29 GARDINER

This grave tells a rather tragic story of shattered dreams of a new life. The Gardiner family arrived aboard the Eden on 29th October 1850 and R.B Gardiner selected town section 642, on the corner of Queen and Young streets on 13th November, two days after the birth of a daughter. However, wife and mother Agness died after a short illness two weeks later. Robert Gardiner disposed of the property on 17 June 1851, and probably left the settlement.

The wording and layout of the inscription recall a type found in old churchyards in England. The soft Oamaru stone, combined with the font, have made the memorial quite hard to read today.

Inscription