Brief Life History of Robert Rierson
When Robert Rierson Gardner was born on 31 December 1841, in Warwick Township, Lambton, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert Gardner Jr, was 22 and his mother, Jane McKeown, was 18. He died on 13 August 1847, in Deer Creek, Anderson Township, Perry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 5, and was buried in Kearney, Nebraska, United States.
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- Robert Rierson Gardner, "Find A Grave Index"
- Robert Rierson Gardner, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- Robert Rierson Gardner, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, 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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Robert Rierson Gardner
Robert Rierson Gardner; born 31 December 1841 in Warwick Township, Lambton, Ontario, Canada; died 13 August 1847 by the Platte River on the Mormon Trail Remembered at the Pioneer Children’s Memorial; …
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