1921 Birth
Age 0 1 June 1921
Parents Frederick Gardiner 1879–1960 and
Hope Hulet 1893–1988
Sublett, Cassia County, Idaho, United States
1927 Started school
Age 6 Lived in a one room shack near Arthur Pierce’s Home
Malta, Cassia, Idaho, United States
1929 Residence
Age 7 Spring
1.5 miles south of Malta, their home from then on
1930s Began listening to the radio
Age 13 Malta, Idaho, Cassia, Idaho, United States
1935 Began shooting
Age 14 Winchester single shot 22
Malta, Cassia, Idaho, United States
1939 Bought a used bike
Age 18 29 March
The bike is a “The World” has drop center steel rims, balloon tires
Cost $6
1939 High School Graduation
Age 18 19 May
Malta, Cassia, Idaho, United States
1940 Residence
Age 18 Spring and summer, first time away from home
Works on a farm near six miles west of Fillmore
Flowell, Utah. United States
Crop failed, paid only a portion of salary, gave the money
earned to his father, "This isn't working for me."
1940-41 Radio Course at Agricultural College of Utah (USU)
Age 20 September 1
Logan, Utah, United States
Logan, Utah, United States
1941 Marriage of sister-in-law
Age 20 December 18
Audrey Scholl and Glen Krokah
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
1941 Worked at Lockheed Aircraft
Age 20 Summer 1941 to 14 September 1943
Paid $.50/hr vs. $0.15/hr in Idaho
Burbank, California, United States
Worked on the “Lockheed Lighting or “P38”
1942 Draft registration
Age 20 14 February
I was 20 years old and resided at 3641 Seneca Ave.,
LA with the Sanders family, 5 foot 10 and 3/4, 155 lbs
1942 Residence, Draft classification 1A
Age 21 December 29
Age 21 December 29
3641 Seneca Avenue, Los Angeles, California
After physical, the draft board: 1A on Dec 29, 1942, vote of 3-0
1943 Wedding photo
2 April
Elaine weighs 100 pounds 5 foot 5 inches tall
1943 Marriage
Age 21 19 May 1943 (weight 155 pounds)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Elaine Mary Scholl 1925–1960
1943 Purchased Adobe home for $1,600
Age 22 18 June
2 East 4th North Farmington, Utah, United States
1943 Residence
Age 22 Jim and Elaine
1636 Golden Gate Avenue, Los Angeles, California, United States
1943 Last day at Lockheed
Age 22 14 September
Worked on the “Lockheed Lighting or “P38”
1943 1st day in the Navy aka Military Induction
Age 22 15 September
James is drafted into the Navy, a complete surprise to him
1943 Boot camp
Age 22 September
San Diego, California, United States
San Diego, California, United States
1944 Residence
Age 22 January 3
Moves from Chicago to Ogden on the South Shore Electric
Not exactly sure what this means
1944 Serving the Navy in Logan, visited Malta
Age 22 29 February
1944 Visited Adobe in Farmington, Utah
Age 22 24 February
1944 Residence
Age 22 6 April
Treasure Island, California, United States
1944 Kent Horne, best friend reported MIA
Age 22 30 June
Deseret News
1945 Atomic Bomb detonated
Age 24 August 6
Hiroshima, Japan
Hiroshima, Japan
1946 Discharged from Navy
Age 24 January 7
Treasure Island, California, United States
1946 Birth of son, Kent Hulet Gardiner 1946- , 7:00 am 7lb 4oz
Age 24 18 March 1946
1636 Golden Gate Avenue, Los Angeles, California
1946 Bought home in Providence, Utah, United States
Age 25 21 June
Put 100 dollars down on the home
1946 Clerk at Walgreens in Logan
24 August
