Prepared by Nathan F. Gardiner
extra notes on Frederick Gardiner
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March 1879 – Frederick Gardiner is born at Salt Lake City, Utah. Frederick’s family are members of the Salt
Lake City 21st Ward. According to
Clarence LeRoy Gardiner, Frederick Gardiner was born at “a home immediately
back of where the Kearns Building now stands on Main Street, between 1st and
2nd South” in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Frederick Gardiner’s father is the proprietor of Deseret Bakery on Main
Street between South Temple and First South, Salt Lake City, Utah. J.C. Graham & Co.’s Utah Directory and
Gazeteer for 1879-80.
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May 1881 – According to Clarence LeRoy Gardiner, when Clarence was born
Frederick Gardiner and his family were “living in a home immediately back of
where the Kearns Building now stands on Main Street, between 1st and 2nd South”
in Salt Lake City, Utah. According to
Clarence LeRoy Gardiner, it was near this home that Frederick Gardiner’s
father, Robert, had established his candy factory.
1883
– Clarence LeRoy Gardiner states that when he was two years old Frederick
Gardiner and his family “moved about 5 miles west of [Salt Lake City, Utah] at
what is now about 3500 West and Third South Streets.” NOTE: Based upon the records of the Brighton
Ward, Clarence was likely three years old (1884).
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September 1884 – The membership records for Frederick Gardiner and his family
are received by the Brighton Ward.
According to Clarence LeRoy Gardiner, they were living at “about 3500
West and Third South Streets” in what is now Salt Lake City, Utah.
April
1887 – Frederick Gardiner is baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1980 Interview of Hope Gardiner.
Sometime
around 1887 or 1888 – According to Hope Gardiner, when Frederick Gardiner was
about eight or nine he went by his father’s bakery and candy shop after
school. His father gave him a piece of
cake to eat on the way home. As soon as
he stepped outside the door two Indian women stepped up, one on each side of
him, motioning, laughing and asking him for his cake. He gave them the cake and ran home as fast as
he could. NOTE: Because Frederick
Gardiner was living in Brighton in 1887 and 1888 this event may have occurred
earlier when Frederick was five and still living in Salt Lake City (before he
went to school).
Sometime
between April 6, 1893 and March 15, 1896 – Due to his family’s financial
situation, Frederick Gardiner quits school to help support his family by
working full time. At the same time,
Frederick’s father temporarily stops living with his family. As a result of the family’s financial
situation, Frederick may have needed to quit school to help support his family
even if his father had continued to live with the family. NOTE: According to Hope Gardiner, Frederick
Gardiner was in the third grade when he had to quit school to help support his
family. Most children today are around
eight or nine years old when they are in the third grade at school. That would make the time somewhere around
1887 or 1888. However, the time period
of sometime between April 6, 1893 and March 15, 1896 is supported by the
following facts. First, according to
Clarence LeRoy Gardiner, Clarence graduated from the 8th grade in 1898. Assuming that Clarence moved up a grade each
year, he would have been in the third grade in 1893. Since Frederick Gardiner was only two years
older than Clarence it would not be unreasonable for Frederick Gardiner to also
be in the third grade in 1893 (the earliest would be 1891). Second, on April 6, 1893, Frederick
Gardiner’s parents attended the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple. Third, one of the worst depressions in
American history, the “Panic of 1893”, would likely have created the financial
disaster that resulted in Robert Gardiner living apart from his family. Fourth, according to Clarence LeRoy Gardiner,
Robert Gardiner had acquired “quite a considerable fortune.” Fifth, according to Clarence LeRoy Gardiner,
“the financial depression of the early 1890s” resulted in Robert Gardiner losing
all his holdings, including his farm.
Sixth, the Salt Lake City directory lists Frederick Gardiner for the
first time in 1893. He was living in
Brighton, but working in Salt Lake City.
It is unlikely that the directory would list a fourteen year old boy
unless he was working full time.
