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Ancestors of Clara Myrtle GRAY-SADLER (1900-1988)

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Clara Myrtle GRAY-SADLER Bird (1900-1988)

Clara’s connections to the Sadlers & Curling

Updated August 15, 2024

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Adoption

My Grandma Bird, Clara Myrtle GRAY (1900-1988) was born on June 14, 1900, in Seaboard, Princess Anne County, (now Virginia Beach City) Virginia. Clara was the daughter of George Irving GRAY (1874-1905) & Lula Virginia "Ginny" WILLIAMS ( 1874-1935).

Clara’s father left home one day looking for work and never came home. Four months after Clara was born her mother put all her children, except her oldest daughter Susan, up for adoption in the Saint Mary's Infant Home, located on Chapel Street in Norfolk, Virginia. According to adoption records, Clara was immediately adopted and raised by her grandparents, Annas Norris SADLER (1859-1941) & Margaret Eddie CURLING (1862-1925) of Great Bridge, Norfolk County, Virginia.

Clara’s uncle Russell Greenville WILLIAMS (1880–1942) married Edith Olivia SADLER (1886–1978). Russell was the son of John Walker WILLIAMS (1840–1905) & Sarah "Salley" Frances CAPPS (1846–1943) the grandparents of Clara.

Clara’ uncle Russell was born November 12, 1880, in Seaboard, Princess Anne County, Virginia and died on December 27, 1942, in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia.

Edith Olivia SADLER (1886–1978) was the daughter of Ananias Norris SADLER (1859–1941) & Margaret Ellen "Eddy" CURLING (1862–1925). Edith was born on January 1886 in Pleasant Grove, Great Bridge, Princess Ann County, Virginia and died on June 11, 1978, in the Lafayette Villa Nursing Home, Norfolk, Virginia.

Russell & Edith had one child, Clarence Miller WILLIAMS (1912-1987). Clarence was born on December 31, 1912, in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia and died on October 29, 1987, in Leigh Memorial Hospital, Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia. Clarence was a pressman for the Ledger Star, in Norfolk, Virginia. Clarence married Martha Grace TINSLEY (1911–2001) on September 19, 1938, in Norfolk, Virginia. Martha was born on September 16, 1911, in Gordon, Georgia and died on July 5, 2001, in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia. They were divorced on May 3. 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia. They had one child, Emily Lucille WILLIAMS born on May 6, 1939, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Emigration

Clara’s 5^th great-grandparents Richard William SADLER (1664–1732) & Margaret Elizabeth BUTLER (1667–1710). In 1700 they emigrated on aboard the ship "Merchant's Hope“ from Yorkshire England to the South Carilina Colony in America.

Richard was the son of Richardus SADLER (1629–1696) & Alse Alice THACKWRAY (1635–1665. Richard was born on August 1, 1664, in Hawnby, Coxwold, Yorkshire, England. Richard died on October 14, 1732, in York, York County, South Carolina.

Margaret was the daughter of Wilb BUTLER (1637–1696) & Mary. Margaret was born in 1667 in Warwickshire, England and died in 1710 in the Camden District, York, South Carolina.

Memories

I can remember driving, in my 1962 Ford Galaxy, Grandma Bird and my mother down to Norfolk three different times so Grandma Bird could visit her “favorite aunt” Olivia which was four years older than she was. They grew up together and went to the dances on board the USS Louisiana where they both met their future husbands.

I also remember driving my father and mother down to see my brother in 1971 stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina. On the way we stopped in at Cousin Clarence beach house on the “Sound” on the Outer Banks Peninsula, Kinnakeet, North Carolina to visit with him and Grandma Bird and aunt Olivia

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Margaret Ellen "Eddy" CURLING (1862-1925) & Ananias Norris SADLER (1859–1941)

“We exist because of our ancestors, let’s try not to forget them”

SADLER Family Tree

Edwardi SADLER (1535-1590) & Margaret HUFREY (1543–1580)

9^th great-grandparents of Clara Myrtle GRAY-SADLER Bird (1900-1988)

updated August 15, 2024

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Direct ancestral linage:

Edwardi SADLER (1535-1590) & Margaret HUFREY (1543–1580)

Edwardus SADLER (1570-1596) & Alice SHAWE (1575–1632)

Guilielmus William SADLER (1603-?) & Ellena DAVISONNE (1603–1633)

Richardus SADLER (1629-1709) & Alse Alice THACKWRAY (1635–1665)

Richard William SADLER (1664-1732) & Margaret Elizabeth BUTLER (1667–1710) emigrants

John SADLER (1700-1783) & Mary STUART (1715–1783)

Captain Richard SADLER (1740-1815) & Rachel MURPHEY (1741–1800)

Annanias "Nias" SADLER (1795-1853) & Mary "Polly" FISHER (1790–1857)

Roland Thomas SADLER (1818-1893) & Aileene BRINN (1838–1870)

Ananias Norris SADLER (1859-1941) & Margaret Ellen "Eddy" CURLING (1862–1925)

Edith Olivia SADLER (1886–1978) & Russell Greenville WILLIAMS (1880-1942) (Clara’s uncle)

Clara Myrtle GRAY-SADLER Bird (1900-1988)

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Sadler Surname Meaning

Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

English Scottish and German: occupational name for a maker or seller of saddles from Middle English sadeler(e) ‘saddler’ or an agent derivative of Middle High German and Middle Low German sadel ‘saddle’. The name has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century. In North America this surname has also absorbed other German variants (see Sattler and Sedler ) and cognates from other languages e.g. Polish Siedlarz and Czech Sedlář Slovak Sedlár Slovenian and Croatian Sedlar . Compare Saddler.

Sadler Surname

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The Sadler name was coined by the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. Sadler was originally a name given to someone who worked as a person who made saddles. Sadler is an occupational surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. Nicknames form a broad and miscellaneous class of surnames, and can refer directly or indirectly to one's personality, physical attributes, mannerisms, or even their habits of dress. The surname Sadler comes from the Old English and Old German word sadel, which was an occupational name for a maker of saddles.