50 cents an hour 1946 Sold Adobe home to Emma Bachman for $1,000
Age 25 July 6, 1946
2 East 4th North Farmington, Utah, United States
1946 Residence
Age 25 July 26, Elaine is living with her mother
Providence, Utah, United States
Providence, Utah, United States
1948 Birth of daughter, Sandra Ann Gardiner 1948-
Age 27 24 August 1948
2 East 4th North Farmington, Utah, United States
1948 College Graduation, Masters in Sociology
June
Utah Agricultural College, Logan, Utah, United States
1948 Residence
Age 27 October
Moves to 1636 Golden Gate Avenue, Los Angeles, California
Attended Hollywood Ward at 1552 N. NormandieAve, Los Anggles, CA, 90027
1950 Birth of son, Mark Robert Gardiner (1950- )
Age 29 July 22, 4:00 am
Rural West Hollywood, California
Parents James Hulet Gardiner and Elaine Mary Scholl
1951 Residence
Age 29 January
914 North Isabel Street, Glendale, California
Attended Glendale West Ward, Glandale, CA
1951 Employment
James works briefly at Lockheed Aircraft Company
1951 Began work at National Broadcasting Company
21 September
3000 West Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California
1952 Birth of daughter, Janice Elaine Gardiner
Age 31 31 March
Glendale, California
1952 Birth of Gerry Kroksh (adopted from German girl in Elysian Park Ward)
15 October
1952 NBC Christmas Party
3000 West Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California
1953 Kent birthday party
Age 32 18 March
914 N. Isabel Street, Glandale, CA
1953 Residence
Glen and Audrey Kroksh family move two blocks to
2749 Lakewood Avenue., Los Angeles, CA
1953 Birth of daughter Gayle Louise Gardiner
Age 32 16 December
Chevrolet Car, Glendale, California, United States
Parents James Hulet Gardiner and Elaine Mary Scholl
1954 Auto Purchase
Age 33 Green 1954 Ford station wagon
1954 Vacation
First trip to Malta, Idaho in new station wagon
1954 Adoption
Gerry (18 months) adopted by Glen and Audrey Kroksh
1955 Vacation
Visit Malta, Idaho, Salt Lake City and Temple Square
1955 Olive tree removed from backyard
914 N. Isabel Street, Glendale, CA
1956 Temple sealing
Gerry Kroksh to Glan and Audrey Kroksh
24 April ?
1956 Birth of son, Jeffrey Linn Gardiner
Age 35 12 October
Glendale, California, United States
Parents James Hulet Gardiner and Elaine Mary Scholl
1956 George Fred Scholl (1886-1967) builds playhouse
Age 35 About 100 square foot building in rear of 914 N. Isabel Street home
1958 Birth of daughter Julie Jean Gardiner
Age 37 26 December
Glendale, California
Parents James Hulet Gardiner and Elaine Mary Scholl
1958 Sold 914 N Isabel Street
1958 Purchased 1366 Cleveland Road
31 October, gave deposit
3 December, closing date of escrow
Bought from William and Margaret Deppe
Paid 25k for home, 9.334k in cash, 15k loan, lot 15 tract 6008
Home built in 1933, 2,111 sq ft, lot 10, 407 sq feet, 3 bd, 2 bath, sunroom, nook
1636 Cleveland, Road, Glendale, California, United States
1959 June changes his name to James legally
Age 38 March 26
Los Angeles County, California
1959 Janice birthday party
March
1959 Residence
Family moves to 1366 Cleveland Road, Glendale, CA
June, (date from Emma's journal)
1959 Vacation
July (Emma journal)
Farmington, Utah and Malta, Idaho
We take baths in adobe home in front of wood burning stove
in a tin tub
1959 George Scholl (1886-1967) builds fence at 1366 Cleveland Road
