Arthur Oswald Gardner1

M, b. 25 November 1870, d. 7 July 1962
FatherRobert Gardner1 b. 9 Jan 1842, d. 29 May 1919
MotherKezia Mary Bell1 b. 8 Jul 1849, d. 8 Aug 1940
Relationship2nd cousin 2 times removed of David Gardner Crouch
ChartsDescendants of Matthew Gardner and Margaret Martin
OccupationArthur Oswald Gardner was a valuer.2 
Birth*He was born on 25 November 1870 at Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.1  
Occupation*He was a farmer and flaxmiller between 1902 and 1903 at Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.3,4 
(Witness) MarriageHe witnessed the marriage of Douglas Herbert Gardner and Margaret Ellen Liggins on 7 October 1902 at Tokomaru, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.3 
Marriage*Arthur Oswald Gardner married Roberta Beaven, daughter of George Beaven and Roberta Cummings, on 15 September 1903 at Wesleylan Church, Whangarei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand. The wedding party included Horace Walsh Bell and Ann Beaven.4 
(Witness) PhotoArthur Oswald Gardner along with his brothers Robert Clifford Gardner, Douglas Herbert Gardner, John Elliot Lindsay Gardner, Duncan Eric Gardner and Gilbert Matthew Gardner were in this photograph taken before 1915 at Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.5
Death of FatherHis father Robert Gardner died on 29 May 1919 at 591 Main Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.6,7 
Death of MotherHis mother Kezia Mary Bell died on 8 August 1940 at Maitland Private Hospital, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.8 
Death of SpouseHis wife Roberta Beaven died on 28 September 1951 at 23 Brassey Road, Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.9 
Death*Arthur Oswald Gardner died on 7 July 1962 at Public Hospital, Whangarei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, at age 91.2 
Burial*He was cremated on 10 July 1962 at Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium, Kelston, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand.2 

Family

Roberta Beaven b. c 1867, d. 28 Sep 1951
Marriage*He married Roberta Beaven, daughter of George Beaven and Roberta Cummings, on 15 September 1903 at Wesleylan Church, Whangarei, Northland, North Island, New Zealand. The wedding party included Horace Walsh Bell and Ann Beaven.4 
Last Edited6 Feb 2011

Citations

  1. [S465] Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, birth certificate 1870/2227 (1870), Arthur Oswald Gardner; Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Brisbane.
  2. [S501] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1962/28005 (1962), Oswald Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  3. [S416] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1902005421 (1902), Douglas Herbert Gardner-Margaret Ellen Liggins; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  4. [S499] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1903/4181 (1903), Oswald Gardner-Roberta Beaven; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  5. [S488] Robert & Kezia Mary Gardner sons, 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.
  6. [S284] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1919004207 (1919), Robert Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  7. [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.

  8. [S283] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1940027617 (1940), Kezia Mary Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  9. [S500] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1951/31102 (1951), Roberta Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.