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Gardner Family papers, 1892-1994.

 Collection
Identifier: MS5409
Abstract The Gardner family collection starts with Rev. John Gardner (1868-1954) and his wife Agnes Annie Gardner (1866-1957). They were married in 1892 and had five children together: Agnes Gardner Buttrick (1893-1990), Annie Gardner Glover (1895-1934), Evelyn Gardner (1897-1990), Gladys Gardner Jenkins (1901-1994) and Rev. John Ashworth Gardner (1904-1990). This collection contains letters, travel notes, finances, writings, wills, chrurch records, birth and marriage certificates, books, postcards...
Dates: 1892-1994

Grand Rapids, MI. South Congregational Church records, 1850-2001.

 Collection
Identifier: RG4657
Abstract The origins of South Congregational Church start in 1874 when women from the Park Avenue Congregational Church organized a Sunday School. This would eventually lead to a "Mr. Gilbert" donating land for construction of a chapel. The new chapel was located between Sheldon and Jefferson on Delaware Street and finished in 1876. The South Congregational Church was officially organized on December 12, 1878 with 43 charter members. The church would see steady growth until the end of the 1900s, when...
Dates: 1850-2001