George GARDINER born "Ruardean c1929" (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 16:47 (4286 days ago) @ slowhands

Thanks Slowhands for those interesting links, particularly for the Review's tribute to George Gardiner who sadly only passed away last year. He was clearly something of a local character !. The article states he was born in Ruardean abt 1929, but I must say I'm struggling to find anything of him in any of the usual records.

Given the quoted placenames (assuming the Castle may be Chepstow area?) I wonder if this could be his grandfather or even father ?

Record_ID: 275014
Entry_Number: 293
Year: 1946
Month: Dec
Day: 23
Surname: GARDINER
Forenames: William George
Residence: Castle View
Age_at_death: 72 yrs
Officiating_Minister: R C Stebbing Rector
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/33
Page_No: 37
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: G635

Suggesting born abt 1874, giving:

Record_ID: 148581
Entry_Number: 70
Year: 1874
Month: Dec
Day: 23
Parents_Surname: GARDNER
Child_Forenames: William George
Fathers_Forenames: George
Mothers_Forenames: Elizabeth
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Howle Hill Walford
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: Arthur Stonhouse Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: (P)overwritten with an X
Notes: P means Baptized privatley and X means brought to Church afterwards. (Explanations and/or word extensions are taken from the register's notes)
Register_Reference: CD20/1
Page_Number: 9
Parish_Chapel: Walford
Soundex: G635

This seemed a possible Marriage with a leaning towards Chepstow, except for Groom's name of course !! ... ?

Record_ID: 34785
Entry_Number: 422
Year: 1900
Month: Jun
Day: 11
Grooms_Surname: GARDNER
Grooms_Forenames: George William
Grooms_Age: 24
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Butcher
Grooms_Residence: Blakenay
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Gardner
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Miles
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: Inn Keeper
Brides_Surname: JONES
Brides_Forenames: Louise Amelia
Brides_Age: 22
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: School Mistress
Brides_Residence: Aylburton
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Jones
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Richard
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Tin Plate Worker
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: James Hopkins
Witness_2: Margaret Mary Gardner
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: John C E Besant
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P209 IN 1/16
Page_Number: 211
Parish_Chapel: Lydney
Soundex_Groom: G635
Soundex_Bride: J520

??

Despite my best efforts I cannot find "our" George on FoD PRs, Family Search, FreeBMD or GlosBMD etc even using surname spelling variants (have even managed to "break" the FreeBMD site, sorry !). These searches have shown that it's clearly not a rare name.

I was searching as I wondered if, by some chance, George had ancestors who had been involved with Dr Owen's manuscript hunts.