Seventh, there are two addresses for Robert Gardiner in the 1894-1895
Salt Lake City directory. William
Francis Gardiner is listed at one of the addresses listed for Robert Gardiner,
221 West 1st South. That is probably the
address where Frederick Gardiner and his siblings were living with their
mother. Robert Gardiner probably lived
at the other address listed for him, 1 Aiken’s Ct. Finally, the records of the Salt Lake City
14th Ward show that Margaret Stewart Gardiner, William Francis Gardiner,
Frederick Gardiner, Clarence LeRoy Gardiner, Eva Winifred Gardiner and Charles
Stewart Gardiner were received by the Salt Lake City 14th Ward from the
Brighton Ward on June 17, 1894. However,
the records of the Salt Lake City 14th Ward show Robert Gardiner was received
by the Salt Lake City 14th Ward from the Brighton Ward on March 15, 1896.
1893
– Frederick Gardiner is ordained a Deacon by Edward Schoenfeld who was first
counselor in the bishopric of the Brighton Ward.
1893
– Frederick Gardiner works for Zion’s Co-operative Mercantile Institution as a
machinery operator. Frederick Gardiner
is boarding in Brighton. R.L. Polk &
Co.’s 1893 Salt Lake City Directory.
May
1894 – Robert Gardiner and his family move near 1st South and 1st West in Salt
Lake City, Utah (according to Clarence LeRoy Gardiner). The records of the Salt Lake City 14th Ward
show Frederick Gardiner was received by the Salt Lake City 14th Ward from the
Brighton Ward on June 17, 1894. The
records also indicate that Frederick Gardiner was a Deacon.
1894
– 1898 – During this time, and probably earlier, Frederick Gardiner is likely
working either part or full time as a herder and camp tender for Henry Sutton,
James W. Marsh, or James Wrathall. James
Wrathall--who died in 1896--was among the original settlers of Grantsville,
Utah and was one of the wealthiest ranchers in Tooele County. One of James Wrathall’s sons, John Percy
Wrathall, was born in 1874 and was known by his middle name of Percy. According to Percy Wrathall, James Wrathall
hired “the Suttons” to take James Wrathall’s sheep into Summit County for the
summer. Wrathall website. It is likely that Frederick Gardiner met
Percy Wrathall while working for Percy’s father. Clarence LeRoy Gardiner wrote; “Some of the
near neighbors of Fred[erick] were ‘sheepmen’ owning large herds, which were
taken during the summer months to the mountains and valleys on the upper Bear
River, and wintered in and about Skull Valley in the western part of the State. Two of these neighbors, Henry Sutton and
James W. Marsh, were engaged in this enterprise, and at an early age
Fred[erick] was engaged as a herder and camp-tender in their employ, and in his
earlier years spent many months on the ‘sheep range’. He also engaged in the same activity with
Bishop James Wrathall, of Grantsville, and was held in high esteem by those
keen and careful sheepmen, because of his intimate understanding of the
characteristics of the flocks entrusted to his keeping. His associates on the range had him in great
esteem because of his rather profound ability, carefully planning the movements
of the sheep to the best advantage. The
interests of his employers were always uppermost in his mind and he treated
their property, both of livestock and camp equipage, with the feeling that it
was a sacred trust imposed on him, and that it had to be fulfilled with the
best ability he had.”
1898
– Frederick Gardiner is a student at Capitol City Business College and boards
with his parents at 5 Aiken’s Ct. R.L.
Polk & Co.’s 1898 Salt Lake City Directory.
July-September
1899 – According to Clarence LeRoy Gardiner, “[Frederick and I had] been over
west of Evanston [Wyoming] about 12 miles and I think it was shearing time and
we dipped them and the lambs came along and we trailed the herd over into the
headwaters of the Bear River up on Haydens Fork and it was quite an
experience. We were up there for June,
July, August and September . . . one night a bear got into the herd and he just
mauled about 25 of the sheep.” The owner
of the sheep was from Grantsville, Utah.
Clarence LeRoy Gardiner, in referring to the summer of 1899, also wrote,
“[M]y brother, Fred, had for a number of summers been working for some of the
local sheepmen as herder, taking care of their flocks on the public ranges on
the waterhead of Chalk Creek, Yellow Creek, and the West Fork of Haydens Creek
of the Upper Bear River.”
