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Nancy Lavinia Gills Foster Leigh Gardner 1921 – 1997 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Jun 1921

Birth Location: Henrico, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 6 Jul 1997

Death Location: Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA

Father: Howard Sr.

Mother: Marie Herbert

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The story of Nancy Lavinia Gills Foster Leigh Gardner began in 1921 in Henrico, Virginia, USA. Nancy Lavinia Gills Foster Leigh Gardner passed away in 1997 in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Nancy Lavinia Gills Foster Leigh Gardner began in 1921 in Henrico, Virginia, USA.
  • Nancy Lavinia Gills Foster Leigh Gardner passed away in 1997 in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA.

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Nancy Gardner's Ancestors

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Nancy Gardner
1921 – 1997
Birth Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA
Parents
Howard Aubrey Gills, Sr.
1880 – 1941
Earls, Amelia Co VA
Marie (Parker) Herbert
1890 – 1981
Virginia
Grandparents
Jeptha (Winston) Gills
1848 – 1886
Virginia
Nancy (Lavinia) Gills
1840 – 1936
Amelia County VA
Joseph (Curtis) Herbert
1859 – 1920
Hampton, Elizabeth, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth (Benbury) Selden
1856 – 1920
Westover Plantation, Charles City, Virginia
Great-Grandparents
John Gills
1805 – 1879
Louisa Gills
1817 –
James Gills
1815 – 1900
Mary Phillips
1819 –
Joseph Herbert
1841 – 1865
Mary Dobbins
1841 – 1928
John Selden
1827 – 1889
Penelope Benbury
1830 – 1872
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Anthony Gills
1780 –
Mary Hundley
1780 – 1824
James Nunnally
1786 – 1846
Louisa Fowlkes
1785 –
Anderson Gills
1779 – 1861
Mary Hundley
1780 – 1824
Peter Phillips
1769 – 1832
Elizabeth Allen
1783 – 1857
Swepstone Herbert
1819 – 1853
Margaret Bowers
1815 – 1848
Thomas Dobbins
1798 – 1860
Ann Whitfield
1820 –
John Selden
1802 – 1868
Maria Pemberton
1804 – 1872
Thomas Benbury
1792 – 1857
Elizabeth CREECY
1800 – 1852

Nancy Gardner's Timeline

2 Records

1921
22 Jun 1921
Birth of Nancy Lavinia Gills Foster Leigh Gardner in Henrico, Virginia, USA
Henrico, Virginia, USA
1997
6 Jul 1997
Age 76
Death of Nancy Lavinia Gills Foster Leigh Gardner in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Jun 1921
    Event Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Jul 1997
    Event Place: Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA

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