Brief Life History of Ida Bell
When Ida Bell Gardner was born on 7 August 1881, in Burks Fork, Floyd, Virginia, United States, her father, Anderson D. Gardner, was 24 and her mother, Mary Ellen Dalton, was 16. She married John Preston Cock on 1 June 1905, in Floyd, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1881. She died on 25 April 1921, in Pine Creek District, Carroll, Virginia, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Willis, Floyd, Virginia, United States.
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- Ida B Gardner in household of Andersen D Gardner, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ida B. Gardner, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Ida B. Gardner, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate 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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