Margaret Gardner

Brief Life History of Margaret

When Margaret Gardner was born on 11 September 1844, in Warwick, Kent, Canada West, British North America, her father, Robert Gardner Junior, was 24 and her mother, Jane McKeown, was 21. She married Reuben Parley Miller on 10 October 1868, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 14 October 1930, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Reuben Parley Miller
1844–1901
Margaret Gardner
1844–1930
Marriage: 10 October 1868
Reuben Edgar Miller
1869–1954
Robert Gardner Miller
1872–1878
David Osro Miller
1873–1873
Uriah George Miller
1874–1958
Margaret May Miller
1878–1878
Edith Lyle Miller
1879–1962
Melvin Parley Miller
1882–1927
Ernest Fay Miller
1884–1892

Sources (78)

  • Margaret Gardner in household of Robert Gardner, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Margaret Gardner - birth-name: Margaret GARDNER
  • Margaret Miller, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Iowa is the 29th state.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

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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