GARDNER, Louis G. ^380,1422

  Allgemeine Notizen:

Lived on San Antonio Street at age 70 with his wife who was 58 according to the April 19, 1910 census for Gillespie County. Louis's parents were also born in New Jersey. He died on March 3, 1921 and is buried in Der Friedhof Cemetery in Fredericksburg next to his wife Bertha Martha "Martha" Althaus. Louis came to Texas from New Jersey while serving in the Army. He served with the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War. During this time he was sent to Ft. Mason Scott to assist. It was during this period that he met my great grandmother Bertha Martha Althaus who was called Martha. He returned to New Jersey to be discharged from the Army, and returned to Fredericksburg to marry Martha. The artillery shells around his grave site were provided by my grandfather William Franklin Keyser.

Louis also had a brother named Phillip who was a minister. Phillip had visited him one time as it was reported in the paper. This information was provided by Flossie June Justi Reynolds,daughter of Susana Anna Icke and granddaughter of Ellen Gardner, Louis' daughter.

Louis heiratete Bertha Martha ALTHAUS, Tochter von Dr. Johann Christian Anton ALTHAUS und Anna Elisabeth BEHRENS, am 7. März 1870 in Fredericksburg, Gilliespie Co., Texas, USA. (Bertha Martha ALTHAUS wurde geboren am 14. Aug. 1851 in Fredericksburg, Gilliespie Co., Texas, USA und starb am 11. Apr. 1937 in Fredericksburg, Gilliespie Co., Texas, USA.)