Jessie Mabel Gardner

F, b. 7 December 1885, d. 5 May 1967
FatherRobert Gardner b. 9 Jan 1842, d. 29 May 1919
MotherKezia Mary Bell b. 8 Jul 1849, d. 8 Aug 1940
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of David Gardner Crouch
ChartsDescendants of Matthew Gardner and Margaret Martin
Married NameHer married name was Bell. 
Birth*Jessie Mabel Gardner was born on 7 December 1885 at College Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.1  
(Witness) PhotoShe along with her sisters Georgina Isabel Gardner, Kassie Louise Gardner, Florence Elizabeth Gardner, Constance Agnes Gardner, Elizabeth Beatrice Gardner and Marion McGregor Gardner were in this photograph taken before 1915 at Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.2
Death of FatherHer father Robert Gardner died on 29 May 1919 at 591 Main Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.3,4 
Marriage*Jessie Mabel Gardner married Horace Walsh Bell, son of George Theodore Bell and Hannah Maria Lilly, on 21 March 1923 in the residence of Kezia Mary Gardner at 591 Main Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand. The wedding party included Kezia Mary Gardner, Una Lloyd Siddins and Duncan Eric Gardner.5 
Death of MotherHer mother Kezia Mary Bell died on 8 August 1940 at Maitland Private Hospital, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.6 
Death of SpouseHer husband Horace Walsh Bell died on 13 December 1961 at 15 Haunui Road, Pukerua Bay, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.7 
Residence*Jessie Mabel Gardner lived before 5 May 1967 at 217 Levers Road, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand.8 
Death*She died on 5 May 1967 at Public Hospital, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand, at age 81.8 
Burial*She was buried on 8 May 1967 at Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand.8 

Family

Horace Walsh Bell b. c 1877, d. 13 Dec 1961
Marriage*She married Horace Walsh Bell, son of George Theodore Bell and Hannah Maria Lilly, on 21 March 1923 in the residence of Kezia Mary Gardner at 591 Main Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand. The wedding party included Kezia Mary Gardner, Una Lloyd Siddins and Duncan Eric Gardner.5 
Child
  • Warren Walsh Bell
Last Edited7 Jan 2012

Citations

  1. [S412] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, birth certificate 1886018722 (1886), Jessie Mabel Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  2. [S487] Robert & Kezia Mary Gardner daughters, ca. 1915, privately held by Jan Natusch, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Auckland, New Zealand, 2011. The original photograph is owned by Jan Natusch's father, David Gardner Natusch. This scan was made from a copy owned by Jan Natusch.
  3. [S284] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1919004207 (1919), Robert Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  4. [S496] "PERSONAL," The (Wellington) Evening Post, 02 June 1919, p. 6, col. 6; digital images, National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past (http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz : accessed 17 January 2011).

    PERSONAL

    Mr. Robert Gardner, of Terrace End, Palmerston North, who died last week at the advanced age of 77 years, was born at Greenock, Scotland, in 1842, and as a young man went out to Queensland, where he landed in 1862, going into business in Rockhampton.  He was associated with some of the earliest mining ventures in Australia, and was one of the pioneers of the sugar-planting industry in Queensland.  In 1876 he came to New Zealand, and was in the ironmongery business in Lambton quay, near the site of the Gresham Hotel.  For many years Mr. Gardner was on the directorate of the Petone Woollen Mills.  In 1887 he embarked in the flaxmilling industry, operating first at Foxton and later at Piaka (near Koputaroa).  He was appointed a member of the Flax Commission, and went through the Dominion twice in connection with improvements for the preparation of the fibre for market.  Mr. Gardner was also interested in farming pursuits, in which he embarked in 1888, first at Piaka and afterwards at Tokomaru, and more recently near Stratford.  He went to reside in Palmerston North first in 1885, and lived in College-street, and acted as Government Land Valuer from 1897 until he was superannuated in 1908.  After being away for a time, he returned to Palmerston North in 1902, and took up his residence at Terrace End, where he lived for the remainder of his life.  He took a very keen interest in anything that affected the welfare of the district, and until his health failed was an active member of the Philosophical Society.  He is survived by his widow and a family of five sons and seven daughters.

  5. [S421] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1923000976 (1923), Horace Walsh Bell-Jessie Mabel Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  6. [S283] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1940027617 (1940), Kezia Mary Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  7. [S477] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1961039725 (1961), Horace Walsh Bell; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  8. [S479] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1967025641 (1967), Jessie Mabel Bell; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.