Annie née SAUNDERS with her husband George (1) FISHER and their son George (2) FISHER. Taken in 1917.
Annie and George later in life.
4.5 Mary Elizabeth Godwin (Annie) SAUNDERS (William James Pepperell SAUNDERS , William SAUNDERS , Ann ) was born on 6 Apr 1885 in Brixham, Devon, and died on 28 Jan 1966.
William James Pepperell's first child was named "Ann Maria Godwin" in the Saunders family bible but recorded as "Mary Elizabeth" in the civil births register. In 1901 she was recorded as "Annie", but in an extant letter dated 1918 she signs herself "Liz". To the compiler of this web site, she was always known as "Auntie Annie", so that is the name which will be used here.
Annie married George (1) FISHER on 15 Jun
1909. George, son of Brixham carter Henry FISHER and his wife Blanche,
was born on 6 Mar 1885 in Brixham and died on 21 Sep 1964.
| Annie née SAUNDERS with her husband George (1) FISHER and their son George (2) FISHER. Taken in 1917. |
Annie and George later in life. |
+ 5.1 M i George (2) FISHER + 5.2
M ii Wilfrid John FISHER
4.6 Martha Frances SAUNDERS (William James Pepperell SAUNDERS , William SAUNDERS , Ann ) was born on 2 Jun 1886 in Brixham, and died on 21 Dec 1963 in Okehampton.
In 1901, Martha was recorded as living with her maternal grandparents, Richard and Sarah PHILLIPS, in Prospect Road, Brixham. She moved to Dartmouth with her parents in about 1895, and at the time of her marriage was living in Ford Brow, Dartmouth. The couple lived at Medway Place, Plymouth, for a time. There they kept photos of Martha's brother Wilfrid and her husband's brother Bert, both in soldier's uniform, on either side of the window in the parlour; both had been killed in World War I. Martha was cremated at Efford Cemetery, where a memorial plaque is to be found.
Martha married Alfred George GIFFORD at Dartmouth Congregational Church at 8 am on 31 Jul 1910. Alfred, son of merchant sailer Frederick GIFFORD and his wife Emily, was born on 27 Sep 1885 in Dartmouth and died on 17 Mar 1970 in Okehampton, Devon.
Alf was a carpenter by trade. He was involved in building the Brittania Royal Naval College, Dartmouth (completed 1905) and claimed that he and others carved their names and the date on the underside of the wooden blocks used for the floors. In 1910, he was living at 18 Sussex Road, Ford, Devonport. During World War I, he worked in Devonport dockyard as an iron caulker, sealing the riveted plates of ships. Alf was also cremated at Efford Cemetery.
Martha née SAUNDERS (right) with her grandmother Sarah Ann PHILLIPS née LEIGHTON, from a postcard dated 5 Jul 1905. (The identity of the child is unknown.)
Martha with her husband Alf GIFFORD.
+ 5.3
F i Frances Edith GIFFORD + 5.4
F ii Lily May GIFFORD
4.8 Samuel James SAUNDERS (William James Pepperell SAUNDERS , William SAUNDERS , Ann ) was born on 27 Nov 1890 in Brixham and died on 29 May 1951 in Dartmouth, Devon, of lung cancer.
Sam was a master hairdresser. Apprenticed to Messrs. Ford & Wise in 1905, he started his own hairdresser and tobacconist business in 1910 at St Georges Square, Dartmouth, shortly thereafter moving to 11 Fairfax Place. He enlisted in the British Army on 10 Dec 1915, when he was reported to be 5' 9" tall and with overlapping toes. As driver 91080, he served until 29 Apr 1919, including 21 months in France. Returning to Dartmouth, he maintained his business¾moving sometime between 1921 and 1927 to 5 Newcomen Road¾until his death.
Samuel married Elsie GUNN, daughter of
Salcombe mariner Nicholas GUNN and his wife Mary Ann, on 23 Nov 1913.
Elsie was born on 20 Apr 1891 in Salcombe, Devon, and died on 19 Nov
1962.
 Sam SAUNDERS with his wife Elsie née GUNN and their daughter Gwen in 1915. |
 Sam (far right in the front row) with his wife Elsie and their daughter Iris. Taken in Dartmouth about 1933. |
5.5
F i Gwendoline Elsie SAUNDERS was born on 22 Oct 1915 in Dartmouth. She died on 20 Jan 1921 in Tooting, London, from epilepsy.
+ 5.6
F ii Iris Lily SAUNDERS + 5.7 M iii Philip William James SAUNDERS
4.10 Louisa Katherine
SAUNDERS (William James Pepperell
SAUNDERS , William SAUNDERS , Ann ) was born on 28 Apr 1896 in Dartmouth
and died of bronchopneumonia and cancer on 15 Oct 1973 in Bristol.
Louisa's first job was as a waitress at the Grand Hotel, Torquay. After her marriage, she lived first in Ivy Cottage, Ivy Lane, but moved to Avery's Meadow (221 Victoria Road) in 1927 and then to 73 Victoria Road in 1932. Louisa ran this house as an occasional boarding house, taking in bed and breakfast guests¾especially around Regatta time. (The present owners of 73 Victoria Road run it as a permanent bed and breakfast business, having joined two of the ground floor rooms together as a dining room.). In 1949, the couple moved to 129 Gilda Crescent, Bristol, in order to bring them nearer to their sons Leonard and Stanley, to give their son Michael the chance of a better education, and to take Louisa away from a climate where she was developing bronchitis. Louisa died in this house.
