Matthew Gardner

M, b. 1 October 1851, d. 20 December 1939
FatherMatthew Gardner b. 5 May 1815, d. 5 Oct 1852
MotherElizabeth Fairley b. 2 Jun 1816, d. 12 May 1898
Relationship1st cousin 3 times removed of David Gardner Crouch
ChartsDescendants of Matthew Gardner and Margaret Martin
Birth*Matthew Gardner was born on 1 October 1851 at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.1  
BaptismHe was baptized on 1 November 1851 at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.1 
Death of FatherHis father Matthew Gardner died on 5 October 1852 at Orangefield, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.2,3 
(Son) CensusMatthew Gardner appeared on the census of 1861 as the son of Elizabeth Fairley at 11 Abbotsford Place, Tradeston, Govan (Glasgow), Lanarkshire, Scotland.4 
Occupation*Matthew Gardner was a student of theology circa 1881 at Glasgow University, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.5 
(Son) CensusHe appeared on the census of 1881 as the son of Elizabeth Fairley at 13 Clifford Street, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.5 
Marriage*Matthew Gardner married Marion Plummer Semple, daughter of William Plummer Semple and Marion Main, on 22 August 1883 at Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.6,7,8,9,10,11,12 
OccupationMatthew Gardner was the minister of Mid Calder between 1884 and 1891 at Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland.6,7,8,9,10,13 
Birth of SonHis son William Sydney Gardner was born on 9 September 1884 at The Manse, Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland.6 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Lena Gertrude Gardner was born on 5 December 1886 at The Manse, Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland.7 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Marion Louise Gardner was born on 2 June 1888 at The Manse, Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland.8 
Birth of SonHis son Matthew Gardner was born in November 1889 at The Manse, Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland.9 
Census*Matthew Gardner appeared as the head of a household on the census of 1891 at The Manse, Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland. According to this census, the manse had eleven rooms with one or more windows.13 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Florence Margue Gardner was born on 19 October 1891 at The Manse, Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland.10 
OccupationMatthew Gardner was an established church clergyman between 1894 and 1901 at Parish Church, Peebles, Peebles-shire, Scotland.11,12,14,15 
Birth of DaughterHis daughter Elizabeth Frances Gardner was born on 10 June 1894 at The Manse, Peebles, Peebles-shire, Scotland.11 
Death of MotherHis mother Elizabeth Fairley died on 12 May 1898 at The Grange, Busby, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland.16 
Birth of SonHis son Eric Douglas Gardner was born on 19 October 1898 at The Manse, Peebles, Peebles-shire, Scotland.12 
Death of SonHis son William Sydney Gardner died on 24 July 1899 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.14 
CensusMatthew Gardner appeared as the head of a household along with his wife, Marion Plummer Semple on the census of 1901 at The Manse, Peebles, Peebles-shire, Scotland. The household also included Lena Gertrude Gardner, Marion Louise Gardner, Matthew Gardner, Florence Margue Gardner, Elizabeth Frances Gardner and Eric Douglas Gardner.15 
(Minister) MarriageMatthew Gardner was the officiating minister at the wedding of Robert McGregor and Rachel T. Alexander on 25 October 1904 at Windsor Hotel, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.17 
Marriage of DaughterHis daughter Lena Gertrude Gardner married Charles Edward Fawsitt, son of Charles Albert Fawsitt and Mary Pollock, on 16 December 1909 at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.18,19  
OccupationMatthew Gardner was the minister of Hyndland Parish Church between 1911 and 1912 at Hyndland, Govan (Glasgow), Lanarkshire, Scotland.20,21 
Census*He appeared as the head of a household on the census of 1911 at 1 Redlands Road, Kelvinside, Govan (Glasgow), Lanarkshire, Scotland. The household also included Marion Louise Gardner, Matthew Gardner and Eric Douglas Gardner.21 
Residence*Matthew Gardner lived circa 1912 at 1 Redlands Road, Kelvinside, Govan (Glasgow), Lanarkshire, Scotland.20 
Event-Misc*While on sick leave in February 1912, Matthew Gardner visited his brother, Robert Gardner at Terrance End, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.22 
(Minister) MarriageMatthew Gardner was the officiating minister at the wedding of George Augustus Workman and Marion Louise Gardner on 18 April 1912 at Hyndland Parish Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.23 
(Informant) DeathMatthew Gardner was listed as an informant on the death certificate of Eric Douglas Gardner on 7 August 1912 at 5 Roxburgh Terrace, Dunbar, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland.20 
(Minister) MarriageMatthew Gardner was the officiating minister at the wedding of Lewellen Frederick Scholte and Hilda May Gardner on 6 September 1913 at Hyndland Parish Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.24,25 
(Minister) MarriageMatthew Gardner was the officiating minister at the wedding of William Watt Capes and Ethel Mildred Gardner on 30 April 1918 at Hyndland Parish Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.26 
(Minister) MarriageMatthew Gardner was the officiating minister at the wedding of Henry Charles Deans Rankin and Edith Watson Gardner on 5 November 1918 at Hyndland Parish Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.27 
(Minister) MarriageMatthew Gardner was the officiating minister at the wedding of William Hugh Hamilton and Florence Margue Gardner on 7 April 1920 at Hyndland Parish Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.28 
Death of SpouseHis wife Marion Plummer Semple died on 1 November 1939 at 19 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.29 
Death*Matthew Gardner died on 20 December 1939 at 19 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, at age 88. The informant listed on the death certificate was Matthew Gardner.30,31,32 

