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From: "Noel Clark" <>
Subject: FW: Gardner & Telescope
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 12:12:40 +1000


A big thank you, too, to Wendy for letting us know what the result of
her posting was.

I responded to her posting, albeit in a minor way, and I appreciate her
message of thanks.

It takes so little to actually post a message such as hers. I wish that
everyone else, whether they get an answer or not, would do the same.

(More hate-mail....?)

Regards,
Noel



-----Original Message-----
From: Settle, Wendy [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, 3 July 2002 03:29
To:
Subject: Gardner & Telescope

Since I didn't know where to start, you can see by my email I subscribed
to
many lists.

I have had wonderful responses on my search for my family name: Gardner
and
his present, the telescope from Vice Admiral Lord Vise Nelson.

I now have a lead and a date and hopefully I least know where to start.
Being from the USA it is hard to know about the British Isles countries
and
what they were like back in the 1800's so now I at least have a better
understanding about my ancestors.

I have still no link on Henry W. Gardner but I know J. B. Gardner is
actually James Baynton Gardner. He was on the ship Medusa in 1801. He
was
given the telescope for services, which I have been told by my family
that
Nelson would give everyone on board a telescope and sword when he came
on
board a ship. I haven't read any of that to confirm this from reading
about
Nelson but I do have a telescope so something was done. JB Gardner was
promoted to Lieutenent in August 1803 and probably died in London in
1823
which hopefully I can now have a date will be be able get the
information to
somehow link my family together.

I want to wish every a good year and THANK YOU to all that helped get me
in
the right direction.

P.S. I do know that the telescope is a very special piece of history and
even though it may be worth alot, it is sure priceless when it comes
down to
that it is my only link to my family.


Wendy Settle


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