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King Bournique Saunders

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
25 Sep 1991 (aged 89)
Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Son of William John Saunders &
Clara Belle Hollett Breckenridge Saunders Daily

Middle Name Spelling
"Bernique," per birth certificate
"Bournique," per obituary

King Bournique Saunders was born July 10, 1902, in Chicago to William John Saunders and Clara Belle Hollett. Beginning his career as a typewriter mechanic, King retired as a multistate distributor of Olympia Business Machines for Intercontinental Trading Corp.

Love-struck at the tender age of 16, King married 17-year-old Winnifred V. Jacobs at Santa Ana, California on 20 Feb 1919. The couple was blessed with the birth of a son, Carroll King Saunders (September 25, 1920 - 1968).

Divorced, King married again on Oct. 5, 1928, at Colorado Springs to Kathryn Mae (Hauk) Saunders (1901-1993). King & Kathryn celebrated nearly 63 years of marriage.

King lived to the age of 89 years and died Sept 25, 1991, at a care center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A memorial service was held September 30, 1991 at Blunt Mortuary Chapel, 2229 W. Colorado Ave., with the Rev. Paul Peel officiating. A service followed at Forest Hill Cemetery in Piqua, Ohio. Memorial contributions were handled by First Lutheran Church, 1515 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs.
An obituary was published in The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO, on Saturday, September 28, 1991.

Birth
Cook County Illinois Birth Certificates
Name: King Bernique Saunders
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1902
Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father: Wm John Saunders
Mother: Clara Belle Hollett

1st Marriage
California Marriage Record (image)
Groom: King B Saunders, 21 [16], born Chicago, Illinois; resides Chicago; occupation Typewriter mechanic; 1st marriage
Bride: Winnifred Jacobs, 19 [17], born Oklahoma; resides Los Angeles; 1st marriage
Marriage Date: 20 Feb 1919
Place: Santa Ana, Orange, California
Groom's Father: William J Saunders, b. IL
Groom's Mother: Clara B Hallett, b. IL
Bride's Father: T O [Q] Jacobs, b. NE
Bride's Mother: G S Swigart, b. IA
Married by: John B. Cox, Justice of the Peace
Witness: George W Wardwell, Huntington Beach, CA
Witness: George M Benedict, Santa Ana, CA
Page: 90
[Resides with Winnifred at Chicago in Jan 1920; son born Los Angeles Sep 1920; Divorced before 1928]

MOTHER
California Death Records
Name: Clara Belle Daily
Birth: 9 Sep 1870 at New York
Death: 31 Aug 1959 at Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Smith
Father's Surname: Hollett
Son of William John Saunders &
Clara Belle Hollett Breckenridge Saunders Daily

Middle Name Spelling
"Bernique," per birth certificate
"Bournique," per obituary

King Bournique Saunders was born July 10, 1902, in Chicago to William John Saunders and Clara Belle Hollett. Beginning his career as a typewriter mechanic, King retired as a multistate distributor of Olympia Business Machines for Intercontinental Trading Corp.

Love-struck at the tender age of 16, King married 17-year-old Winnifred V. Jacobs at Santa Ana, California on 20 Feb 1919. The couple was blessed with the birth of a son, Carroll King Saunders (September 25, 1920 - 1968).

Divorced, King married again on Oct. 5, 1928, at Colorado Springs to Kathryn Mae (Hauk) Saunders (1901-1993). King & Kathryn celebrated nearly 63 years of marriage.

King lived to the age of 89 years and died Sept 25, 1991, at a care center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. A memorial service was held September 30, 1991 at Blunt Mortuary Chapel, 2229 W. Colorado Ave., with the Rev. Paul Peel officiating. A service followed at Forest Hill Cemetery in Piqua, Ohio. Memorial contributions were handled by First Lutheran Church, 1515 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs.
An obituary was published in The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO, on Saturday, September 28, 1991.

Birth
Cook County Illinois Birth Certificates
Name: King Bernique Saunders
Birth Date: 10 Jul 1902
Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father: Wm John Saunders
Mother: Clara Belle Hollett

1st Marriage
California Marriage Record (image)
Groom: King B Saunders, 21 [16], born Chicago, Illinois; resides Chicago; occupation Typewriter mechanic; 1st marriage
Bride: Winnifred Jacobs, 19 [17], born Oklahoma; resides Los Angeles; 1st marriage
Marriage Date: 20 Feb 1919
Place: Santa Ana, Orange, California
Groom's Father: William J Saunders, b. IL
Groom's Mother: Clara B Hallett, b. IL
Bride's Father: T O [Q] Jacobs, b. NE
Bride's Mother: G S Swigart, b. IA
Married by: John B. Cox, Justice of the Peace
Witness: George W Wardwell, Huntington Beach, CA
Witness: George M Benedict, Santa Ana, CA
Page: 90
[Resides with Winnifred at Chicago in Jan 1920; son born Los Angeles Sep 1920; Divorced before 1928]

MOTHER
California Death Records
Name: Clara Belle Daily
Birth: 9 Sep 1870 at New York
Death: 31 Aug 1959 at Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Smith
Father's Surname: Hollett


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