Family

Marion Plummer Semple b. c 1863, d. 1 Nov 1939
Marriage*Matthew Gardner married Marion Plummer Semple, daughter of William Plummer Semple and Marion Main, on 22 August 1883 at Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.6,7,8,9,10,11,12 
Children
Last Edited22 Apr 2011

Citations

  1. [S158] Greenock West Parish (Renfrewshire, Scotland), Old Parish Registers, OPR 564-3/7, p. 366 (written), Matthew Gardner baptism (1851); digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 28 September 2010); citing O.P.R. Births 564/03 0070 0221 Greenock Old or West.

    Matthew, Son to Matthew Gardner, Merchant, and Elizabeth Fairlie, was born 1st October and Baptized 1st November 1851

  2. [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.

  3. [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.

  4. [S206] 1861 census of Scotland, Lanarkshire, Govan (Glasgow) parish, Tradeston registration district, enumeration district (ED) 20, household schedule no. 17, p. 4 (printed), Elizabeth Gardner household; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 08 October 2010); citing GRO Census 1861 564/09 020/00 004.
  5. [S208] 1881 census of Scotland, Lanarkshire, Govan (Glasgow) parish, Govan registration district, enumeration district (ED) 13, household schedule no. 119, p. 22 (printed), Eliza Gardner household; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 08 October 2010); citing GRO Census 1881 646/01 013/00 022.
  6. [S210] Scotland, birth certificate for William Sydney Gardner, 1884; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory births 694/00 0055, Midlothian, Mid Calder registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  7. [S211] Scotland, birth certificate for Lena Gertrude Gardner, 1886; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory births 694/00 0110, Midlothian, Mid Calder registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  8. [S212] Scotland, birth certificate for Marion Louise Gardner, 1888; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 September 2010); citing statutory births 694/00 0049, Midlothian, Mid Calder registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  9. [S213] Scotland, birth certificate for Matthew Gardner, 1889; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory births 694/00 0145, Midlothian, Mid Calder registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  10. [S214] Scotland, birth certificate for Florence Gardner, 1891; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory births 694/00 0129, Midlothian, Mid Calder registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  11. [S217] Scotland, birth certificate for Elizabeth Frances Gardner, 1894; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory births 768/00 0061, Peebles-shire, Peebles registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  12. [S216] Scotland, birth certificate for Eric Douglas Gardner, 1898; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory births 768/00 0105, Peebles-shire, Peebles registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  13. [S215] 1891 census of Scotland, Midlothian, Mid Calder parish, Mid Calder registration district, enumeration district (ED) 2, household schedule no. 52, p. 15, Rev. Mathew Gardner household; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing GRO Census 1891 694/00 002/00 015.
  14. [S219] Scotland, death certificate for William Sydney Gardner, 1899; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory deaths 644/13 0260, Lanarkshire, Tradeston registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  15. [S218] 1901 census of Scotland, Peebles-shire, Peebles parish, Peebles registration district, enumeration district (ED) 4, household schedule no. 115, p. 22, Mathew Gardener household; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing GRO Census 1901 768/00 004/00 022.
  16. [S150] Scotland, death certificate for Elizabeth Gardner, 1898; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 27 September 2010); citing statutory deaths 643/00 0025, Lanarkshire, East Kilbride registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh. N.B. The original document records the name of the deceased as Elizabeth Gardner. However, this record can only be searched using her maiden name, Elizabeth Fairley.
  17. [S450] Scotland, marriage certificate for Robert McGregor-Rachel T. McGregor, 1904; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 30 November 2010); citing statutory marriages 644/07 1069, Glasgow City / Lanarkshire, Blythswood registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  18. [S288] New South Wales Department of Justice and Attorney General, marriage certificate 1910/000055 (1910), Charles Edward Fawsitt-Lena Gertrude Gardner; Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Sydney.
  19. [S225] K. J. Cable and Ursula Bygott, "Fawsitt, Charles Edward (1878 - 1960)," biography, Australian National University, Australian Dictionary of Biography - Online Edition (http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080500b.htm : accessed 10 October 2010).
  20. [S220] Scotland, death certificate for Eric Douglas Gardner, 1912; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory deaths 706/00 0028, East Lothian, Dunbar registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  21. [S524] 1911 census of Scotland, Glasgow City / Lanarkshire, Hillhead registration district, enumeration district (ED) 17, household schedule no. 201, p. 37, Matthew Gardner household; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 22 Apr 2011); citing GRO Census 1911 644/12 017/00 037.
  22. [S463] "Personal," Ashburton Guardian, 07 February 1912, p. 4, col. 7; digital images, National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past (http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz : accessed 14 December 2010).

