George Gardner Jr.
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George Washington Gardner Jr. (1809 - 1896)

Capt. George Washington Gardner Jr.
Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 20 Dec 1831 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Died at age 87 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

George was born in 1809 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.[1]

George made two voyages as a boy and teenager in his father’s ships before taking command of the Mariner of Nantucket in 1836 at the age of 27. He subsequently commanded the Nantucket (1841-45) and the Narragansett (1855-60) before retiring from the sea and becoming a railroad agent in New York state.[2][3]

George married Rebecca Folger Drew in 1831.[4]

He passed away in 1896 in Concord, Massachusetts at age 87.[5] He was buried in the New North Cemetery, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts Plot: TT-3. [6]

Research Notes

1850 U.S. Census for Westchester, New York[7]

George's occupation was "Merchant" and his birthplace was listed as "Mississippi" instead of Massachusetts.

Name Age Sex Est. Birth Yr. Birth Pl.
George W. 41 M 1809 Miss
Rebecca F. 39 F 1811 Miss
Phile F. 17 F 1833 Miss
Lydia C. 9 F 1841 Miss
James Cook 15 M 1835 Miss
Mary C. Dans 42 F 1808 NY

1860 U.S. Census for Nantucket, Massachusetts[8]

Name Age Sex Est. Birth Yr. Birth Pl.
George W. 50 M 1810 Mass
Rebecca F. 47 F 1813 Mass
Lydia C. 19 F 1841 Mass
Benjiman F. Russell 30 M 1830 Mass
Phebe F. Russell 27 F 1833 Mass
George G. Russell 2 M 1858 Mass

1870 U.S. Census for Westchester, New York[9]

George's occupation was "Agent A.R.R." (Addison R.R.?)

Name Age Sex Est. Birth Yr. Birth Pl.
George W. 60 M 1810 Mass
Rebecca F. 58 F 1808 Mass


Sources

  1. Barney, Eliza Starbuck (1802-1889), Barney Genealogical Record, Vol. IV, p. 39, 50, Nantucket Historical Association, https://genealogy.nha.org/getperson.php?personID=I19207&tree=barney
  2. Recent Acquisitions: Portrait of George Washington Gardner Jr. by Michael R. Harrison, Historic Nantucket, Vol 68, No. 3, Fall Edition 2018 (Nantucket Historical Association), 33, https://nha.org/research/nantucket-history/historic-nantucket-magazine/historic-nantucket/
  3. “The Whaling History”, database, New Bedford Whaling Museum, accessed 31 Mar 2022, entry for George Washington Gardner Jr., WRI AM2099, https://whalinghistory.org/wri/AM2099 .
  4. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC3-KJ41 : 19 April 2021), George W Gardner and Rebecca F Drew, 20 Dec 1831; citing Marriage, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009742.
  5. "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWSM-224 : 22 May 2019), George W. Gardner, 11 Oct 1896; citing CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS, v 464 p 183, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,519.
  6. Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37169357 : accessed 08 January 2020), memorial page for George Washington Gardner, Jr (13 Sep 1809–11 Oct 1896), Find A Grave Memorial no. 37169357, citing New North Cemetery, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Scott Hill (contributor 47076009)
  7. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM3-YWD : 24 December 2020), George W Gardner, Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  8. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHN-MTW : 18 February 2021), George W Gardner, 1860.
  9. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M82C-9Y3 : 29 May 2021), George W Gardner, 1870.




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Stunning portrait. Top-notch artist. :-)