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Amy Pearl (Benefiel) Gardner (1889 - 1974)

Amy Pearl Gardner formerly Benefiel
Born in Decatur, Decatur, Iowa, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , and
Wife of — married 29 Nov 1916 in Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United Statesmap
Mother of , and
Died at age 85 [location unknown]
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Biography

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Amy was born in Iowa in 1889, the daughter of Samuel Benefiel and Mary Hand.[1][2] She married Earl H. Gardner in Iowa in 1916.[3] Amy passed away in 1974 and is buried in Leon, Iowa.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVG3-MYM : 3 December 2014), Amy Pearl Benefiel, ; citing Decatur Twp , Decatur, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1009653 V. A-C.
  2. ↑ "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XV2N-N13 : 3 December 2014), Amy Pearl Benefiel, ; citing Decatur Twp., Decatur Co.; FHL microfilm 1,009,653.
  3. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJJP-DP1 : 8 March 2016), Earl H. Gardner and Amy Benefiel, 29 Nov 1916, Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing reference V11 p544, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,764,940.
  4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 March 2023), memorial page for Amy Benefiel Gardner (1889–22 Mar 1974), includes grave photo, Find A Grave: Memorial #162674178, citing Leon Cemetery, Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by SandyBenakSchnackenberg (contributor 47282944).
  • "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9K8-369 : accessed 16 September 2017), Amy P Benefiel in household of Samuel E Benefiel, Leon Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 48, sheet 4B, family 92, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,428.
  • "Iowa State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM5-3BKQ : 20 February 2021), Amy P Bennefield, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing card #318, State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,430,368.
  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML1L-7BC : accessed 16 September 2017), Amy P Benefiel in household of Samuel E Benefiel, Leon Ward 3, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 52, sheet 5B, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 400; FHL microfilm 1,374,413.
  • "Iowa State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4R-GNMX : 5 October 2016), Amy Benefiel, 1915; citing Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States, card no. , Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,437,613.
  • "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8BJ-D42 : accessed 16 September 2017), Amy P Gardner in household of Earl H Gardner, Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing ED 59, sheet 16A, line 26, family 438, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 486; FHL microfilm 1,820,486.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMVF-T7T : accessed 16 September 2017), Amy B Gardner in household of Earl H Gardner, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 36A, line 26, family 588, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 673; FHL microfilm 2,340,408.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMTL-CTS : accessed 16 September 2017), Amy Gardner in household of Samuel Bennefiel, Leon, Leon Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27-21, sheet 5B, line 55, family 102, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1154.




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Amy is 15 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 26 degrees from Carl Sagan, 21 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 30 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 26 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 22 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 26 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 13 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 19 degrees from Isaac Newton, 27 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 21 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 12 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.

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