Thomas C Gardner

Brief Life History of Thomas C

When Thomas C Gardner was born on 15 May 1847, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, his father, Andrew Washington Gardner, was 22 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Quesenberry, was 20. He married Emily Milderage Webb on 28 February 1867, in Carroll, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Laurel Fork, Carroll, Virginia, United States for about 50 years. He died on 11 November 1932, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Gardner Cemetery, Carroll, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas C Gardner
1847–1932
Elizabeth Banks
1858–1938
Marriage: 27 May 1880
Herbert Gardner
1881–1913
Caroline Gardner
1882–1953
Jessie Gardner
1884–1960
Grace Gardner
1886–1970
Posey Sanders Gardner
1888–1956
Berta Diane Gardner
1891–1988
Eugene Gardner
1894–1952
Lucy Eunice Gardner
1895–1993
Charles Raymond Gardner
1897–1968
Andrew Gardner
1899–1989
Flora Leta Gardner
1901–2001
Oscar Bruce Gardner
1904–1993

Sources (132)

  • Thomas Gardner in household of Andrew W Gardner, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Thomas Gardner, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Thos Gardner, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: occupational name from Middle English gardener ‘gardener’, Old French gardinier, jardinier.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Gärtner or Gartner and French Desjardins .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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