. James (Garfield) Geddis 1888–1935
      1. 1. Grace (Eleanor) Geddis 1920–1994 m. Armand Beaulieu 1915–1973
  4. 4. Herbert (Alexander) Sanford 1865–1933 m. Annie (Alice) Gifford 1861–1918
    1. 1. Cora (Vivian) Sanford 1899– m. Harold (Barker) Bradley 1897–
  5. 5. Chester (Philip) Sanford 1859–1930 m. Lucy (F) Sanford 1862–1926
    1. 1. Chester (Melvin) Sanford 1883–1965 m. Alice (Belle) Jones 1889–1964
    2. 2. Elsie (A) Sanford 1885– m. Elbert (R) Brownell 1877–
    3. 3. Chloe (May) Sanford 1887–1979 m. Peter (Christian) Madsen 1888–
    4. 4. Lillian (Lucy) Sanford 1895–1994 m. Clifford (Harrison) Kirby 1893–1922
      1. 1. Hazel (Irene) Davis 1915–1994
      2. 2. Clifford (Harrison Kirby) Jr 1917–1958 m. Althea (Elizabeth) Niles 1918–1993
      3. 3. Lucy (E.) Hancock 1912–2009 m. James (William) Hancock 1911–1991
        1. 1. Phyllis (Elaine) Hancock 1933–1999
      4. 4. Lillian (Elsie) Kirby 1921–1987
        1. 1. William (G.) Mederiros 1940–2016
    5. 5. Clarence (Freeman) Sanford 1898–1976
    6. 6. Rhoda (M) Sanford 1900–1980 m. Raymond (Carlton) Belden 1889–1956
    7. 7. Annie (Louise) Sanford 1880–1967 m. Allison (Elwood) Lawton 1878–1968
      1. 1. Abbie (F.) Lawton 1899–1995 m. Thomas (Joseph) Harwood 1893–1966
        1. 1. Hazel (L) Harwood 1919–1982
        2. 2. Doris (Louise) Harwood 1916–1998 m. George (Frank) Kent 1911–1966
      2. 2. David (Sanford) Lawton 1918–1996 m. Thelma (Clara) Tripp 1920–1977
      3. 3. George (Chester Lawton) Sr 1903–1973 m. Flora Hoose 1903–
        1. 1. George (Chester) Lawton 1924–
        2. 2. Janet Lawton 1932–2011
      4. 4. Leslie (Ellwood) Lawton 1912–1987
      5. 5. Walter (Allison) Lawton 1914–2001 m. Doris (Louise) Hitt 1914–2008
      6. 6. Carrie (M) Lawton 1897–1955 m. Stephen (Brownell) Davis 1891–1969
        1. 1. Winston (Stephen) Davis 1916–2008 m. Dora (Elizabeth) Sexton 1919–2011
        2. 2. Allen (Brownell) Davis 1917–2006 m. Gladys (Elizabeth) Blake 1919–2007
    8. 8. Edith (R) Sanford 1902–1993 m. Carlton (Davol) Macomber 1898–1972
      1. 1. Leonard (Alvin) Macomber 1927–1988 m. Ruth (Wilber) Morrison 1930–2007
      2. 2. 'Cukie" (Carlton Davol Macomber) Jr 1925–2020 m. Alice (Ella) Davoll 1928–2020
  6. 6. Franklin (Pierce) Sanford 1857–1920 m. Clara (B.) Shaw 1863–1924
    1. 1. Mabel (Louise) Sanford 1887–1963 m. Clifford (Nye) Ricketson 1888–1967
      1. 1. Ethelind (Louise) Ricketson 1914–1988
    2. 2. Edward (Mortimer) Sanford 1887–1963 m. Mary (Ellen) Fury 1891–1969
    3. 3. Clara (E) Sanford 1885–1960
  7. 7. Mary (Etta Louisa) Sanford 1869–1966 m. Henry (Perry) Wing 1870–1937
    1. 1. Margurite (A) Wing 1891–1922 m. John (Hart) Davis 1889–1953
      1. 1. John (Rodman) Davis 1922–2010 m. Catherine (E.) Pettingill 1922–2000
      2. 2. Marian (Louise) Davis 1914–2016 m. Joseph (Edward) Welsh 1915–1996
        1. 1. Marguerite (Davis) Welsh 1947–2008
      3. 3. Ruth (Marguerite) Davis 1917–1995 m. William (Joseph) Talbot 1920–2010
    2. 2. Beatrice (L) Wing 1893–1927 m. Omar (Dodson) Brightman 1889–1952
      1. 1. Elton (Wing) Brightman 1922–2003
      2. 2. Omar (Dodson Brightman) Jr 1919–2006
    3. 3. David (Perry) Wing 1904–1960 m. Susan Wheelock 1895–1998
    4. 4. Susan (Matilda) Wing 1895–1998 m. Andrew (Leroy) Wheelock 1899–
    5. 5. Gladys (Mae) Wing 1897–1942 m. Wilfrid (R.) Carr 1871–1918
