High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

William H. “Willie” Gardner

28 May 1870 – 9 Sep 1870

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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William H. “Willie” Gardner was an infant. Born 28 May 1870, died 9 Sep 1870, a life of less than two years.

Theirs is one of 38 markers bearing the name Gardner in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 5relatives, as recorded on Find a Grave
Henry C. Gardner1841–1909also hereLucy Ann Tower Gardner1853–1876also here
William H. “Willie” Gardner

SiblingsRobert H. Gardner1870–1870 · Edgar F. Gardner1872–1925 · Katie Gardner1874–1961

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

Matched exact birth date on a child line in the Gardner family genealogy, corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
ii. William Henry, May 28, 1870, d. 9 Sept. foil

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical). Read on archive.org ↗

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This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of William's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.