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Mary Rebecca <I>Gardner</I> Kirwan

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Mary Rebecca Gardner Kirwan

Birth
Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
Death
10 Jan 1918 (aged 71)
Chester, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Chester, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Mary Rebecca Gardner Kirwan is the daughter of Nelson Gardner. She is "the niece of Rev. Samuel Gardner, for years a prominent preacher of Kent Island."

She married Capt. James E. Kirwan on Sept. 10, 1867 in Baltimore City.

Kirwan, Mary Rebecca, wife of the former State Senator James E. Kirwan, died at her home on Kent Island Thursday evening. She was 71 years old. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Gardner of this county, and last September Senator and Mrs. Kirwan celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Lemuel and Charles E. Kirwan and a daughter, Mrs. Whitefield Coleman of Kent Island. She also leaves five granddaughters.

Centreville Observer, Saturday, January 12, 1918 (taken from Obituaries in Maryland Newspapers, Queen Anne's County, 1917 to 1919, page 28, by Trish Surles, at the Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland).

Sibling:
William Richard Gardner
Mary Rebecca Gardner Kirwan is the daughter of Nelson Gardner. She is "the niece of Rev. Samuel Gardner, for years a prominent preacher of Kent Island."

She married Capt. James E. Kirwan on Sept. 10, 1867 in Baltimore City.

Kirwan, Mary Rebecca, wife of the former State Senator James E. Kirwan, died at her home on Kent Island Thursday evening. She was 71 years old. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Gardner of this county, and last September Senator and Mrs. Kirwan celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Lemuel and Charles E. Kirwan and a daughter, Mrs. Whitefield Coleman of Kent Island. She also leaves five granddaughters.

Centreville Observer, Saturday, January 12, 1918 (taken from Obituaries in Maryland Newspapers, Queen Anne's County, 1917 to 1919, page 28, by Trish Surles, at the Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland).

Sibling:
William Richard Gardner


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143387478/mary_rebecca-kirwan: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Rebecca Gardner Kirwan (6 Jan 1847–10 Jan 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143387478, citing Kirwan-Baxter-Jones-Gardner Family Cemetery, Chester, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by NThomas (contributor 48290381).