1899
– Frederick Gardiner is a student and boards with his parents at the rear of
221 West 1st South. R.L. Polk &
Co.’s 1899 Salt Lake City Directory.
1900
– Frederick Gardiner is a student and boards with his parents at 5 Aiken’s
Ct. R.L. Polk & Co.’s 1900 Salt Lake
City Directory.
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or 14 June 1900 – The enumerator for the Castle Rock Precinct, Summit County,
Utah, of the 1900 U.S. Census lists Frederick Gardiner as a boarder with John
P. Wrathall on June 1, 1900. His
occupation is listed as “Sheep Herder.”
While there are some discrepancies in the information, e.g. his age is
listed as 23, his father’s birthplace is listed as England, and his mother’s
birthplace is listed as England, those discrepancies are likely due to the
informant (not Frederick) not knowing this information and guessing. This conclusion is based upon the following
reasons. First, the month of Frederick’s
birth is listed as unknown. If Frederick
were the informant, he would have known the month of his birth. Second, prior to 1896, Frederick Gardiner had
worked for James Wrathall, the father of John Percy Wrathall. Third, John Percy Wrathall used his middle
name and was known as “Percy Wrathall.”
Wrathall website. Fourth, John P.
Wrathall is listed as a witness on the Notice of Intention to Make Final Proof
on Frederick Gardiner’s homestead entry.
Fifth, Golden F. Gardiner remembers Frederick Gardiner talking about
Percy Wrathall. Sixth, a Clarence
Gardiner is listed next to Frederick Gardiner on the 1900 U.S. Census. And finally, Clarence LeRoy Gardiner
remembers herding sheep with Frederick Gardiner in Summit County, Utah. While it may be possible that the “Frederick
Gardiner” on the 1900 U.S. Census is not Frederick Gardiner, it is extremely
unlikely.
1901
– Frederick Gardiner is a student at Latter-Day Saints’ College and boards with
his parents at 118 South 1st West. R.L.
Polk & Co.’s 1901 Salt Lake City Directory.
1902
– Frederick Gardiner is a student and boards with his parents at 118 South 1st
West. R.L. Polk & Co.’s 1902 Salt
Lake City Directory.
December
1902 – Robert Gardiner and his family move within the boundaries of the Salt
Lake City 11th Ward. The records of the
Salt Lake City 11th Ward include Frederick Gardiner as part of Robert
Gardiner’s family. (According to
Clarence LeRoy Gardiner, their new address was 1243 Alameda Avenue.)
1903
– Frederick Gardiner works as a bookkeeper.
Frederick Gardiner is boarding with his parents at 43 Alameda
Avenue. R.L. Polk & Co.’s 1903 Salt
Lake City Directory.
April
1903 to June 1905 – Frederick Gardiner helps support his brother, Clarence
LeRoy Gardiner, on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints. Clarence served his mission in
Scotland. 1980 Interview of Hope
Gardiner.
1904
– The records of the Salt Lake City 11th Ward include Frederick Gardiner as
part of Robert Gardiner’s family.
1904
– Frederick Gardiner is employed by the Utah Light & Railway Co. Frederick Gardiner is residing with his
parents at 43 Alameda Avenue. R.L. Polk
& Co.’s 1904 Salt Lake City Directory.
The Utah Light & Railway Co. car house is now known as Trolley
Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1905
– Frederick Gardiner is employed by the Utah Light & Railway Co. Frederick Gardiner is boarding with his
parents at 43 Alameda Avenue. R.L. Polk
& Co.’s 1905 Salt Lake City Directory.
1906
– Frederick Gardiner is employed by the Utah Light & Railway Co. Frederick Gardiner is boarding with his
parents at 43 Alameda Avenue. R.L. Polk
& Co.’s 1906 Salt Lake City Directory.
1907
– Frederick Gardiner works for the Utah Light & Railway Co. as a
repairer. Frederick Gardiner is boarding
with his parents at 43 Alameda Avenue.
R.L. Polk & Co.’s 1907 Salt Lake City Directory.
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August 1908 – Frederick Gardiner files timber and stone entry on land several
miles south of Pocatello, Idaho.
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March 1909 – Frederick Gardiner buys horses from Orson Platts, T. S. Platts, S.
