Well stranger things have been known to happen My man Denny GARDINER b1719 Stoke Ash spent much of his time in Woolpit about 9 miles from Bury St Edmunds, both he and his wife are buried there Now a few snippets for you Probate Calendars 1874 GARDINER William Stoker 26 January Probate of the will of William Stoker Gardiner late Resident Medical Officer in the Cork Union Workhouse in the City of Cork Surgeon and medical Doctor who died on or about 27 October 1873 at some place granted 9 December 1873 at Cork to Elizabeth Ryder of Toureen terrace Passage West in the County of Cork Widow the sole Executrix Effects in England under £450 Probate Calendars 1899 GARDINER William Stoker of "Terne" Worpole road west Wimbledon Surrey died 20 April 1899 Probate London 15 July to Linda Gardiner spinster Effects £274 6s 3d Probate Calendars 1886 GARDINER Arthur M.D. 21 June The Will of Arthur Gardiner formerley of College square Belfast in Ireland but late of 13 Colville road Bayswater in the County of Middlesex M.D. and Member of the Royal College of Surgeons who died 21 April 1886 at St Thomas' Home Lambeth in the County of Surrey was proved ay the Principal Registery by the Reverend John Samuel Gardiner of Black torrington in the County of Devon Clerk the son the sole Executor Personal Estate £2,070 6s 8d In a Directory there is a Rev John Samuel Jephson GARDINER at Black Torrington Probate Calendars 1907 GARDINER the Reverend John Samuel Jephson of the rectory Black Torrington Devonshire clerk died 6 july 1907 at Warwick house Hurstpierpoint Sussex Probate London 21 August to Clara Jane Gardiner widow Arthur Gardiner M.B. and John Stanley Gardiner dean of Caius college Effects £1672 5s 11d London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Thomas Julian Gardiner Name: Thomas Julian Gardiner Age: Full Age Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882 Spouse Name: Laura Clarke Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 28 Mar 1882 Parish: Paddington St James Borough: Westminster Father Name: Alexander Stoker Gardiner Spouse Father Name: David Clarke Register Type: Parish Register Index to the Prerogative Wills of Ireland 1797 Gardiner Thomas Borris-in-Ossory Queen's co Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 26/08/2012 22:35, SANDRA GARDINER wrote: > > > > > > Stoke Ash is interesting. > Derek's grandfather was a doctor in Kings Lynn (1 1/2 hr. drive away). > My mother in law was told that there was some historical Gardiner connection to that part of England . What connection I have not a clue. > > In Ireland Derek's great great Grandfather Arthur Stoker Gardiner (b. in Ireland 1818- d. in England 1886) was also a Physician. And unusual for the time he had an MD. His older brother William Stoker Gardiner also had an MD and practiced in Cork. > > Their father's given name was John. Their mother was Elizabeth Stoker. > (There was also an important Irish Doctor in the Stoker family, William Stoker who i believe was Elizabeth's brother.) > The grandfather of John, Thomas and Robert was named Thomas Gardiner from Borris-In-Ossory in Queen's County. > He has a will and appears to have been well-to-do. > > The all certainly were C of I. > We would love to know where Thomas Gardiner from Borris-In-Ossory in Queen's County came from. He most probably had brothers. (???) > So far that is as far as we have gotten. > > Someone taked about an Arthur Gardiner coming over to Ireland with the Earl of Essex in the 1600s. I cannot seem to confirm that.....