August
August
1959 Kent attends Boy Scout Camp Verdugo Pines
August
Wrightwood, California
1959 Gayle begins kindergarten at Mark Keppel Elementary
September
Kent draws a .5 mile line with chalk to help her find her way home
Gayle is on a different schedule than the rest of us 1960 Disneyland with Gardiners and Kroksh's
29 August 1960, Monday\
Anaheim, CA
1960 Death of Spouse
Age 39 30 August 1960
Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States
Elaine Mary Scholl 1925–1960
1960 Kent's dental braces removed
Fall
1960 Children get whooping cough
December
1960 Death of Parent
1960 Death of Parent
Age 39 26 December 1960
Malta, Cassia, Idaho, United State
Malta, Cassia, Idaho, United State
Frederick Gardiner 1879–1960
1961 1954 Ford station wagon painted white and red
1961 Residence
Kent works on Dean and Margaret Ottley's farm, George WA
Summer
1961 James Hulet Gardiner gets new glasses
1961 Marriage
Age 40 07 Oct 1961
Los Angeles, California
Irene Carol Thomsen 1925–2019
Los Angeles, California
Irene Carol Thomsen 1925–2019
1962 Gayle Thomsen Blackmer visits Gardiners
Age 41
1960s 1954 Ford throws a main bearing
Mark and JHG fix it, then bearing spins again
JHG adds tag to block to hold bearing
1962 Residence
Kent works with his uncle Frank Gardiner and also lives with his grandmother
Hope Hulet Gardiner
1962 Vacation toi Malta, Idaho, Zion's National Park,
Meet the James family at Zion's National Park
26 July-4 August (date, Carol Gardinr)
1963 Vacation
Age 42 Reunion, Newport Beach, Santa Barbara ??
10-24 August (date, Carol)
1964 Birth of son James Thomsen Gardiner
Age 42 28 January
Glendale, California
1964 Vacation
Age 42 Trip to Malta
22 June-2 July (date, Carol)
1965 Employment
Age 44 Kent works at Van de Kamp Bakery, Los Angeles
Watts Riots August 11 - August 16
1965 Mission
Kent serves 2 year mission in British South Mission
Reading, Berkshire, Great Britian
October 1965-October 1967
1965 Auto Purchase
JHG buys red 1956 2-door Ford station wagon from guy at work for $1
The car has a blown motor and has been crashed
JHG helps Mark put rebuild engine/paints it red - to put Mark on a good path
Mark also buys a Honda 50 from a kid at a gas station and
the kid shows mark how to shift it so Mark can drive it home
1966 Education
Age 45 June
1966 Sandra Gardiner attends Glendale Junion College
Fall 1966 to Spring 1967
1966 Residence
Mark Gardiner in Malta, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah
16 June-13 August [date/Carol]
Mark Gardiner in Malta, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah
16 June-13 August [date/Carol]
1966 Vacation
Visit Malta, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah in Buick. In Cedar City Buick not
Visit Malta, Idaho and Salt Lake City, Utah in Buick. In Cedar City Buick not
functioning and stay in motel.
31 July to 13 August [date/Carol]
1966 Auto Purchase
1966 Volkswagen bus purchased
7 September [date/Carol]
31 July to 13 August [date/Carol]
1966 Auto Purchase
1966 Volkswagen bus purchased
7 September [date/Carol]
1965-88 Began riding bike to work
Age 43 Spring
Glendale to Burbank, California
1960s- Fixed televisions, radios, refrigerators for free.
2007 One time he fixed a TV for a Dr for free and later
was charged full price by the same Dr. He was ticked.