D. Platts, and S. S. Platts at Bridge, Idaho.
The bill of sale lists “all horses Branded crooked H [drawing of brand]
on Left Jaw and all Horses branded [drawing of brand] on left sholder and left
thogh and and One horse Branded (E) on left all horses Branded [drawing of
brand] on left thigh. All horses Branded
(GW) on left & Right sholder & thigh all horses Branded (H1) on left
thigh all horses Branded [drawing of brand] on right thigh. All horses Branded [drawing of brand] on left
sholder. All horses Brand (H) on
left thigh. All horses Branded (1L) on
left thigh. All horses Branded (PS) on
Right thigh except One Black Work horse 5 years old. One Bay Work horse Branded P S. One Bay mare strip in face Broke to ride. One black 2 year old, One Bay horse strip in
face, snip on nose 3 years old.” Later
he transfers all these horses to William Horne “except those PS horses with the
[bar nine] on left thigh.” William Horne
records the bill of sale on December 29, 1911.
Record # 11560.
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April 1910 – Frederick Gardiner establishes residence at Meadow Creek,
Idaho. (According to final proof of
homestead entry.)
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April 1910 – The enumerator for the Bridge Precinct, Cassia County, Idaho, of
the 1910 U.S. Census lists a “Fred Gardner” as a boarder on April 15, 1910, on
the “Steven O. Kehoe” ranch. His
occupation is listed as “Herder foreman.”
While there are some discrepancies in the information, e.g. his age is
listed as 27, his father’s birthplace is listed as Missouri, and his mother’s
birthplace is listed as Utah, those discrepancies are likely due to the
informant (not Frederick) not knowing this information and guessing. This conclusion is based upon the following
reasons. First, Fred is listed next to a
“Percy J. Rathall” on the 1910 U.S. Census.
Second, prior to 1896, Frederick Gardiner had worked for James Wrathall,
the father of John Percy Wrathall.
Third, John Percy Wrathall used his middle name and was known as “Percy
Wrathall.” Wrathall website. Fourth, according to the 1900 U.S. Census,
Frederick Gardiner was boarding with John P. Wrathall on June 1, 1900 while
herding sheep in Summit County, Utah.
Fifth, John P. Wrathall is listed as a witness on the Notice of
Intention to Make Final Proof on Frederick Gardiner’s homestead entry. Sixth, Fred is listed on the same page of the
1910 U.S. Census as a William J. Hull.
Seventh, William J. Hull was a witness for Frederick Gardiner’s final
proof of homestead entry. (According to
William’s testimony he knew Frederick Gardiner since about June of 1909.) And finally, Golden F. Gardiner remembers
Frederick Gardiner talking about Percy Wrathall, “Billy” Hull, “Steve” Kehoe,
and working for the Kehoe Brothers.
While it may be possible that the “Fred Gardner” on the 1910 U.S. Census
is not Frederick Gardiner, it is extremely unlikely.
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April 1910 to about 20 March 1913 – In explaining absences from his homestead,
Frederick Gardiner stated, “For short intervals on trips to the saw mill from
April 15th. 1910 to September 15th. 1910, generally for from one to three days
once for about a week getting material for house. Second left about January 1st. 1911 to work
for necessary means for support and improvements returning about March 1st.
1911. Third: Left about October 15th.
1911 to work at a saw mill in the vicinity for same reasons as before returning
about November 15th. 1911. Fourth: Left
about January 5th. 1912 to work for means as before – returning about March 15th.
1912. Fifth: Left about January 2d. 1913
for a visit to Salt Lake City, Utah and going from there over into Nevada
worked for a “sheep outfit” for about 6 weeks, then returned bringing the sheep
with me returning to my homestead about 20th. day of March, 1913.” Testimony of Frederick Gardiner in final
proof of homestead entry.
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October 1913 to 29 October 1914 – Frederick Gardiner helps support his brother,
Charles Stewart Gardiner, on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. 1980 Interview of
Hope Gardiner. Charles served in the
Swiss and German Mission. Records for
the Salt Lake City 11th Ward.
