Safrona Alice Gardner

Brief Life History of Safrona Alice

When Safrona Alice Gardner was born on 15 July 1873, in Asher, Madison, Arkansas, United States, her father, Lewis Jackson Gardner, was 40 and her mother, Martha Ann Miskel, was 37. She married Samuel Jackson Drain on 17 January 1888, in Madison, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Madison, Arkansas, United States for about 50 years. She died on 28 May 1949, in Asher, Madison, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Dunaway Cemetery, Madison, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Jackson Drain
1853–1938
Safrona Alice Gardner
1873–1949
Marriage: 17 January 1888
Martha J Drain
1889–1968
Drain
about 1890–about 1891
Drain
about 1891–about 1892
Rhoda Alice Drain
about 1892–1957
Flora D. Drain
1895–1966
Sarah Ida Drain
1897–1975
Ruann A. Drain
1898–
Adam Vernon Drain
1903–1961
Daniel Boone Drain
1905–1990
Dela Audrey Drain
1907–1991
Nervia Drain
1911–1987

Sources (7)

  • Frona F Drain in household of Samuel Drain, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Safrona Alice Gardner Drain, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Frona Gardner in entry for Rhoda Drain, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded

The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.

1894

Historical Boundaries 1894: Madison, Arkansas, United States

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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