1967 Death of father-in-Law
Age 46 24 January
Glendale, California, United States
George Scholl 1886-1967
1967 Vacation
Trip to Malta, Idaho and a reunion
21 June – 1 July [date/Carol]
1968 Education
Trip to Malta, Idaho and a reunion
21 June – 1 July [date/Carol]
1968 Education
Age 47 Kent Gardiner attends BYU-Provo
January
Sandra Gardiner attends BYU-Provo
January
Mark graduates from Hoover High School, Glendale, California
June
1968 Vacation
Trip to Salt Lake City; Malta, Idaho and Dalley Reunion on 3 August
31 July- August [date/Carol]
1968 Janice and Gayle work with Lautens at Lone Pine
29 August-11 September [date/Carol]
1968 Frank and Hope Gardiner visit (live in California for a while)
17 November [date/Carol]
1969 Glendale West Ward splits into Glendale II & IV
Age 48 5 January [date/Carol]
1969 Marriage
Janice Gardiner and Michael Patrick Hennessey
3 July
January
Sandra Gardiner attends BYU-Provo
January
Mark graduates from Hoover High School, Glendale, California
June
1968 Vacation
Trip to Salt Lake City; Malta, Idaho and Dalley Reunion on 3 August
31 July- August [date/Carol]
1968 Janice and Gayle work with Lautens at Lone Pine
29 August-11 September [date/Carol]
1968 Frank and Hope Gardiner visit (live in California for a while)
17 November [date/Carol]
1969 Glendale West Ward splits into Glendale II & IV
Age 48 5 January [date/Carol]
1969 Marriage
Janice Gardiner and Michael Patrick Hennessey
3 July
Glendale, California
1969 Vacation
Trip to Salt Lake City, Utah and Malta, Idaho
25 August-6 September [date/Carol]
1969 Marriage
Sandra Ann Gardiner and Ronald Douglas Blunck (1945- )
13 September
Santa Monica, California
1969 Death of Emma Josephine Scholl (1887-1969)
12 October
Glendale, California
1969 Mission
Mark Gardiner serves in Alberta Canada Mission
12 November 1969 to November 1971 [date/Carol]
1970 Chain link fence built between Gardiners and Briggs
Age 49
1969 Vacation
Trip to Salt Lake City, Utah and Malta, Idaho
25 August-6 September [date/Carol]
1969 Marriage
Sandra Ann Gardiner and Ronald Douglas Blunck (1945- )
13 September
Santa Monica, California
1969 Death of Emma Josephine Scholl (1887-1969)
12 October
Glendale, California
1969 Mission
Mark Gardiner serves in Alberta Canada Mission
12 November 1969 to November 1971 [date/Carol]
1970 Chain link fence built between Gardiners and Briggs
Age 49
1970 Education
Kent Gardiner graduates with Bachelor of Science from BYU-Provo
29 May
1970 Vacations
Trip #1 Provo, Utah for Kent’s graduation
28 May-30 May [date/Carol]
Trip #2 to Salt Lake and Malta
24 June- 3 July [date/Carol]
Trip # 3 to Malta
24 August – 9 September [date/Carol]
1970 James H. Gardiner grows mustache
Fall 1970
1971 Education
Age 50 Sandra Gardiner Blunck graduates with Bachelor of Science from BYU-Provo
1971 Military Service
Ronald Blunck serves in United States Army
January 1971 - December 1972
1971 Death of Glen Arthur Kroksh (1912-1971)
11 June
Los Angeles, California
1971 Vacation
Trip #1 to June Conference, Roadshows at University of Utah and Malta, Idaho
24 June-? [date/Carol]
1971 Vacation
Trip #2 to Malta, Idaho
26 August-2 September [date/Carol]
1971 Mission
Gerry Kroksh serves mission in Kansas Missouri Mission
4 November - ? [date/Carol]
Kent Gardiner graduates with Bachelor of Science from BYU-Provo
29 May
1970 Vacations
Trip #1 Provo, Utah for Kent’s graduation
28 May-30 May [date/Carol]
Trip #2 to Salt Lake and Malta
24 June- 3 July [date/Carol]
Trip # 3 to Malta
24 August – 9 September [date/Carol]
1970 James H. Gardiner grows mustache
Fall 1970
1971 Education
Age 50 Sandra Gardiner Blunck graduates with Bachelor of Science from BYU-Provo
1971 Military Service
Ronald Blunck serves in United States Army
January 1971 - December 1972
1971 Death of Glen Arthur Kroksh (1912-1971)
11 June
Los Angeles, California
1971 Vacation
Trip #1 to June Conference, Roadshows at University of Utah and Malta, Idaho
24 June-? [date/Carol]
1971 Vacation
Trip #2 to Malta, Idaho
26 August-2 September [date/Carol]
1971 Mission
Gerry Kroksh serves mission in Kansas Missouri Mission
4 November - ? [date/Carol]
1972 Trip to China with President Nixon
Age 51 Left 29 January, returned 4 March
People's Republic of China
China is not a republic meaning it is not run by the people.
