Gertrude Lee Gardner (1863 - 1941)

Born 30 Sep 1863 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Died 27 Oct 1941 at age 78 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Gertrude was born in Swansea, Massachusetts, in 1863, the daughter of Edward and Ann Elisa Gardner.^[1] She was the eldest of three daughters, and grew up in Somerset, Massachusetts, where her father was a farmer.^[2] By 1880, the family lived in Warren, Rhode Island, where Gertrude attended school.^[3]

She was hired by the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1889, where she was a teacher at the Edgerly School. ^[4] By 1900, she was working in the Boston Public Schools, where she spent many years at the Chapman School in East Boston^[5] and in 1927 was a master's assistant and 3rd grade teacher at the Tappan School, in Boston.^[6] She retired in 1934 as a master's assistant at the Chapman School.^[7]

She applied for a passport in 1924, with the intention of traveling to several European countries.^[8] She was 60 years old at the time and described as being 5'1", with blue eyes, brown & gray hair, and a round face.

She died in 1941 at her long-time Somerville home.^[9] She is buried with her family at the North Gardner Cemetery in Swansea.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ6P-JHV : 14 January 2020), Gertrude Lee Gardner, 1863.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSG-WGT : 19 March 2020), Gertrude L Gardner in entry for Edward F Gardner, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4SC-DJV : 15 July 2017), Gertrude L Gardner in household of Edward F Gardner, Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States
4. ↑ Annual Reports, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1896, p. 346
5. ↑ Manual of the Public Schools, City of Boston, Massachusetts, 1903, p. 29
6. ↑ Manual of Public Schools, Boston, Massachusetts, 1927, p. 75
7. ↑ Daily Boston Globe, 31 July 1934, p. 1: "Gertrude L. Gardner, master's assistant at the Chapman district was [sic] retired."
8. ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-7YF2 : 16 March 2018), Gertrude L Gardner, 1924; citing Passport Application, Massachusetts, United States, source certificate #418675
9. ↑ Death notices, Daily Boston Globe, 29 October 1941, p. 30
10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #192848524 North Gardner Cemetery, Swansea, Massachusetts