Kassie Louise Gardner

F, b. 10 February 1876, d. 16 September 1951
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
Birth*Kassie Louise Gardner was born on 10 February 1876 at Glenlinden, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.1  
Married Name As of circa 1902,her married name was Bell. 
Marriage*She married Reginald Theodore Bell, son of George Theodore Bell and Hannah Maria Lilly, on 23 July 1902 in the residence of Robert Gardner at Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand. The wedding party included Robert Gardner, Charles Bell, Constance Agnes Gardner and Georgina Bell.2 
(Witness) PhotoKassie Louise Gardner along with her sisters Georgina Isabel Gardner, Florence Elizabeth Gardner, Constance Agnes Gardner, Elizabeth Beatrice Gardner, Marion McGregor Gardner and Jessie Mabel Gardner were in this photograph taken before 1915 at Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.3
Death of FatherHer father Robert Gardner died on 29 May 1919 at 591 Main Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.4,5 
Death of SpouseHer husband Reginald Theodore Bell died circa 1924. 
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*Kassie Louise Gardner died on 16 September 1951 at Public Hospital, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, at age 75.7 

Family

Reginald Theodore Bell b. c 1876, d. c 1924
Marriage*She married Reginald Theodore Bell, son of George Theodore Bell and Hannah Maria Lilly, on 23 July 1902 in the residence of Robert Gardner at Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand. The wedding party included Robert Gardner, Charles Bell, Constance Agnes Gardner and Georgina Bell.2 
Last Edited9 Feb 2011

Citations

  1. [S468] Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, birth certificate 1876/3284 (1876), Kassie Louise Gardner; Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Brisbane.
  2. [S503] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1902/3940 (1902), Reginald Theodore Bell-Kassie Louise Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  3. [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.
  4. [S284] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1919004207 (1919), Robert Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  5. [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.

  6. [S283] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1940027617 (1940), Kezia Mary Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  7. [S504] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1951/34114 (1951), Kassie Bell; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.