A Jacobs Family History
James Frederick Gardner

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Name James Frederick Gardner [1] Birth Abt 1876 Holborn, London, England [2, 3]
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Gender Male Census 2 Apr 1911 Holborn, London, England [4]
Age: 34y Address: 8 Boswell Court - Married 9 1/2 years,
6 children, 5 living, 1 dead
Market Porter (Fruit & Vegetables)
Out of work Carman
Census 19 Jun 1921 St Giles, London, England [5]
Age: 44y 3m Address: 13 Powis Buildings, Maklin Street - Relation to Head of House: Head
Porter - Unemployed
Number of Children (under 16) by age:- (5) 1, 4, 9, 12, 15
Ancestor Count 4 Descendant Count 52 Reference Number BR 1098b Reference Number BR-J _UID F69CA8F88E7741379A4B2B19CF6B0C6381DE Person ID I4454 Jacobs Last Modified 25 Apr 2025
Father Laurence Gardner, b. 7 Oct 1847, Shoreditch, London, England d. 13 Dec 1940, Stanmore, Middlesex, England
(Age 93 years)
Mother Mary Foley, b. Abt 1851, St Giles, London, England d. 11 May 1909, Holborn, London, England
(Age 58 years)
Marriage 5 Nov 1872 Shoreditch, London, England [6]
Address: St James' Church, Shoreditch - He was a hairdresser and she was a box maker
His address - 5 Motley St, hers - 14 Charles St.
Family ID F1439 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Minnie Jacobs, b. Abt 1880, Bermondsey, London, England Marriage 5 Dec 1901 Holborn, London, England [2, 7]
Address: Holborn Registry Office - James was a Market Porter and Minnie a Tailoress
He was living at 40 Great Wild Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, she at 4 Cranmer House, Fox Court, Holborn
Children 1. Elizabeth Minnie Gardner, b. Between Jan 1902 and Mar 1902, Holborn, London, England 2. Mary Gardner, b. 29 Jan 1903, Holborn, London, England d. Between Apr 1906 and Jun 1906, Islington, London, England
(Age 3 years)
3. Esther Gardner, b. Between Apr 1904 and Jun 1904, Holborn, London, England 4. Dorothy Ethel Gardner, b. Between Jan 1906 and Mar 1906, Holborn, London, England 5. James Frederick Gardner, b. 30 Jul 1908, Holborn, London, England 6. Henry Laurence Gardner, b. 21 Jan 1910, Holborn, London, England d. Between Jul 1911 and Sep 1911, Strand, Westminster, London, England
(Age 1 year)
7. Louie Constance Gardner, b. 6 Jul 1911, St Pancras, London, England d. 1941 (Age 29 years)
8. Catherine Gardner, b. 25 May 1913, Marylebone, London, England 9. Living 10. Living Family ID F1436 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Mar 2020
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Minnie Jacobs & James Frederick Gardner
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Notes - Always lived in Holborn.
Father had a barber's shop and a sideline as a picture dealer.
James is frail and suffering from TB caught in the trenches during WW1
They have 11 children (all names are known)
16 grandschildren
30 great grandcildren [8]
- Always lived in Holborn.
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Sources - [S2277] Notes - Donna Wilder.
- [S2279] Marriage Cert - Jacobs, Minnie & Gardner, James, Bef 6 Nov 2019.
- [S2280] Newspaper Cutting - Minnie Jacobs & James Gardners' Diamon Wedding, Bef 6 Nov 2019.
- [S2345] 1911 Census - RG 14-01-1-99-01199_0331_03 - James Gardner, 30 Dec 2009.
- [S3864] 1921 Census RG15-01248-0477 - Gardner, James F (1876), 29 Mar 2023.
- [S2281] Marriage Cert - Lawrence Gardner, Bef 6 Nov 2019.
- [S60] BMD - Marriage Index, Bef 6 Nov 2019, 1901 OND Holborn 1b 1303.
Date from David Gardner - [S2280] Newspaper Cutting - Minnie Jacobs & James Gardners' Diamon Wedding.
- [S2277] Notes - Donna Wilder.