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| 1905 NYS Census Nathan Gardner |
Nathaniel Gardner, b 21 July 1882 NY – 7 December 1944 NY, was my maternal grandfather.
He was born in New York City where he lived until 1940. My mother was in high
school when he died so I never had the opportunity to meet him.
I
have found him in old letters he wrote to my grandmother; in faded photographs
showing him with my mother’s baby carriage; in city directories, and in census
records.
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| 1905 NYS Census Nathaniel Gardner |
In the 1905 N.Y.S. Census my grandfather is listed twice. He is listed at East 87th
Street in Manhattan with his parents, Louis [Leopold] and Fannie Gardner, and
his siblings, Florence, Moses and Albert. This shows Nathan to be 19 years old
and a telegrapher. [1905 NYS Census, NY Co, Manhattan, ED 13, AD 30, Block A,
Pg8]
He
is also listed as living at East 188th Street in the Bronx. He was a
boarder with Eugene Archer. He was 23 and a telegraph operator. [1905 NYS
Census, NY Co, Bronx, ED 52, AD 25, Page 16]
I
believe both of these are my grandfather. His parents were indeed Leopold &
Fannie Gardner. The names of his siblings are correct. He was actually 23 years
old and a telegraph operator. He was certainly old enough to live on his own,
as a boarder. Nathaniel worked in various Western Union offices over the years,
sometimes in the Bronx. I think he moved in the days the census takers were
collecting information and was counted twice.
