Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyDr. Edward Winslow Gardner

Parents

FatherRobert Winslow Gardner (3 March 1835 - 3 February 1911)
MotherAdelia Kline Hawley (November 1838 - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 22 April 2022; Last Edited: 25 April 2022 
Person ID12295
NameEdward Winslow Gardner
TitleDr.
GenderMale
Born 30 December 1875 in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey1, 2, 3
Married 14 February 1901 in Bergen County, New Jersey to Marie A. Palmer4, 5, 6
Died 11 December 19137

Biography

Dr. Gardner traveled several times to Europe, in 1908, 1910, and 1911, likely in connection with his work as a chemist/pharmacist. He also traveled in the U.S., as mentioned in a brief article in August, 1909:8, 9, 10

Dr. Edward W. Gardner, of Orange, who is making an automobile tour through the White Mountains, was at Manchester, Vt., yesterday.11

After Edward’s death, his wife Marie also traveled several times to Europe. On her passport application in 1922, she names her husband as Edward W. Gardner, “died February 1910 in Orange, NJ.” This is contradicted by Edward’s listing in the passenger list in August 1911. It seems likely that Marie was confusing Edward’s death with that of his father, which was in February 1911 in Orange, NJ. In fact, Edward’s obituary, listed in several newspapers, shows that he died on 11 February 1913 in Twilight Park, New York. One version appears below:7, 12

Edward W. Gardner

Edward Winslow Gardner, son of the late Robert W. Gardner of Bloomfield, died last Thursday [11 December 1913] at Twilight, N.Y. He was a chemist and took charge of the chemical plant of his father in Orange on the latter’s death three years ago. He is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. R. W. Gardner, and a brother, Robert H. Gardner, both the latter of Bloomfield. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at the home of his mother, 50 Broad Street, Bloomfield.

The various obituaries for Edward consistently omit a mention of his son Edward Theodore Gardner, who was about six years old when Edward died. Also, his wife Marie is never named, and his funeral was from his mother’s home, not his wife’s. It seems possible that Edward was separated or estranged from his wife, which would explain the artifacts in his obituary, his frequent travels alone, absence of his listing in the 1910 census with his family, and his death in New York, far from home.

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyMarie A. Palmer (daughter of Theodore Johnson Palmer and Mary Christina Earle)
Born 14 March 1876 in New York, New York
Married 14 February 1901 in Bergen County, New Jersey to Dr. Edward Winslow Gardner
Married ca. July 1922 in St. Martin, London, England to Charles Edward Heartt Foley (born Charles Edward Livingston)
Died 5 November 1974 in Cobalt, Middlesex County, Connecticut
  
Children of Dr. Edward Winslow Gardner and Marie A. Palmer:
  
1.FamilyEdward Theodore Gardner
Born 14 March 1907 in New Jersey
Married 1934 to Mary Elizabeth Johnson
Died 2 February 1994 in Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
  

Sources

  1. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, New Jersey, Essex County, Bloomfield City, E.D. 199, Sheet No. 5A, Robt. W. Gardiner, 65, New York, Mar. 1835, chemist; wife of 40 years Adelia K. Gardiner, 61, New York, Nov. 1838, 4 children, 2 living; son Robt. H. Gardiner, 32, New Jersey, Sept. 1867, chemist; son Edward W. Gardiner, 24, New Jersey, Dec. 1875, chemist; sister-in-law Annette Hawley, 64, New York, May 1836; servant Francis Brown, 27, Virginia, Jan. 1873, married 5 years, no children, servant.
  2. New Jersey State Census, 1905, Essex County, Orange, E.D. Fourth, Sheet No. 3A, Edward W. Gardener, 29, New Jersey, Dec. 1875, physician; Mary P. Gardener, 29, New York, Mar. 1876; Ireine Thompson, 20, Norway, Mar. 1885, servant.
  3. Autobiography of Robert Winslow Gardner, With Biographical Notes, by R. W. Gardner. Orange, New Jersey, Nineteen Hundred and Eleven. (Digitized by Google, and available at babel.hathitrust.org.) The autobiographical section provides limited vital details and extensive stories and anecdotes of Robert Winslow Gardner’s life. He tells very little of his family life or his family members. The biographical section, written after his death, provides several additional stories about Mr. Gardner, and mentions his development of hydriodic acid (“Gardner’s Syrup”), for which he is most well known. The biography concludes with a Genealogy detailing his descent from John Gardner of Ballmony, North of Ireland, and ends with vital details of his marriage, his wife and four children.
  4. Find a Grave (website). Woodside Cemetery, Yarmouth Port, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Edward Theodore Gardner, born: 15 March 1907 in New Jersey; died: 2 February 1994 in Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts (from record, which includes a note indicating he is the son of Marie Adele (Palmer) (Gardner) Livingston, born: 14 March 1876 in New York, married Edward W. Gardner 14 February 1901, and that he died in Feb. 1910 in Orange, N.J. [No citations are given for these details. The stated date and place of death for his father Edward are undoubtedly taken from Marie’s passport application, which is apparently in error since Edward was known to have died in December 1913 in Twilight Park, New York.]; and provides the name and link for his wife).
  5. New Jersey Marriage Index, by Reclaim the Records (available at: archives.org), Edward Gardner and Marie Palmer, married in 1901, location 2833 [i.e., 0283 (the trailing 3 is ignored), which is not listed in the location list, but is within Bergen County, and is probably Hackensack vicinity].
  6. Engagement Announcement, New-York Daily Tribune, 29 September 1899, Bloomfield, Sept. 28 (special).--The engagement is announced of Miss Marie Palmer, of Hackensack, to Edward Winslow Gardner, son of Robert W. Gardner, of this place.
  7. U.S. Passport Applications 1795-1925, available at ancestry.com and familysearch.org; Application No. 179477, issued 26 May 1922, Marie Palmer Gardner (widow), born: 14 March 1876 in New York, N.Y.; husband: Edward W. Gardner, born in Jersey City, deceased, Orange, N.J., Feb. 1910 [sic, Edward actually died on 11 December 1913 in Twilight Park, New York, as shown in his obituary and related newspaper articles. Marie may have mistaken Edward’s death with that of his father in February 1911.]
  8. New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II, sailing from Boulogne [France] on 19 October 1910, Edward W. Gardner, 37, chemist, final destination: Orange, NJ.
  9. New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, S.S. Kronprinz Wilhelm, sailing from Breman [Germany] on 22 September 1908, Edw. Gardner, 31, married, (no occupation), final destination: Orange, NJ.
  10. New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II, sailing from Cherborg [France] on 23 August 1911, Edward W. Gardner, 37, married, physician, final destination: New York.
  11. Newark Evening News, Newark, New Jersey, 28 August 1909, Orange Society Happenings, article about Dr. Edward W. Gardner. test
  12. Obituary, Newark Evening Star, Newark, New Jersey, 13 December 1913, Edward W. Gardner, died the previous Thrudsay, 11 December 1913 in Twilight, New York.