John Sandersen Family

    John Sandersen was born on the Island of Fohr off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. His wife, Sarah “Jennie” Gorey Sandersen, was the daughter of John and Eliza Jane (Davelin) Gorey of Sandusky.
   John & Jennie had a large farm on North Bass Island. John Sandersen also fished and was an island blacksmith. This family has genealogical ties to the McCormick-Hooper families of Pelee Island.
   Descendants still live in the Erie and Ottawa Co., Ohio areas. Thanks to Mary Williams Rowland who supplied the family history and along with her Sandersen cousins, visited her beloved island during the L.E.I.H.S. North Bass Tour of 2005.                                

The Sandersens

1    Nils Sandersen 1820 – m. Marie 1825 –
              2    Anna Sandersen 1848 – 1915 m.1st Anthony Kuester 1845 - 
                    m. 2nd August S. Monsen 1845 - 1882
                     3  Helena L. Monsen 1870 – 1941 m. Guy A. McCormick  1874-1936
                     3  Albert N. Monsen  1872 - 1943
                     3  Charles A. Monsen 1873 - 1944
                     3  August S. Monsen 1877 - 1926
                     3  Anna C. Monsen 1879 –1955 m. Herman L. Reuter   1875 –
               2    Edward Sandersen  1850 – m. 1st Lottie 1855 - m. 2nd Agnes
                     Ahern 1855 -
                     3  Margaret Sanderson 1874 – m. Henry Alexander 1870
                     3  Anna Sanderson   1876 – 1931 m. Conrad Ochs 1870 - 1944
                     3  William Sanderson 1880 – m. Emma 1885
                     3  Mary Sanderson   1882 – m. Andrew Bahnsen 1880 –
               2    Christina Sandersen 1852 – 1920 m. Yens C. Breckling  1849 - 1935
                     3  Margaret C. Breckling 1875 – 1924 m. Mr. Greet        
                     3  Mary Breckling 1878 – 1961 m. Horton Wright  1874 - 1930
                     3  John C. Breckling 1882 - 1928
                     3  Albert N. Breckling 1884 - 1968
                     3  Edward N. Breckling 1887 – 1973 m. Rose Unknown  1894 - 1964
                     3  Charles A. Breckling 1891–1969 m. Gertrude L. Prediger 1888 -                         1967             
                     3  Arnold G. Breckling 1893 – 1969 m. Grace Jamison 1897 – 1991
                2    Mary Sandersen 1839 – 1918 m. Peter Yepsen 1840 -
                     3  Emil Yepsen 1875 -       
                     3  Peter Yepsen 1879 – 1964 m. Catherine M. Rickley 1882 - 1981
                     3  Mary Yepsen 1882 – m. Martin Jensen  1875 –
                2    John Sandersen 1862 – 1925 m. Sarah J. Gorey  1869 - 1943
                     3  Flora M. Harp Sandersen 1892 – 1902 (daughter of Jennie’s
                         1st husband and later adopted by John Sandersen)
                     3  Elizabeth F. Sandersen 1898 – 1963 m. Clark G. Hallock 1880 - 1979
                     3  Clarence W. Sandersen 1904 – 1987 m.1st Eva S. Livengood 1910
                         m. 2nd Ethyl P. Mainzer 1905 - 1958
                     3  Dorothy M. Sandersen 1906 – 1999 m.1st  Theo. Brodersen 1901 -
                         1975 m. 2nd Wilbur Hackett 1893 - 1979
                     3  Theodore Weldon 1907 – m. Mildred E. Welch 1913 - 1993
                     3  Rudolph L. Sandersen 1910 – 1998 m. Margaret G. Koch 1921 -
                     3  Nellie K. Sandersen 1912 – m. William Williams 1909 - 1947