William Gardner

Brief Life History of William

When William Gardner was born on 22 May 1846, in Bonaparte, Van Buren, Iowa, United States, his father, Robert Gardner Jr., was 26 and his mother, Jane McKeown, was 22. He married Mary Almeda Burgess on 10 October 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Forest Grove, Washington, Oregon, United States in 1926 and Central, Washington, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 4 February 1932, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Gardner
1846–1932
Mary Jane Thomas
1852–1926
Marriage: 12 December 1871
Mahala Jane Gardner
1872–1964
William Thomas Gardner
1883–1889
Milton Rudolph Gardner
1888–1889
Mary Merle Gardner
1890–1986
Elizabeth Gardner
1891–1977
Robert Centennial Gardner
1893–1894
Gweneth Gardner
1897–1974

Sources (83)

  • William Gardner, "Iowa State Census, 1915"
  • Legacy NFS Source: William Gardner - Published information: birth: 22 May 1846; Montrose, Lee, Iowa, United States
  • William Gardner, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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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