Ross Leon Gardner

Brief Life History of Ross Leon

When Ross Leon Gardner was born on 17 October 1940, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Lester Carlisle Breeze, was 25 and his mother, Dora Butterfield, was 24. He married Carolee Houston on 10 November 1961, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 9 August 1971, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ross Leon Gardner
1940–1971
Rilla Marie Porter
1949–1971
Marriage: 21 August 1970
Carey Scott Gardner
1971–1971

Sources (11)

  • Ross Leon Gardner, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Ross Leon Gardner and Rilla Marie Porter (1970), "Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005"
  • Ross Gardner, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1945 · George Albert Smith becomes the Prophet

After the death of Heber J. Grant, George Albert Smith became the 8th Prophet of this dispensation.

1949 · NATO is Established

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.

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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