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June 1914 – Frederick Gardiner receives patent from the United State of America
for 160 acres (homestead entry) at Meadow Creek, Idaho. Record # 17596.
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July 1915 – Albion Idaho Land Company conveys two tracts of land known as the
Upper Meadow Creek Claim and the Lower Meadow Creek Claim to Frederick
Gardiner. The Lower Meadow Creek Claim
contained 80 acres and was adjacent to Frederick Gardiner’s Homestead Entry. The Upper Meadow Creek Claim contained 160
acres and was adjacent to Frederick Gardiner’s future Desert Land Entry. Record # 41746.
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February 1917 – Frederick Gardiner attends the funeral of his mother, Margaret
Gardiner, in Salt Lake City, Utah. According
to Clarence LeRoy Gardiner, that evening Frederick Gardiner and other members
of the family met at the home of one of his sisters, Eva Winifred Cushing.
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July 1917 – Frederick Gardiner receives patent from the United States of
America for 160 acres (desert land entry) at Meadow Creek, Idaho. Record # 41716.
May
1919 – Frederick Gardiner meets Hope Hulet for the first time. The Welch family were staying at Frederick
Gardiner’s ranch house in Meadow Creek at this time and Hope boarded with them
from May 1919 to September 1919.
September
1919 to June 1920 – Frederick Gardiner travels to and from Declo in his Model T
to court Hope Hulet. Some of their dates
included going to the “talkies” in Burley, Idaho. Hope describes riding with Frederick Gardiner
in his Model T as “a thrilling experience.”
Sometime
between September 1919 and June 1920 – According to Mrs. David W. Hutchison,
Frederick Gardiner stopped by the Hutchison home on his way to court Hope
Hulet. “He would say, ‘Well I am going
to see Miss Hulet. She sure is a lovely
girl.’ ” A Pause For Reflection,
Daughter of Utah Pioneers, 1977, page 288.
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April 1920 – Frederick Gardiner purchases an “Isolated Tract” of 40 acres near
his lower ranch at Meadow Creek, Idaho from the United States for $180.
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May 1920 – Frederick Gardiner is ordained an Elder by his brother, Clarence
LeRoy Gardiner. Listed under the Salt
Lake City Eleventh Ward Ordinations to the Priesthood, 1920.
2
June 1920 – Frederick Gardiner and Hope Hulet are married in the Salt Lake
Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
2
December 1920 – Frederick Gardiner signs a document conveying all his real
property at Meadow Creek, Idaho to Burley State Bank for $6,000.00. The document was intended as a mortgage to
secure the payment of a promissory note from Frederick Gardiner and Hope
Gardiner to Burley State Bank for “$6,000.00, Dec. 2, 1920, Due June 2, 1921,
interest at the rate of 10% per annum, payable at maturity.” The document identifies the address of
Frederick Gardiner and Hope Gardiner on December 2, 1920, as being Malta,
Idaho. Hope’s signature was notarized on
December 8, 1920, in Morgan County, Utah.
Record # 51153.
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May 1924 – Frederick Gardiner signs a warranty deed conveying the lower ranch
at Meadow Creek, Idaho to H. A. Shaw and Elizabeth A. Shaw. This must have been done to clear title to
the property since the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco quit claimed the
same property to H. A. Shaw and Elizabeth A. Shaw about two months before. The warranty deed identifies the address of
Fred Gardiner and Hope Gardiner on May 10, 1924, as being Morgan, Utah. Frederick’s signature was notarized on May
10, 1924, in Cassia County, Idaho.
Hope’s signature was notarized on June 5, 1924, in Morgan County,
Utah. Record #s 74081 and 74082.
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November 1924 – Frederick Gardiner signs a warranty deed conveying the upper
ranch at Meadow Creek, Idaho to Samuel S. Price and Minnie T. Price. This must have been done to clear title to
the property since the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco quit claimed the
same property to Samuel S. Price and Minnie T. Price about two weeks
before. The warranty deed identifies the
address of Fred Gardiner and Hope Gardiner on November 11, 1924, as being
Morgan, Utah. Frederick’s and Hope’s
signatures were notarized on November 11, 1924, in Morgan County, Utah. Record #s 74083 and 74084.