Kezia Mary Bell

F, b. 8 July 1849, d. 8 August 1940
FatherJoseph William Bell b. c 1793, d. 1 Jul 1870
MotherGeorgina Ford
ChartsDescendants of Matthew Gardner and Margaret Martin
Married NameHer married name was Gardner. 
Birth*Kezia Mary Bell was born on 8 July 1849 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.1  
BaptismShe was baptized on 5 August 1849 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.1 
Marriage*She married Robert Gardner, son of Matthew Gardner and Elizabeth Fairley, on 18 February 1868 at New Town, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.2 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Florence Elizabeth Gardner was born on 12 December 1868 at Athelstane Range, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.3 
Death of FatherHer father Joseph William Bell died on 1 July 1870 at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.4 
Birth of SonHer son Arthur Oswald Gardner was born on 25 November 1870 at Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.5 
Birth of SonHer son Douglas Herbert Gardner was born on 11 May 1872 at Woongool Road, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.6 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Ida Georgina Gardner was born on 1 September 1873 at Carlisle Street, St. Kilda, Bourke, Victoria, Australia.7 
Death of DaughterHer daughter Ida Georgina Gardner died on 18 February 1874 at Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.8 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Marion McGregor Gardner was born on 13 February 1875 at 2 Crayton Terrace, Clifford Street, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.9 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Kassie Louise Gardner was born on 10 February 1876 at Glenlinden, Maryborough, Queensland, Australia.10 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Elizabeth Beatrice Gardner was born on 4 December 1877 at Tasman Street, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.11 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Georgina Isabel Gardner was born on 15 April 1879 at Woolcombe Street, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.12 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Constance Agnes Gardner was born on 14 December 1880 at Lambton Quay, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.13 
Birth of SonHer son Robert Clifford Gardner was born on 19 October 1882 at Woolcombe Street, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.14 
Birth of SonHer son Gilbert Matthew Gardner was born on 31 May 1884 at Woolcombe Street, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.15 
Birth of DaughterHer daughter Jessie Mabel Gardner was born on 7 December 1885 at College Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.16 
Birth of SonHer son John Elliot Lindsay Gardner was born on 18 March 1887 at Woolcombe Street, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.17 
Birth of SonHer son Duncan Eric Gardner was born on 16 January 1891 at Wellington Terrace, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.18 
Marriage of DaughterHer daughter Marion McGregor Gardner married Stanley Beauchamp, son of Arthur Beauchamp and Mary Elizabeth Stanley, on 28 February 1901 at Burnbrae, Tokomaru, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.19 
Marriage of DaughterHer daughter Kassie Louise Gardner married Reginald Theodore Bell, son of George Theodore Bell and Hannah Maria Lilly, on 23 July 1902 at Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.20 
Marriage of SonHer son Douglas Herbert Gardner married Margaret Ellen Liggins, daughter of Joseph Liggins and Sarah Ellen Land, on 7 October 1902 at Tokomaru, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.21 
Marriage of DaughterHer daughter Florence Elizabeth Gardner married Gilbert Heathfield Lloyd, son of George Alfred Lloyd and Jessie Georgina Bell, on 6 April 1903 at Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.22 
Marriage of SonHer son 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.23 
Marriage of SonHer son Robert Clifford Gardner married Winifred Kassie Bell, daughter of Arthur Waite Iredale Bell and Elizabeth Ann O'Meagher, on 29 January 1908 at Harihari, Westland, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand.24 
Marriage of DaughterHer daughter Elizabeth Beatrice Gardner married Frederick George Beaven, son of George Beaven and Roberta Cummings, on 26 February 1908 at Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.25 
Marriage of DaughterHer daughter Georgina Isabel Gardner married Charles Aleck Natusch, son of Charles Tilleard Natusch and Ada Spencer, on 19 May 1914 at 315 Main Street East, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.26 
Photo*The daughters of Kezia Mary Bell and Robert Gardner (Georgina Isabel Gardner, Kassie Louise 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.27
PhotoThe sons of Kezia Mary Bell and Robert Gardner (Robert Clifford Gardner, Douglas Herbert Gardner, John Elliot Lindsay Gardner, Duncan Eric Gardner, Arthur Oswald Gardner and Gilbert Matthew Gardner) were in this photograph taken before 1915 at Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.28
Death of SonHer son Gilbert Matthew Gardner died on 9 August 1916 at Egypt.29
Death of SpouseHer husband Robert Gardner died on 29 May 1919 at 591 Main Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.30,31 
(Host) MarriageKezia Mary Gardner hosted the wedding of Horace Walsh Bell and Jessie Mabel Gardner on 21 March 1923 at 591 Main Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.32 
(Witness) MarriageKezia Mary Gardner witnessed the marriage of Duncan Eric Gardner and Una Lloyd Siddins on 30 January 1924 at 102 The Terrace, Wellington, North Island, New Zealand.33,34 
Marriage of SonHer son John Elliot Lindsay Gardner married Nina Edith Coombs, daughter of William Coombs and Alice Coombs, on 4 March 1925 at 300 Featherston Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.35 
Death of DaughterHer daughter Florence Elizabeth Gardner died on 9 May 1935 at Frimley Avenue, Hastings, Hawkes Bay, North Island, New Zealand.36 
Death*Kezia Mary Bell died on 8 August 1940 at Maitland Private Hospital, Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand, at age 91.37 
Burial*She was buried on 10 August 1940 at Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, North Island, New Zealand.37 

