GARDINER Family (London, ENG)

GARDINER FAMILY (London ENG)

IDENTIFICATION ON PHOTO: "Lydia (Smith) Gardiner (Mrs. Fred G.), with Florrie (Mrs Shirley Hodson), Winnie and Harold"
PHOTO TAKEN: Turner Studio, 10 Barnsbury Park North, London, circa 1893
PURCHASED: 2019 Brandywine River Antiques Mall, Chadds Ford PA

With so much detail written on the back of the photo, it was easy to find this family tree in Ancestry.com.

This is Lydia Jane Smith (a music teacher), born 1857 to parents John Smith (wholesale milliner) and Mary Jane Carter. 

She married Frederick A. Gardiner (b. 1856) and had the following children:
  1885 - Florence Anne Gardiner (d. _) m. Shirley Hodson (son of noted artist Samuel John Hodson)
  1886 - Harold Gardiner (d. _) m. Constance Mabel Hare
  1888 - Winifred Mary Gardiner (d. early 1980, in London)

Lydia had tons of siblings. The complete list of her parent's 14 offspring are:
  1851 - Alice Mary Smith (she worked as the manager of her father's hat shop which employed 45)
  1853 - Ellen Hannah Smith (d. 1940) m. Frederick Wood (relocated to Australia)
  1854 - Amy L. Smith
  1857 - Lydia Jane Smith, m. Frederick A. Gardiner
  1858 - Anna B. Smith (d. 1957) m. Francis Black (Annie worked as a music teacher)
  1860 - John A.H. Smith (d. 1915)
  1862 - George A. Smith  (listed as an undergraduate student on 1881 Census)
  1864 - Emma Amelia Smith, m. __ Carter
  1865 - Ada Prescott Smith (listed as a governess on 1881 Census)
  1866 - Herbert E. Smith
  1868 - Harold G. Smith, m. Annie Laetitia Child
  1871 - Florence A. Smith
  1871 - Frances Edith Smith (d. 1952) m. Arthur John Robbins
  1874 - Frederick B. Smith (d. 1948) m. Emily __

1901 England Census > Middlesex > Hornsey > "Invermaid"
GARDINER, Frederick, head, 45, born in Essex, Leed Merchants Manager
GARDINER, Lydia, wife, 44, born in London
GARDINER, Florence, dau, 16, born in London
GARDINER, Harold, son, 15, born in London
GARDINER, Winifred, dau, 14, born in London
SMITH, Frederick B., boarder, 25, solicitor, born in London (poss. Lydia's brother)

Lydia died at age 49. (Source: England & Wales, Probate Calendar of 1906)
Lydia Jane GARDINER of "Invermaid" Chorley Wood-west Hertfordshire (wife of Frederick Ambrose Gardiner) died 17 Feb 1906. Probate London 21 April to the said Frederck Ambrose Gardiner gentleman and Ernest Rabone Stockbroker, Effects £9478 15s. 7d.

1939 England and Wales Register > Sussex > Hailsham
HODSON, Shirley S., 17 July 1879, Solicitor
HODSON, Florence A., 22 June 1884, unpaid domestic duties
HODSON, Edith, 16 Feb 1849, private means
MARSHALLSAY, Henry, 7 Apr 1891, gardener handyman
MARSHALLSAY-LANGRISH, Annie Mary, 7 Nov 1890, cook housekeeper

Shirley Hodson and Florence Gardiner-Hodson had a daughter Shirley Audrey Hodson (b. 1903, died 15 Jan 1926 at age 22, in Calcutta India).

Harold Gardiner, born 9 Jan 1886, became a surgeon in Surrey (Maldon & Coombe), married to Constance Mabel Hare, and had son Peter A. Gardiner in 1913 who also became a doctor, and a daughter Margaret Gardiner (b. 1914). Peter married Bridget Mary Carnegie (1920-1999) and had daughter Annabella J. Gardiner (1944-2004) who became Mrs. Richard Dreaper.

Youngest sister Winifred Mary Gardiner, born in 1888, died in London in early 1980. I find no record of a marriage for her.