Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Gardner was born on 19 August 1800, in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York, United States, his father, Nathaniel Bryan Gardner, was 34 and his mother, Hannah Briggs, was 38. He married Electa Lamport on 22 May 1822, in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 3 July 1875, in Deweyville, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Benj Gardner, "United States Census, 1860"
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- Benjamin Gardner, "Find A Grave Index"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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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Life History of Nathaniel B. Gardner
Nathaniel B. Gardner was born October October 17, 1765. He married Hannah Briggs January 10, 1786. Sixteen children were born to them, eight boys and eight girls. Eight lived to be married and rais …
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