Family

Robert Gardner b. 9 Jan 1842, d. 29 May 1919
Marriage*She married Robert Gardner, son of Matthew Gardner and Elizabeth Fairley, on 18 February 1868 at New Town, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.2 
Children
Last Edited11 Feb 2011

Citations

  1. [S472] Victoria Department of Justice, baptismal record 10616 (1849), Kezia Mary Bell; Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Melbourne.
  2. [S495] "MARRIAGES. GARDNER-BELL," The (Hobart) Mecury, 21 February 1868, p. 1, col. 1; digital images, National Library of Australia, Trove (http://www.trove.nla.gov.au : accessed 17 January 2011).

    MARRIAGES.

    GARDNER-BELL.- ON 18th February, at the Wesleyan Church, New Town, by the Rev. N. Bennett, Robert Gardner, Esq., of Rockhampton, Queensland, to Kassie Mary, third surviving daughter of J. W. Bell, Esq., Claremont, New Town, Tasmania.

  3. [S464] Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, birth certificate 1869/2251 (1869), Florence Elizabeth Gardner; Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Brisbane.
  4. [S489] "DEATH [Joseph William Bell]," Rockhampton Bulletin and Central Queensland Advertiser, 23 July 1870, p. 3, col. 3; digital images, National Library of Australia, Trove (http://www.trove.nla.gov.au : accessed 14 January 2011).

    DEATH.

    On the 1st instant, at Hobarton, Tasmania, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, Joseph William Bell, father of Arthur Bell, of this town. He was an early Victorian colonist, highly esteemed and respected by all who knew him; a good husband, father, friend, and most kind and courteous to all with whom he came in contact.  His end was peace, through faith in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

  5. [S465] Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, birth certificate 1870/2227 (1870), Arthur Oswald Gardner; Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Brisbane.
  6. [S466] Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, birth certificate 1872/2022 (1872), Douglas Herbert Gardner; Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Brisbane.
  7. [S471] Victoria Department of Justice, birth certificate 20447 (1873), Ida Georgina Gardner; Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Melbourne.
  8. [S467] Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, death certificate 1874/849 (1874), Ida Georgina Gardner; Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Brisbane.
  9. [S510] Scotland, birth certificate for Marion McGregor Gardner, 1875; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 11 February 2011); citing statutory births 646/01 0298, Glasgow City / Lanarkshire, Govan and Govan Church registration district; General Registry Office, Edinburgh.
  10. [S468] Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General, birth certificate 1876/3284 (1876), Kassie Louise Gardner; Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Brisbane.
  11. [S285] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, birth certificate 1878001010 (1878), Elizabeth Beatrice Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  12. [S286] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, birth certificate 1879004869 (1879), Georgina Isabel Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  13. [S287] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, birth certificate 1881017899 (1881), Constance Agnes Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  14. [S413] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, birth certificate 1882014895 (1882), Robert Clifford Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  15. [S411] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, birth certificate 1884016997 (1884), Gilbert Matthew Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  16. [S412] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, birth certificate 1886018722 (1886), Jessie Mabel Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  17. [S414] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, birth certificate 1887001445 (1887), John Elliot Lindsay Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  18. [S415] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, birth certificate 1891016593 (1891), Duncan Eric Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  19. [S507] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1901/6012 (1901), Stanley Beauchamp-Marion McGregor Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  20. [S503] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1902/3940 (1902), Reginald Theodore Bell-Kassie Louise Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  21. [S416] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1902005421 (1902), Douglas Herbert Gardner-Margaret Ellen Liggins; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  22. [S417] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1903000393 (1903), Gilbert Heathfield Lloyd-Florence Elizabeth Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  23. [S499] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1903/4181 (1903), Oswald Gardner-Roberta Beaven; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  24. [S418] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1908000416 (1908), Robert Clifford Gardner-Winifred Kassin Bell; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  25. [S419] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1908001090 (1908), Frederick George Beaven-Elizabeth Beatrice Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  26. [S420] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1914002887 (1914), Charles Aleck Natusch-Georgina Isabel Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  27. [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.
  28. [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.
  29. [S473] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, Register of Deaths Out of New Zealand of Members of Expeditionary Forces and Others 1918028036 (1918), Gilbert Matthew Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  30. [S284] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1919004207 (1919), Robert Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  31. [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.

  32. [S421] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1923000976 (1923), Horace Walsh Bell-Jessie Mabel Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  33. [S422] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1924000127 (1924), Duncan Eric Gardner-Una Lloyd Siddins; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  34. [S485] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1973042146 (1973), Una Lloyd Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  35. [S423] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, marriage certificate 1925003850 (1925), John Elliot Lindsay Gardner-Nina Edith Coombs; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  36. [S425] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1935016274 (1935), Florence Elizabeth Lloyd; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.
  37. [S283] New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs, death certificate 1940027617 (1940), Kezia Mary Gardner; Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Wellington.