Category Archives: Gaertner / Gardner

Great Great Grandfather’s First of 4 Marriages – 159 years ago

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Pat Shaul

My great great grandfather, Wilhelm Gotthardt Gaertner, who changed his name to William G. Gardner,  came to the United States in 1854 from Klein Ingersheim, Kingdom Of Württemberg at the age of 21.  He eventually settled in Canaan, Connecticut where … Continue reading →

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170th Anniversary of GG Granduncle and Aunt Gaertner

Posted on May 20, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It was on the 20th of May 1849, in the Evangelisch, Grosssingersheim, Neckarkreis, Wüerttemberg that Alexander Gaertner and Catharina Barbara Gaertner were wed.    Although the two have the same surname, I have found no familial connection. Uncle Alexander and … Continue reading →

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Follow up on Grandpa Gardner

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Pat Shaul

It appears Grandpa Gardner gave himself a belated birthday present in 1904.  On 11 March 1904, his divorce from his third wife, Mary McConnell was final.  They married on 26 March 1890 in Ligonier, Indiana, and it was apparently not … Continue reading →

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Happy 186th, Great Great Grandfather Gardner!

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On 10 March 1833, Wilhelm Gotthardt Gaertner, was born to Alexander Gaertner and Christina Regina Bauer in Klein Ingersheim, Württemberg.  Grandpa Gardner as he was known to his family, lived a very interesting life. Wilhelm Gardner came from Northern Germany … Continue reading →

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Happy 157th Anniversary,Grandma and Grandpa Gardner!

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Pat Shaul

On January 1, 1862, in Hartford, Connecticut, my great, great grandparents, William G. Gardner and Mary Ann Cummings were married.  This was the second of four marriages for Grandpa Gardner, born Wilhelm Gotthartd Gaertnter in Kleiningersheim, Württemburg on  10 March … Continue reading →

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Frohes Jubiläum Alexander Gaertner und Christina Regina Bauer (24 November 1813)

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Today marks the 205th wedding anniversary of my three times great grandparents, Alexander Gaertner and Christina Regina who were married at the Evangelisch in Klein Ingersheim, Württemburg.   Grandfather Alexander and Grandmother Regina were the parents of 12 children: Johann David … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Grandma Koontz!

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Phebie Ann Gardner was born 156 years ago on October 19, 1862, in Falls Village, Connecticut to William G. [Wilhelm Gotthardt] and Mary Ann Cummings Gardner [Gaertner].  Great grandmother Koontz was the oldest child of great great grandmother Gardner and … Continue reading →

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Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Großmutter

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Well, actually, 3 times great grandmother.   Today, 232 years ago (1786) in Pleidelsheim, Württemberg, Christiana Regina Bauer was born.  She married Alexander Gärtner on 24 November 1813, in Kleiningersheim.  With the great assistance of the LDS church I have found … Continue reading →

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