    PERSONAL

    The Rev. Matthew Gardner, D.D., who is visiting the Dominion on sick leave, and is at present staying with his brother, Mr. Robert Gardner, Terrance End, Palmerston North, is one of the best known ministers of the Established Church of Scotland.  His great church, known as the Hyndlands Parish Church, Glasgow, is attended mainly by merchant princes of the Northern city, professors, and professional men.

  23. [S224] Scotland, marriage certificate for George A. Workman-May L. Gardner, 1912; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory marriages 644/12 0070, Lanarkshire, Hillhead (Glasgow) registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  24. [S262] Scotland, marriage certificate for Lewellen F. Scholte-Hilda May Gardner, 1913; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 16 October 2010); citing statutory marriages 644/12 0219, Lanarkshire, Hillhead registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  25. [S264] "MARRIAGES - SCHOLTE : GARDNER," The Times (London), 09 September 1913, p. 1, col. 2; digital images, TimesArchive (http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/archive : accessed 16 October 2010).

    MARRIAGES

    SCHOLTE : GARDNER. – On the 6th Sept., at Hyndland Parish Church, Glasgow, by the Rev. M Gardner, uncle of the bride, assisted by the Rev. J. MacDonald, of Skelmorlie, and the Rev. J. M. Fairweather, of Berwick-on-Tweed, Lewellen Frederick Scholte, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Scholte, of “Sunnyfield,” Hampstead, to HILDA MAY, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JAMES GARDNER, of “Thorncliffe,” Skelmorlie, Ayrshire.

  26. [S265] Scotland, marriage certificate for William Watt Capes-Ethel Mildred Gardner, 1918; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 17 October 2010); citing statutory marriages 644/12 0136, Lanarkshire, Hillhead registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  27. [S267] Scotland, marriage certificate for Henry Charles D. Rankin-Edith Watson Gardner, 1918; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 17 October 2010); citing statutory marriages 644/12 0336, Lanarkshire, Hillhead registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  28. [S223] Scotland, marriage certificate for William Hugh Hamilton-Florence Margue Gardner, 1920; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory marriages 644/12 0129, Lanarkshire, Hillhead (Glasgow) registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  29. [S222] Scotland, death certificate for Marion Plumer Gardner, 1939; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory deaths 685/01 0608, Midlothian, Haymarket (Edinburgh) registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  30. [S221] Scotland, death certificate for Matthew Gardner, 1939; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 09 October 2010); citing statutory deaths 685/01 0709, Midlothian, Haymarket (Edinburgh) registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  31. [S227] "DEATH OF REV. DR MATTHEW GARDNER - Former Minister of Hyndland Church, Glasgow," The Scotsman, 21 December 1939, p. 12, col. 2; digital images, The Scotsman Digital Archive (http://archive.scotsman.com : accessed 10 October 2010).

