Benjamin Edgar GardnerAge: 78 years1864–1943
- Name
- Benjamin Edgar Gardner
- Given names
- Benjamin Edgar
- Surname
- Gardner
 Birth | December 10, 1864 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Addie May Childers — View this family December 25, 1887 (Age 23 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Edris Ruth Gardner November 22, 1896 (Age 31 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 33 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 7, 1900 (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Harry E Troutman — Edris Ruth Gardner — View this family about 1914 (Age 49 years) Note: Marriage year based on birth of eldest child, Lawrence, in 1915. |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Lawrence E Troutman May 5, 1915 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Glen Elvin Troutman April 9, 1917 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 53 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Winona Marcel Troutman December 22, 1921 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Arlis Lloyd Troutman November 30, 1923 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 64 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 76 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
 Death | May 11, 1943 (Age 78 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Rose Hill Cemetery |
| Family with Addie May Childers |
| himself |
Benjamin Edgar Gardner Birth: December 10, 1864 — Putnam, Putnam, Illinois, United States Death: May 11, 1943 — South Haven, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Addie May Childers Birth: December 12, 1869 — Iowa, United States Death: 1953 — Sumner, Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: December 25, 1887 — Lucas, Lucas, Iowa, United States |
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9 years daughter |
Edris Ruth Gardner Birth: November 22, 1896 31 26 — Genoa, Nance, Nebraska, United States Death: July 15, 1968 — Wellington, Sumner, Kansas, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - Benjamin Edgar Gardner - Household
Genoa, Nance, Nebraska, United States
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