Born 20 April 1877 in West Jordan, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory. Son of Duncan Gardner and Elizabeth Irving. Set apart as full-time missionary in British Mission, 12 May 1899. Returned from mission, 15 August 1901. Married Laura Fitzgerald, 29 June 1904; eight children. Died 14 February 1959 in West Jordan.[1]
[1] William H. Gardner entry, no. 378, Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860–1959, Book C, 98, Church History Library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City; “Businessman, 81, Dies in West Jordan,” Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Feb. 1959, C15; “Fete to Honor Couple of West Jordan,” Salt Lake Tribune, 26 June 1954, 14.