GARDINER, Thomas & Mary Ann
1814 – 19 July 1881
1817 – 13 August 1887
Accompanying Family Sons: Stephen & John Daughter Elizabeth, Caroline, Theresa & Sultana
First settled in Fremantle WA
Original Occupation Pensioner Guard
Occupation in Australia Pensioner Guard
SULTANA
Departure Port Plymouth
Arrival Year 1859
Fremantle
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Thomas Gardiner a Pensioner Gyard arrived in Fremantlre 1859 on Sultana with wife Mary Ann (nee DeVoye). Sons Stephen and John. Daughter Caroline theresa, Elizabeth and Sultana9 born during voyage). Granted Nth Fremantle one acre loc.p29 went to South Australia with wife and daughters. Died in Queenstown 1881.
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Stephen (later Colonel) married Elizabeth Hollis in Guilford. Apart from the Gardiner clan descendants include Watt and Moody families
Sat 16 Mar 2013
Great granddaughter of Stephen Gardiner and granddaughter of Elizabeth Gardiner. With sister Jill Elizabeth have continued the education connections of our forbears.
Sat 7 Mar 2015
Thomas and Mary Ann Gardiner are my great, great great paternal Grandparents.
- The Sultana was a convict ship and Thomas was a 'Pensioner Guard' on the ship.
- Interesting it appears the entire family journeyed to Australia on the convict ship and Thomas and Mary Ann's daughter Sultana was actually born on the voyage and named after the ship.
- Thomas and Mary Ann's Grandson Evanhugh Gardiner from Busselton (by their son John Gardiner and Anne Forrest) was according to his Australian War Memorial WWI military record, shot twice at Gallipoli, shipped to England to recover from his wounds before being redeployed in France.
Mon 27 Apr 2020
Thomas and Mary Ann Gardiner are my great great great paternal Grandparents.
- The Sultana was a convict ship and Thomas was a 'Pensioner Guard' on the ship.
- Interesting it appears the entire family journeyed to Australia on the convict ship and Thomas and Mary Ann's daughter Sultana was actually born on the voyage and named after the ship.
- Thomas and Mary Ann's Grandson Evanhugh Gardiner from Busselton (by their son John Gardiner and Anne Forrest) was according to his Australian War Memorial WWI military record, shot twice at Gallipoli, shipped to England to recover from his wounds before being redeployed in France.
Mon 27 Apr 2020
Thomas and Mary Ann Gardiner are my great great great paternal Grandparents.
- The Sultana was a convict ship and Thomas was a 'Pensioner Guard' on the ship.
- Interestingly it appears the entire family journeyed to Australia on the convict ship and Thomas and Mary Ann's daughter Sultana was actually born on the voyage and named after the ship.
- Thomas and Mary Ann's Grandson Evanhugh Gardiner from Busselton (by their son John Gardiner and Anne Forrest) was according to his Australian War Memorial WWI military record, shot twice at Gallipoli, shipped to England to recover from his wounds before being redeployed in France.
Wed 13 May 2020
Just confirming the two entries from 27/4 are duplication and can be deleted. Please retain entry from 13/5. Thanks, Paul
Sun 17 May 2020
Also my great great great grandparents. Stephen great great grandfather. Jane great grandmother. Mary Ann an important contributor to Western Australian educational history.
Sat 10 Jun 2023
My husband is the grandson of Stephen Hollis Gardiner and Amy Hitchcock Gardiner. I remember meeting Amy when I visited the family in 1970. It is interesting that Stephen and Amy's great grandson (our son) now lives in Adelaide and only one suburb from where Thomas and Mary Ann moved to from Guildford, WA I wonder why they left W.A.
Tue 17 Feb 2026
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