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Robert Craigie GARDINER 1829 – 1879 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1829

Birth Location: Shetland, Scotland

Death Date: 25 December 1879

Death Location: Okaramio, Marlborough, New Zealand

Father: Sholto Gardiner

Mother: Jacobina Winwick

Spouse(s): Susan Membery

Children(s): Sholto GARDINER

In 1829, Robert Craigie GARDINER entered the world in Shetland, Scotland, born to Sholto Gardiner and Jacobina Winwick. Robert Craigie GARDINER married Susan Membery, and had children including Sholto GARDINER. Robert Craigie GARDINER passed away in 1879 in Okaramio, Marlborough, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • In 1829, Robert Craigie GARDINER entered the world in Shetland, Scotland, born to Sholto Gardiner and Jacobina Winwick.
  • Robert Craigie GARDINER married Susan Membery, and had children including Sholto GARDINER.
  • Robert Craigie GARDINER passed away in 1879 in Okaramio, Marlborough, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sholto Gardiner
1791 – 1868
Birth Location: Uyeasound, Shetland, Scotland
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Jacobina Winwick
1795 – 1851
Birth Location: Uyeasound, Isle of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Susan Membery
1836 – 1883
Birth Location: Dinnington, Somerset, England
SM

Children(s)

Sholto GARDINER
1865 – 1934
Birth Location: Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand
SG

Robert GARDINER's Ancestors

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Robert GARDINER
1829 – 1879
Birth Place: Shetland, Scotland
Parents
Sholto Gardiner
1791 – 1868
Uyeasound, Shetland, Scotland
Jacobina Winwick
1795 – 1851
Uyeasound, Isle of Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Grandparents
John Gardiner
1745 – 1836
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret CRAIGIE
1742 – 1820
Firth, Orkney, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Elizabeth SEARLE
1730 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
JAMES SEARLE
1700 – 1787
Mary BURGES
1701 – 1730

Robert GARDINER's Descendants

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Robert (Craigie) GARDINER (1829 – 25 December 1879) m. Susan Membery (19 Jan 1836 – 21 Dec 1883)
  1. 1. Sholto GARDINER (28 JUL 1865 – 10 MAR 1934) m. Elizabeth (Alice) POPE (16 APR 1868 – 13 AUG 1932)
    1. 1. Mary (Ann) Gardiner (13 Feb 1896 – 16 Jan 1993) m. Norman Mears (22 Apr 1899 – 14 Aug 1969)
      1. 1. Thelma (Iris) Mears (16 Aug 1921 – )
      2. 2. Muriel (Jean) Mears (29 Jun 1923 – 26 Mar 2006) m. Eric (Andrew) Pragnell (12 Jul 1923 – 25 Oct 2016)
        1. 1. Derene (Anne) Pragnell (16 Jan 1947 – ) m. Laurence (Charles) McGregor (31 May 1943 – )
        2. 2. Kevin (Edward) Pragnell (28 Jan 1949 – 29 Sep 2023) m. Valerie (Ann) Abbott (6 Oct 1946 – 11 Oct 2022)
        3. 3. Eric (Andrew) Pragnell (31 Oct 1952 – ) m. Sharon (Andrea) Spence
      3. 3. Alan (Robert) Mears (16 Jan 1925 – 06 May 1977)
      4. 4. Kathleen (Dawn) Mears (03 Dec 1929 – 02 Apr 1977)
      5. 5. Thelma MEARS
      6. 6. Norma Mears
      7. 7. Erroll Mears
      8. 8. John Mears
      9. 9. Shirley Mears

Robert GARDINER's Timeline

2 Records

1829
1829
Birth of Robert Craigie GARDINER in Shetland, Scotland
Shetland, Scotland
1879
25 December 1879
Age 50
Death of Robert Craigie GARDINER in Okaramio, Marlborough, New Zealand
Okaramio, Marlborough, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1829
    Event Place: Shetland, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 December 1879
    Event Place: Okaramio, Marlborough, New Zealand
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