This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gardner/Ryan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AFB.2ACE/1648.1.1 Message Board Post: I have seen your postings and wondered too if their is a connection. My Edward J (James or Joseph) Gardner was born about 1861-1867--January 17th. There is discrepancies on the year---His birth mother is Margaret Ryan and father was John Gardner, apparently born in England. I do not know where Edward was born although some records indicate Brighton, MA. So, far, I cannot confirm this. Margaret Ryan may have been born in England, Ireland or Canada. I do know they were protestant. I do not know if Edwards parents were ever married. Edward J Gardner was married once---to Catherine T. Collins and they had four children: Edward Francis 1891 (my grandfather) and three daughters, Margaret V (1893), Alice E (1894) and Mary H (1896)-all born in Cambridge Ma. Our Edward J died in Weymouth MA in 1948. I would be most interested in trying to find out if there is a relationship. My great grandfather would not speak of his family and it's a mystery to all of us. The first verifiab! le document is the birth record of his son Edward in Cambridge MA, 1891. I would love all information you have.