1972 Education
Gayle Gardiner graduates from Hoover High School, Glendale, California
June
1972 Vacation
Huntsville; Utah, MIA Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah; unclogged creek in Malta, Idaho (Ron, Sandy, Mary & Gloria)
21 June-3 July [date/Carol]
Gayle Gardiner graduates from Hoover High School, Glendale, California
June
1972 Vacation
Huntsville; Utah, MIA Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah; unclogged creek in Malta, Idaho (Ron, Sandy, Mary & Gloria)
21 June-3 July [date/Carol]
1972 Kent buys a 1967 yellow MGB-GT
trades it to Mark for Marks 1956 Ford Station wagon which has more room
1972 Kent paints MG-TD
1972 Kent paints MG-TD
He hangs fenders on clothes line at 1366 to paint fenders
Kent starts up restored TD - no oil pressure
JHG suggests the oil pump gasket may be missing - it is
December
1973 Marriage
Janice Gardiner and Michael Sekulich
3 March
1973 Marriage
Gayle Gardiner and John Reese
22 December
Santa Monica, California
1974 Visit
Ron, Sandy & Karalee visit Gardiners in Glendale
27 March-3 April [date/Carol]
1974 Education
Jeffrey Gardiner graduates from Hoover High School, Glendale, California
June
1974 Vacation
Jeff’s graduation from BYU-Provo
19 June-8 July [date/Carol]
1974 Marriage
Kent Gardiner and Suzanne Brown
21 December
Santa Monica, California
1974 James H. Gardiner surgery on intestines
5 – 10 December [date/Carol]
1975 Trip
Carol flies to San Diego to help Sandy with Cindy, JHG and JT visit to take her home
9 – 15 March [date/Carol]
1975 Vacation
Malta, Idaho
1 – 7 July [date/Carol]
December
1973 Marriage
Janice Gardiner and Michael Sekulich
3 March
1973 Marriage
Gayle Gardiner and John Reese
22 December
Santa Monica, California
1974 Visit
Ron, Sandy & Karalee visit Gardiners in Glendale
27 March-3 April [date/Carol]
1974 Education
Jeffrey Gardiner graduates from Hoover High School, Glendale, California
June
1974 Vacation
Jeff’s graduation from BYU-Provo
19 June-8 July [date/Carol]
1974 Marriage
Kent Gardiner and Suzanne Brown
21 December
Santa Monica, California
1974 James H. Gardiner surgery on intestines
5 – 10 December [date/Carol]
1975 Trip
Carol flies to San Diego to help Sandy with Cindy, JHG and JT visit to take her home
9 – 15 March [date/Carol]
1975 Vacation
Malta, Idaho
1 – 7 July [date/Carol]
1975 Served on High Council for several years
Age 54 Glendale Stake, Glendale, California, United States
1975 Mission
Jeffrey Gardiner serves in Florida Tampa Mission
October 1975 to October 1977
1976 Mark sells MG
2 March [date/Carol]
1976 Marriage
Mark Gardiner and Karen Buckmiller
20 March
Santa Monica, California
1976 Education
Julie Gardiner graduates from Hoover High School, Glendale, California
June
1977 Marriage
Santa, Monica, California
Frank Gardiner and Lillian Madrid
1978 Jim and JT bike to San Diego
March [date/JT]
1979 Jim and JT Gardiner bike Glendale to San Diego
Age 58 and back to Whittier to Grandma Thomsen’s apartment
April
1979 Education
Age 58 Kent Gardiner graduates with Masters degree from California State University, Northridge, California
1980 Marriage
1979 Education
Age 58 Kent Gardiner graduates with Masters degree from California State University, Northridge, California
1980 Marriage
Age 59 Marriage of Julie Gardiner and Cliff Langlois
14 June
Santa Monica, California
14 June
Santa Monica, California
1980 Marriage
Marriage of Julie Gardiner and Cliff Langlois
14 June
