Monday Madness – Gardiner from County Antrim Ireland

Sharon — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:21:26 +0000

Looking for the parents of William Gardiner (born 1794) in County Antrim, Ireland. Came to the USA @ 1819 with his sister, Catherine Gardiner and cousin William Clarke. Oh Willie who the heck are you parents?

Below is an abrieviated time line for William, his wife Henrietta and son William H. Gardiner

William Gardiner Timeline


1790	Henrietta Simpson Gardiner born

1794	William Gardiner born in Ireland

1820	William Gardiner emmigrates to America

1822	William Gardiner filed declaration to become citizen in Rockville, MD

1823	William Gardiner marries Henrietta Simpson Rockville, MD

1825	William Gardiner becomes citizen of the US

1825	William Gardiner sells slave May Ann in Anne Arundel Co.
	Liber JS 22 Folio 581 to Thomas Hammond of Frederick County, MD

1825	William H. Gardiner born son of William & Henrietta in Montgomery Co. MD Unity

1828	William & Henrietta Gardiner own 2 acres in Unity, MD 20 sq. ft of
	land around a grave near the road leading from Henry C. Gaither’s house
	Libor BS1

1829	William Gardiner received $2,000 from Dr. Gustavus Warfield
	for slaves & belongings of house

1831	Sheriff Sale of William Gardiners property in Unity formarly owned by
	Francis Simpson

1833	William Gardiner declared insolvent in Mo. Co. William Price set as trustee
	other men mentioned William Lands & Henry Bushey
	advertised in Md. Free Prep

1833	100 acres sold by William Clarke that belonged to Francis Simpson to satisfy debt
	Hannahs Purchase & Brooke Grove

1833	William Gardiner rented house moved from Unity to protect his little sons life

1825-1834	Dr. Gustuvus Warfiled has accounts of doctor visits to the Gardiner’s

1835	William & Henrietta Gardiner gave testimony in the case of Williams vs. Clarke

1840	William & Henrietta moved to Clarksburg with son William H.

1850	William & Henrietta moved to Frederick, Co.

1851	William Gardiner & Son purchase farm on Glisans Mill Road

1852	Wiliam Gardiner & Son lose farm on Old Annapolis at Sheriffs sale by
	Thornton Poole, trustee

1854	bond recorded state of Maryland from Thornton Poole paying bond to state
	in accordance with the bond.

1857	Titus Atlas show a W. Gardiner in New Market adjacent to Mrs. Hammond
1858	William Gardiner dies
1859	Article published in National Intelligencer looking for William Clarke in case
	Williams. Vs. Clarke

1860	William H. Gardiner, Ann and children on census with Henrietta in New Market, MD
	1857 Titus Atlas shows then next to Mrs. Hammond.

1862	Richard Hammond to Henrietta Gardiner 9/26/1862 BGF 7 & Folio 706
	took out mortgage to buy 4 acres of Peace & Plenty Farm. Mortgage was
	assigned to James C. Clarke & recorded in BGF 8, 422


1863	Henrietta Gardiner writes to Governor Augustus Bradford telling of the alleged
	swindling of her land by Chief Justice Richard J. Bowie when he served as her
	general counsel.

1866	Henrietta Gardiner dies in Frederick County

1870	William H. Gardiner appears on the 1870 census with his family minus Henrietta in the New Market District 9 Urbana Post Office
	of Urbana

1884	William H. Gardiner purchases “Addition to Unity” close to “Snowdens Purchase
	at one time owned one of the boundary markers states “a store planted at the SW
	corner of a lot formerly owned by Francis Simpson conveyed to Andrew Graff

1885	William H. & Ann F. Gardiner sell to Joshua Russell 4 acres of Peace & Plenty
	William being the only legal heir.

Genealogist or Ghostbuster?

Sharon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:26:03 +0000

It was the day after All Hallows Eve - the neighborhoods streets still lined with jack-o-lanterns and my paranormal senses still on overload from a ghost tour I had taken the night previous. I ventured out to the Central Church Cemetery in the countryside of Maryland surrounded by gorgeous autumnal views of the mountains, a spectacular array of colored foliage and the smell of outdoor fires.
I am a frequent visitor to the cemetery that holds the remains of my ancestors. Wrapped in my warm jacket I methodically made my way up and down the rows, taking note of the names on faded stones and lamenting the fact that so many stones have recently fallen over. Today was a little different from my previous trips. I had the strangest sensation of being watched.

I turned to look at the small and empty white chapel that sits outside the cemetery gates. I thought I saw movement in the window – despite an empty parking lot and locked door. I snapped two photo’s of the chapel with my blackberry camera phone. Stared a while at the window – seeing nothing out of the ordinary I decided to call it a day and head home.

After dinner, I started uploading tombstone photo’s when I ran across the photo of the chapel… I got the goosebumps. The two photo’s of the chapel seem to have a shadowy figure looking out the window. Is this my imagination gone wild or do you see it too?

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Monday Madness – Gardiner from County Antrim Ireland

Genealogist or Ghostbuster?