Louisa married Albert Ernest MITCHELMORE (Bert), son of Dartmouth painter Charles Frederick MITCHELMORE and Caroline Louisa née TUCKER and himself a painter, on 4 Mar 1922 in Dartmouth Congregational Church. Bert was born on 24 Nov 1892 in Dartmouth and died on 2 Oct 1968 in Bristol. For further details on Bert and his family history, as well as information about Louisa and Bert's descendants, please transfer to the MITCHELMORE line.
 Louisa Katherine SAUNDERS as a waitress (taken in Torquay about 1920) |
 Louisa with husband Bert MITCHELMORE (taken about 1965) |
Louisa and Albert had the following children:
+ 5.8 M i Leonard Ernest MITCHELMORE + 5.9 M ii Stanley Gerald MITCHELMORE + 5.10 M iii Michael Charles MITCHELMORE
4.11 Lily Phillips SAUNDERS (William James Pepperell SAUNDERS , William SAUNDERS , Ann ) was born on 25 Feb 1898 in Dartmouth and died on 2 Jun 1989 in Williton, Somerset.
Lily SAUNDERS as a young woman (taken about 1920)
Lily later in life, with husband Bert HEARD and dog Trixie (taken about 1960)
Bert was a carpenter by trade, and spent most of his working life maintaining the Dartmouth Royal Naval College. He was very good a billiards¾so good, nobody would play him. He was also excellent at draughts (probably at least county level). He was a very good boxer as well. He once went the full 15 rounds with a light-heavy weight at the college when he was a light weight himself. But his best skill was singing. He was an Italian Tenor (well, half Italian) and used to sing all the classics like O Sole Mio. His children claimed they never heard a better tenor.
Bert HEARD in Sons of the Sea, 1939
Bert's other claim to fame was a cameo appearance as a messenger in Maurice Elvey's 1939 film of the Kay Walsh version of Sons of the Sea. The film concerned a young Naval College student who solved a murder. It was famous because it is one of only two fiction feature-length films which used Dufaycolor.
When Bert retired in February 1964, he was presented with a very nice barometer/thermometer in wood and brass by the captain of the college.
Lily and Albert had the following children:
5.11 F i Joyce HEARD was born on 8 Jan 1926 and died in 1938. + 5.12 M ii Derek Hubert HEARD + 5.13 F iii Grace Ellen HEARD
4.13 Robert Edmond
SAUNDERS (William James Pepperell
SAUNDERS , William SAUNDERS , Ann ), known in the family as Bob, was born
on 1 Sep 1902 in Charles Street, Dartmouth.
As a youngest son in a poor family, Bob had to share a pair of boots with his brother Wilfred. But when he was still a schoolboy, Bob got a job riding on the back of the Kingsbridge stage coach. He had to jump off to deliver the papers to the village shops, and got to blow the brass coach horn as the coach returned to Dartmouth. At 13, he left school and joined the Gas Company to train as a fitter. He stayed with them for 51 years, moving to South Brent in 1955 when the Dartmouth works closed down.
Bob married Winifred WOODGATE
("Winn") on 1 Aug 1925 in St. Saviour's Church, Dartmouth. Winn was
born at 36
Clarence Street on 20 Jun 1905, the daughter of Elliot and Clara WOODGATE, and died on 3 Feb 1984.
After their wedding, Bob and Winn lived for a time at Newcomin Lodge, 49 Newcomin Road, looking after Bob's aging mother Ann Maria.
+ 5.14 F i Marion Cladisa SAUNDERS + 5.15 F ii Hazel Grace SAUNDERS + 5.16 F iii Gillian Ruth SAUNDERS
4.18 Henry (1) SAUNDERS (Robert Gregory SAUNDERS , William SAUNDERS , Ann ) was born on 9 Sep 1886 in Dartmouth, Devon. He had the following children:
+ 5.17 F i Florence Louise SAUNDERS
5.18 F ii Elsie Elizabeth SAUNDERS
5.19
F iii Phyllis SAUNDERS
5.20
F iv Gladys SAUNDERS
5.21
M v Henry (2) SAUNDERS
4.20 Frank SAUNDERS (Robert Gregory SAUNDERS , William SAUNDERS , Ann ) was born on 5 Mar 1891.
Frank was a riveter at Noss Works, Dartmouth. He lived at Crowther's Hill, and is believed to have married twice. One of his wives was called Violet.
One of Frank's children was the following:
5.22
F i V. SAUNDERS married a PITTS.
4.21 Sidney SAUNDERS (Robert Gregory SAUNDERS , William SAUNDERS , Ann ) is believed to have married twice, his second wife being Elsie GEAR.
Sidney had the following children:
5.23
M i Joyce SAUNDERS married Joe CALANDRO.
5.24
F ii Doris SAUNDERS married a KIDGER.