    DEATH OF REV. DR MATTHEW GARDNER

    Former Minister of Hyndland Church, Glasgow

    The death occurred in Edinburgh yesterday of the Rev. Matthew Gardner, T.D., D.D., minister emeritus of Hyndland Parish Church, Glasgow, in his 89th year. For 41 years he had been in the ministry, and retired from Hyndland in 1923. He was minister at Hyndland for 17 years.

    Born in Greenock, Dr Gardner started work in a Glasgow office. Later he took up sheep farming in the Peebles district, then went to Australia, and served for a time on a small ship trading in the South Sea Islands. Returning to Scotland, he entered Glasgow University with the intention of taking a medical degree. Then he decided to enter the ministry. He had a distinguished University career and was a class prizeman. In his native town of Greenock he became assistant in the West Church in 1882, and in the following year went to Mid Calder. He became minister of the Peebles Parish Church in 1893.

    Dr Gardner went to South Africa in 1902, and had charge of the Presbyterian church of Pretoria. It was in 190S that he was elected to Hyndland Parish Church. The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Glasgow University in 1923.

    For a period of six months, Dr Gardner was in charge of the Scottish Church in Cairo.

  32. [S228] "Obituary - REV. DR MATTHEW GARDNER - Forty-One Years of Active Ministry," The Glasgow Herald, 21 December 1939, p. 12, col. 3; digital images, Google News (http://news.google.com/archivesearch : accessed 11 October 2010).

    Obituary - REV. DR MATTHEW GARDNER

    Forty-One Years of Active Ministry

    The death occurred yesterday at his residence, 19 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, of the Rev. Matthew Gardner, D.D., senior minister of Hyndland Church, Glasgow, who during 41 years of active ministry was held in high esteem as a preacher.

    His wife died only a few weeks ago.

    Retiring in 1923 after 17 years association with Hyndland, during which the church made much progress, Dr. Gardner celebrated his jubilee as a minister in 1933.

    He was in his 89th year.

    A native of Greenock, he wove into his career a good deal of variety and adventure, for he started as a clerk in Glasgow, took up sheep farming in Peeblesshire, and afterwards proceeded to Australia, became one of a crew of a small sloop trading with the natives of the South Sea Islands, and ultimately studied for the ministry in Glasgow.

    Matriculating at Glasgow University in 1874, he proposed at first to enter the medical profession.  He changed his intention, however, and decided to train for the ministry.  His class work gained him credit, and he emerged with a prize in Moral Philosophy and the Dowanhill Prize.

    SUCCESSFUL MINISTRY AT PEEBLES

    Returning to his native town in 1882 to begin his career as a minister, Dr. Gardner remained for a year as an assistant to the Rev. John Barclay, of West Parish.  Thereafter he received a call to mid-Calder, displaying to his congregation those stimulating qualities which were later seen in their full development in Peebles Parish Church, to which he was called in 1893.

    At Peebles he attracted considerable attention by the strength of his personality and pulpit gifts.  He proved himself an orator of distinction, and one who imparted devotional fervour to his discourses.  On three occasions he refused calls to Edinburgh, and continued with success in Peebles, building up the congregation until it reached 1700.

    The extent of the regard in which he was held by the people among whom he laboured was strikingly shown when they doubled his salary, raising it to £800, and presented him with a manse.

    His personal influence and power to stimulate others are best indicated by the fact that when he made an appeal on separate occasions for special collections the sum raised each time was close on £1500.

    CALL FROM PRETORIA

    In 1902 he spent six months in South Africa, where he took charge of the Presbyterian Church at Pretoria in response to a request by Principal Lang.  There he did much to establish friendly relations with the Dutch.  Some years later he declined a call from the Church of Pretoria.

    From Peebles Dr. Gardner proceeded to the extension charge of Hyndland, Glasgow, in 1906.  The congregation was small, but under his inspiration it great increased, and before long the church was filled to overflowing.  To promote this development, he procured the endowment of the parish, and continued his work with notable results.

    His sermons were characterised by a finished literary style.  They showed a wide scope of knowledge, drawn from many sources and many lands, which served to emphasise the lessons he sought to enforce.

    He continued in the charge till 1923, when he retired from active work of the ministry.  In recognition of his service in the city he received the honorary degree of D.D. from the University of Glasgow in the same year.

    In 1920 Dr. Gardner took charge of the Scottish Church in Cairo for six months, on the invitation of the Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland.

    Dr. Gardner is survived by a son and four daughters.