Parish Records St. Margaret, Horsforth, West Yorkshire
Baptism August 17 1856 Joseph Sands son of Henry William and Hannah Sands of New Road Side Horsforth, father is a blacksmith, ceremony by WHB Stocker

In the 1861 census Upper Bank Field, Armley, Bramley, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Head William Sands, age 33, blacksmith, born Horsforth, Yorkshire
Wife Hannah Sands, age 28, born Horsforth
Son Joseph Sands, age 4, born Horsforth
Son James Sands, age 3, born Horsforth
Daughter Louisa Sands, age 1, born Horsforth
Visitor [Hannah’s sister] Eliza Nunns, unmarried, age 17, born Horsforth

In the 1871 census 74 Wellington Street, Bradford, Yorkshire
Head William Sands, age 43, blacksmith, born Horsforth, Yorkshire
Wife Hannah Sands, age 38, born Horsforth
Son Joseph Sands, age 14, forge labourer, born Horsforth
Daughter Louisa Sands, age 11, cotton spinner, born Horsforth
Son Samuel Sands, age 9, scholar, born Arnley, Yorkshire
Daughter Eliza Sands, age 7, scholar, born Horsforth
Son Henry Sands, age 4 months, born Bradford, Yorkshire

In the 1881 census New Road Side, Horsforth, West Yorkshire
Head Joseph Sands, unmarried, age 24, roller in Iron works, born Horsforth
Sister Louisa Sands, unmarried, age 21, housekeeper (domestic), born Horsforth
Sister Eliza Sands, unmarried, age 17, worsted weaver, born Horsforth
Brother William Sands, age 4, born Bradford

Parish records St. James, Bolton, West Yorkshire
Marriage November 7 1881
Joseph Sands, age 26, bachelor, roller, residence Bolton,father William Henry Sands (dead) and
Maude Maria Clayton, age 26, spinster, residence Bolton, father Joseph Clayton (dead)
after banns
In the presence of Wyndham Hudson and Nancy Elizabeth Clarkson Clayton

In the 1891 census New Road Side, Horsforth, West Yorkshire
Head Joseph Sands, age 35, assurance agent, employed, born Horsforth
Wife Maude M. Sands, age 35, born Bradford, Yorkshire
Son Marton [or perhaps Wharton] Sands, age 7, scholar, born Bradford
Daughter Louisa Sands, age 6, scholar, born Horsforth
William Sands, age 14, dyer’s labourer, born Bradford

In the 1901 census 59 Bagby Road, Leeds, Yorkshire
Head Joseph Sands, age 45, [profession not decipherable], born Horsforth, Yorkshire
Wife Maud M. Sands, age 46, born Bradford, Yorkshire
Son Wharton [or Marton] Sands, age 17, born Bradford
Daughter Lillie Sands, age 6, born Scarborough, Yorkshire

In the 1911 census 65 Ripon Street, Bradford, Yorkshire
Head Joseph Sands, age 55, grocer, own account, born Horsforth
Wife Maud Maria Sands, age 55, married 30 years, 5 children born alive 3 still living, grocer, born Bradford
Daughter Lillie Sands, age 16, grocer, worker at home, born Scarborough

National Probate Calendar
Joseph Sands of 65 Ripon-street Bradford died 28 October 1915 Probate Wakefield 3 December 1915 to Albert Dickinson shopkeeper. Effects 4208 pounds

National Probate Calendar
Maud Maria Sands of 3 Cranmer-road Bradford widow died 2 January 1927 Administration London 1 April 1927 to Lillie Lee (wife of Edward Joseph Leo Lee). Effects 3512 pounds