Family register
Elizabeth Sanford Lewis
née Sanford
Elizabeth Sanford Lewis (née Sanford) (29 January 1905 – 10 July 2004) was born in Warwick, Orange County, New York to Bertha Furman Sanford and John Wheeler Sanford. She married Madison Horton Lewis. Her children were Elizabeth Madison Lewis McLean, Joan Lewis Jewett and Mary Hope Lewis. She died in 2004.
Life and records
Baird family centennial: Bertha Elizabeth, b. 29 Jan 1905, daughter of John Wheeler Sanford and Bertha Furman; brother's 2004 obituary names Elizabeth Sanford Lewis VanLeer, already deceased, aunt of Lily.
Born Bertha Elizabeth Sanford (Baird family centennial). Family and obituaries use Elizabeth; nickname Blee. Maiden Sanford (also spelled Sandford in one Warwick feature). Married Madison Horton Lewis 20 Sep 1924; after his death remarried Lester van Leer. Already deceased by brother's 10 Jul 2004 death; exact death day not found.
Family
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- Named among the six children of Freeborn Garrettson Jewett and Joan Sanford Lewis.
He met Joan Sanford Lewis through Yale-Vassar connections ... married in 1952 in Warwick, New York
- Son's 2004 obituary: John W. Sanford Sr. of Maple Terrace Farm, the Sanford family homestead; husband of Bertha Furman Sanford.
He is also survived by four nieces: Mary Hope Lewis of Greenwich, CT, Joan Sanford Lewis and Elizabeth Lewis McLean of McLean, Va and Frances Bradner Masefield of Warwick ... He was predeceased by two sisters: Frances Sanford Bradner and Elizabeth Sanford Lewis VanLeer
- Portrait exhibited as Mrs. Elizabeth 'Blee' Sanford Lewis VanLeer.
the elegant portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth “Blee” Sanford Lewis VanLeer painted by Franklin C. Watkins
- Warwick historical feature: Elizabeth Sandford/Sanford of the Sanford farm; typhoid at Smith College; married Madison Horton Lewis in Warwick; three daughters Mary Hope, Joan, Elizabeth 'Lilibet'. After Madison's death she remarried Lester van Leer.
Madison Horton Lewis and Elizabeth Sandford. ... Elizabeth had contracted typhoid fever at Smith College and returned to the Sanford farm to recuperate. ... three daughters, Mary Hope, Joan and Elizabeth “Lilibet” ... After the death of Mr. Lewis, Mrs. Lewis remarried Lester van Leer and continued to stay on as president of the Historical Society for 20 years
- Grandson of Elizabeth M. L. McLean (Lily) and named among her five grandchildren, grouped with Elle Reynolds and Margaux Reynolds; Lisa Reynolds listed as Lily's daughter and Hal Reynolds as son-in-law.
daughter of the late Madison H. and Elizabeth (Sanford) Lewis, long-time, esteemed residents of Warwick
- LOCK as father of Capt. Nathaniel Wheeler Baird: Baird family centennial lists Nathaniel Wheeler among the ten children of William Eagles Baird and Sarah DeKay, and states William left real estate to his two sons Nathaniel Wheeler and Abia Francis.
John Wheeler, b May 13. 1864; m Oct, 6, 1897, Bertha Furman. Frances Isabel, b Feb. it. 1900. Bertha Elizabeth, b Jan. 29, 1905. John Wheeler, b Jan. 8, 1910.
- Son's 2004 obituary: John W. Sanford Sr. of Maple Terrace Farm, the Sanford family homestead; husband of Bertha Furman Sanford.
He was predeceased by two sisters: Frances Sanford Bradner and Elizabeth Sanford Lewis VanLeer
- Warwick house history: Elizabeth of the Sanford farm; typhoid at Smith College; married Madison Horton Lewis in Warwick; later remarried Lester van Leer.
Lewis’ son, Madison Horton Lewis and Elizabeth Sandford. ... Elizabeth had contracted typhoid fever at Smith College and returned to the Sanford farm to recuperate. ... they eventually married in Warwick.
- Political Graveyard: born 15 Jul 1896 in New York, NY; of Manhattan and Warwick; WWI Army; ice cream manufacturer; married 20 Sep 1924 to Elizabeth Sanford; son of Edward B. Lewis and Hope Horton Lewis.
married, September 20, 1924, to Elizabeth Sanford