      1. 1. Janice Carr 1926–1994 m. Donald (S.) Field 1923–1977
      2. 2. Allen (Wing) Carr 1928–2019 m. Joyce (Arlene) Manchester 1930–2019
      3. 3. Edwin (Arthur) Carr 1923–1988 m. Hazel (E.) Carr 1925–2015
        1. 1. Gerald (A.) Carr 1947–2013
      4. 4. George (Henry) Carr 1919–1992 m. Ruth (E.) Snell 1917–1977
      5. 5. Dorothy (Gladys) Flores 1921–2004 m. John (S.) Flores 1919–2005
      6. 6. Richard (Elwood) Carr 1930–2015
      7. 7. Austin (Sanford) Carr 1931–2008
      8. 8. Harold (Sanford) Carr 1917–1917
      9. 9. Phyllis Carr 1915–1915
  8. 8. Charles (Frederick) Sanford 1874–1956 m. Abbie (C) Sanford 1878–1970
    1. 1. Carlton (Lawton) Sanford 1897–1970 m. Alice (Elvira) Lawton 1901–1998
      1. 1. Eunice (May) Sanford 1925–1993 m. Philip (Thomas) Chase 1924–1995
      2. 2. Carlton (Edmund) Sanford 1927–2019 m. Cecile Lessard 1923–2006
    2. 2. Wesley (Brownell) Sanford 1905–1912
    3. 3. Ralph (Edwin) Sanford 1907–1998 m. Emma (Frances) Hall 1912–1989
      1. 1. Douglas (Robert) Sanford 1935–2008
      2. 2. Ruth (Ann) Sanford 1941–2015
    4. 4. Percy (Davis) Sanford 1900–1900

David Sanford's Timeline

7 Records

1837
14 Jul 1837
Birth of David E "Milk" Sanford in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1837
14 JUL 1837
Birth of David E "Milk" Sanford in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1880
1880
Age 43
David E "Milk" Sanford resided here in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1900
1900
Age 63
David E "Milk" Sanford resided here in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1910
1910
Age 73
David E "Milk" Sanford resided here in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
1928
17 Nov 1928
Age 91
Death of David E "Milk" Sanford in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1928
17 NOV 1928
Age 91
Death of David E "Milk" Sanford in Westport, Bristol, MA
Westport, Bristol, MA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Jul 1837
    Event Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 JUL 1837
    Event Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [2] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: 639; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0237; FHL microfilm: 1240639
    [3] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [4] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [5] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_575; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0248; FHL microfilm: 1374588
    [6] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [7] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: 523; Page: 263B; Enumeration District: 075

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: 523; Page: 263B; Enumeration District: 075

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: 639; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0237; FHL microfilm: 1240639

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_575; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0248; FHL microfilm: 1374588

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Nov 1928
    Event Place: Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 NOV 1928
    Event Place: Westport, Bristol, MA
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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