Matthew Gardner

M, b. 5 May 1815, d. 5 October 1852
Portrait of Matthew Gardner1
FatherRobert Gardner b. 17 Aug 1791, d. 19 Aug 1863
MotherAnn Robertson b. 16 Dec 1791, d. 28 Oct 1871
RelationshipGrandson of Matthew Gardner
ChartsDescendants of Matthew Gardner and Margaret Martin
Gardner Y-DNA
Birth*Matthew Gardner was born on 5 May 1815 at Wishaw, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland.2 
BaptismHe was baptized on 14 May 1815 at Wishaw, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland.2 
OccupationHe was a merchant circa 1841 at Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.3 
Marriage*He married Elizabeth Fairley, daughter of John Fairley and Agnes Lindsay, on 7 April 1841 at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. 
(Member of household) CensusMatthew Gardner appeared on the census of 1841 as a member of the household of Robert Gardner at Townhead, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.3 
Occupation*Matthew Gardner was an ironmonger or iron merchant between 1842 and 1853 at William Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 
Death*He died on 5 October 1852 at Orangefield, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, at age 37.10,13 
Burial*He was buried on 7 October 1852 at Greenock Cemetery, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.14 

Family

Elizabeth Fairley b. 2 Jun 1816, d. 12 May 1898
Marriage*He married Elizabeth Fairley, daughter of John Fairley and Agnes Lindsay, on 7 April 1841 at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. 
Children
Last Edited14 Oct 2011

Citations

  1. [S944] Matthew Gardner Portrait, date unknown; Gift of the Gardener Estate (1973), Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand. Oil painting on canvas,762mm x 635mm, unsigned and artist(s) unknown. Registration number: 1973-0024-2.
  2. [S149] Cambusnethan Parish (Lanarkshire, Scotland), Old Parish Registers, OPR 628/1, p. 83 (written), Mathew Gardener baptism (1815); digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 25 September 2010); citing O.P.R. Births 628/00 0010 0295 Cambusnethan.

    Mathew Gardener Son to Robert Gardener at Wishawtown & Ann Robertson his spouse was born 5th & bapt 24 May – 1st Child

  3. [S427] 1841 census of Scotland, Dunbartonshire, Cardross registration district, enumeration district (ED) 3, p. 17, line 10, Robert Gardner household; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 22 November 2010); citing GRO Census 1841 494/00 003/00 017.
  4. [S152] Greenock West Parish (Renfrewshire, Scotland), Old Parish Registers, OPR 564-3/6, p. 225 (written), Robert Gardner baptism (1842); digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 September 2010); citing O.P.R. Births 564/03 0060 0229 Greenock Old or West.
  5. [S153] Greenock West Parish (Renfrewshire, Scotland), Old Parish Registers, OPR 564-3/6, p. 306 (written), Marion Dick Gardner baptism (1843); digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 September 2010); citing O.P.R. Births 564/03 0060 310 Greenock Old or West.
  6. [S155] Greenock West Parish (Renfrewshire, Scotland), Old Parish Registers, OPR 564-3/6, p. 418 (written), Ann Robertson Gardener baptism (1845); digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 September 2010); citing O.P.R. Births 564/03 0060 0424 Greenock Old or West.
  7. [S156] Greenock West Parish (Renfrewshire, Scotland), Old Parish Registers, OPR 564-3/7, p. 184 (written), John Gardner baptism (1847); digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 September 2010); citing O.P.R Births 564/03 0070 0045 Greenock Old or West.
  8. [S157] Greenock West Parish (Renfrewshire, Scotland), Old Parish Registers, OPR 564-3/7, p. 307 (written), James Gardner baptism (1849); digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 September 2010); citing O.P.R. Births 564/03 0070 0165 Greenock Old or West.
  9. [S160] Scotland, marriage certificate for Ovenstone - Gardner, 1882; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 28 September 2010); citing statutory marriages 602/00 0026, Ayrshire, Largs registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  10. [S436] J. F. & S. Mitchell, editors, Renfrewshire Monumental Inscriptions (pre~1855), Volume 1 (2nd edition) (Edinburgh, Scotland: The Scottish Genealogy Society, 1992), H5 - Greenock Cemetery, p. 104, entry no. 236. The entries in this volume utilize many abbreviations making it impossible to know what information appears on the original marker.

    Matthew GARDNER ironmonger 5.10.1852 37, w Eliz FAIRLEY 12.5.1898 80, da Ann Robertson 23.10.1840 11m.

  11. [S446] Scotland, death certificate for Marion Dick McGregor, 1918; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 29 November 2010); citing statutory deaths 644/20 0090, Glasgow City / Lanarkshire, Plantation registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  12. [S636] "IRONMONGERY BUSINESS IN GREENOCK FOR SALE," Glasgow Herald, 18 October 1852, p. 2, col. 3; digital images, British Library, British Newspapers 1800-1900 (http://newspapers.bl.uk : accessed 28 May 2011).

    IRONMONGERY BUSINESS IN GREENOCK

    FOR SALE

    That well known Established and Lucrative BUSINESS

    so successfully carried on in William Street, by the late

    Mr. Matthew Gardner, will be disposed of by Private Bargain.

     

    A party possessed of a capital of about £2000 would find in

    this opening an investment of a rare, tempting, and safe nature.

     

    Further particulars by immediate application to Mrs. M.

    Gardner, Greenock; or to Messrs. W. & G. Fairley, Wholesale

    Ironmongers, 108 Argyll Street, Glasgow.

     

    18th October, 1852.

  13. [S440] "Watt Library Births Marriages and Deaths Index," Inverclyde Council (http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/community-life-and-leisure/… : accessed 28 Nov 2010), BMD Index - Letter G Surnames link, newspaper abstract from Greenock Advertiser, 08 October 1852, death notice for Matthew Gardner.

    Matthew Gardner, ironmonger, died at Orangefield, Greenock on 5th October 1852.

  14. [S438] Greenock Cemetery (Greenock, Renfrewshire), "Funerals, 1846-1854," [unmarked page], no. 6283, Matthew Gardner entry; FHL microfilm 918,056, item 2.