Santa Monica, California
1980 Education
Jeffrey Gardiner graduates with Bachelor of Science from BYU-Provo
May 1980
1981 Education
Mark Gardiner graduates with Bachelor of Science from California State University, Los Angeles
1982 Education
James T. Gardiner graduates from Hoover High School, Glendale, California
June
1983 Mission
James T. Gardiner serves in Cordoba Argentina Mission
June 1983 to December 1984
1984 Education
Provo, Utah
Julie Gardiner Langlois graduates with Bachelor of Arts from BYU-Provo
1986 Education
Jeffrey Gardiner graduates with master’s degree from BYU-Provo
1986 Marriage
James T. Gardiner and Kris Davis
16 August
Santa Monica, California
1987 Employment
Age 66 Retired from NBC after 35.5 years
31 March
Burbank, California, United States
1988 Recordings for the Blind
Age 67 Did this for 2-3 years and was paid.
Repaired heads on tape machines
1988 Death of Parent
Age 67 19 September 1988
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Hope Hulet 1893–1988
1988 Education
James T. Gardiner graduates with Bachelor of Science from BYU-Provo
May
1989 Education
Julie Gardiner Langlois graduates with master’s degree from Claremont College
1990 Death
Audrey Kroksh (1960-1990)
17 October
Burbank, California
1991 Marriage
Jeffrey Gardiner and Andrea Picciotto (1962-2017)
17 August
Santa Monica, California
1994 Death
Suzanne Marie Brown Gardiner (1955 -1994)
26 September
Los Angeles, California
1995 Marriage
Kent Gardiner and Deborah Snowden
22 April
Santa Monica, California
1997 Marriage
Janice Gardiner and Sean Davis (1970-2016)
15 March
James T. Gardiner graduates with Bachelor of Science from BYU-Provo
May
1989 Education
Julie Gardiner Langlois graduates with master’s degree from Claremont College
1990 Death
Audrey Kroksh (1960-1990)
17 October
Burbank, California
1991 Marriage
Jeffrey Gardiner and Andrea Picciotto (1962-2017)
17 August
Santa Monica, California
1994 Death
Suzanne Marie Brown Gardiner (1955 -1994)
26 September
Los Angeles, California
1995 Marriage
Kent Gardiner and Deborah Snowden
22 April
Santa Monica, California
1997 Marriage
Janice Gardiner and Sean Davis (1970-2016)
15 March
1990s- Electrical TRW Swap meet
2007 You needed a ham radio license to rent a space
El Segundo, parking lot, last Saturday every month
JH used this to recycle stuff he had in his garage.
1993 Colon operation
Age 73 16 June, 9 am
Glendale Memorial Hospital
2001 Last trip to Malta
Age 80 August 24, 2001
2001 Full color dream of Elaine
Age 80 11 November
2002 Did 200 name extraction cards –
Age 81 4 September
I have done more than 2000 cards
2004 Took Carol to Hometown for Valentines outing.
Age 84 13 February
Very pleasant date. I love that woman and have told her so many times.
2004 Passed Driving Test
Age 84 July 31 2004
License good for 2 years no freeway or night.
2007 Death
Age 86 20 June 2007
Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States
Causes of death long term: Is Mesothelioma, medium term pneumonia and short term respiratory failure.
Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States
Causes of death long term: Is Mesothelioma, medium term pneumonia and short term respiratory failure.
2007 Burial
Age 86 30 June 2007
Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, 10621 Victory Boulevard,
Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, 10621 Victory Boulevard,
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States