Eliza was the first child of her parents. She was conceived in Ireland, but her parents had immigrated and were situated in Putnam Township by the time she was born.
She was only ten when her father died, but her schooling was not cut short. Because I have her diary from 1908 I know she had nice penmanship and good spelling and grammar.
As a young girl she worked as a domestic servant for the Silas A. Bartons and the Samuel Wilsons, with whom she remained life-long friends.
Eliza married Henry B. Gardner when she was 19, and became the mother of nine children. Her children loved her deeply and thought of her as a saint. The first seven Gardner children were born in the original log cabin. About 1886 the family built a new home, and a lovely place it was. Their home was built by Curt Drown who was 20 years old at the time.
Eliza was a perfect housekeeper. She believed in the adage, "A place for everything, and everything in its place." There was never a coat left on a chair, or packages on the table, to be put away later. Everything was clean and where it belonged before rest came. She thought of housekeeping as being cultured and dignified, not servile.
She sold eggs for money to call her own. She was a "soft touch" always encouraging her children and doing nice things for them when she could.
Her grandson, George Gardner, remembered her as being a "tall, patrician, no-nonsense woman." Patrician is a charming adjective to describe someone -- noble, aristocratic, refined. The "no nonsense" is easy to understand, since she spent her life working hard, earning her keep, and caring for others -- serious business.
She died after suffering a series of strokes over the course of eight days.
She was only ten when her father died, but her schooling was not cut short. Because I have her diary from 1908 I know she had nice penmanship and good spelling and grammar.
As a young girl she worked as a domestic servant for the Silas A. Bartons and the Samuel Wilsons, with whom she remained life-long friends.
Eliza married Henry B. Gardner when she was 19, and became the mother of nine children. Her children loved her deeply and thought of her as a saint. The first seven Gardner children were born in the original log cabin. About 1886 the family built a new home, and a lovely place it was. Their home was built by Curt Drown who was 20 years old at the time.
Eliza was a perfect housekeeper. She believed in the adage, "A place for everything, and everything in its place." There was never a coat left on a chair, or packages on the table, to be put away later. Everything was clean and where it belonged before rest came. She thought of housekeeping as being cultured and dignified, not servile.
She sold eggs for money to call her own. She was a "soft touch" always encouraging her children and doing nice things for them when she could.
Her grandson, George Gardner, remembered her as being a "tall, patrician, no-nonsense woman." Patrician is a charming adjective to describe someone -- noble, aristocratic, refined. The "no nonsense" is easy to understand, since she spent her life working hard, earning her keep, and caring for others -- serious business.
She died after suffering a series of strokes over the course of eight days.
Eliza was the first child of her parents. She was conceived in Ireland, but her parents had immigrated and were situated in Putnam Township by the time she was born.
She was only ten when her father died, but her schooling was not cut short. Because I have her diary from 1908 I know she had nice penmanship and good spelling and grammar.
As a young girl she worked as a domestic servant for the Silas A. Bartons and the Samuel Wilsons, with whom she remained life-long friends.
Eliza married Henry B. Gardner when she was 19, and became the mother of nine children. Her children loved her deeply and thought of her as a saint. The first seven Gardner children were born in the original log cabin. About 1886 the family built a new home, and a lovely place it was. Their home was built by Curt Drown who was 20 years old at the time.
Eliza was a perfect housekeeper. She believed in the adage, "A place for everything, and everything in its place." There was never a coat left on a chair, or packages on the table, to be put away later. Everything was clean and where it belonged before rest came. She thought of housekeeping as being cultured and dignified, not servile.
She sold eggs for money to call her own. She was a "soft touch" always encouraging her children and doing nice things for them when she could.
Her grandson, George Gardner, remembered her as being a "tall, patrician, no-nonsense woman." Patrician is a charming adjective to describe someone -- noble, aristocratic, refined. The "no nonsense" is easy to understand, since she spent her life working hard, earning her keep, and caring for others -- serious business.
She died after suffering a series of strokes over the course of eight days.
She was only ten when her father died, but her schooling was not cut short. Because I have her diary from 1908 I know she had nice penmanship and good spelling and grammar.
As a young girl she worked as a domestic servant for the Silas A. Bartons and the Samuel Wilsons, with whom she remained life-long friends.
Eliza married Henry B. Gardner when she was 19, and became the mother of nine children. Her children loved her deeply and thought of her as a saint. The first seven Gardner children were born in the original log cabin. About 1886 the family built a new home, and a lovely place it was. Their home was built by Curt Drown who was 20 years old at the time.
Eliza was a perfect housekeeper. She believed in the adage, "A place for everything, and everything in its place." There was never a coat left on a chair, or packages on the table, to be put away later. Everything was clean and where it belonged before rest came. She thought of housekeeping as being cultured and dignified, not servile.
She sold eggs for money to call her own. She was a "soft touch" always encouraging her children and doing nice things for them when she could.
Her grandson, George Gardner, remembered her as being a "tall, patrician, no-nonsense woman." Patrician is a charming adjective to describe someone -- noble, aristocratic, refined. The "no nonsense" is easy to understand, since she spent her life working hard, earning her keep, and caring for others -- serious business.
She died after suffering a series of strokes over the course of eight days.
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