Dr. Matthew Gardner

1843 - 1903  (60 years)

• Name	Matthew Gardner
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	1843	, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  	MD
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-28006
  Died	18 Apr 1903	San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA   [6]
  Buried	Dixon Cemetery, Dixon, Solano, California, United States   [6]
  Person ID	I28006	Generations
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Gardner,   b. CA 1814,   d. Bef 1851  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth,   b. 1810, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1831  [2]
  Family ID	F268641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Gardner,MatthewDr.-0001-FindAGrave.jpg Cemetery, D., America, N., County, S., & Cemetery, D. (2019). Dr Matthew Gardner (Unknown-1903) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11856564/matthew-gardner

  
  

• Notes

  Matthew Gardner, M.D. L Surgeon Southern Pacific Company. Born Canada. 1846. Arrived In California 1871. Address, San Francisco. Men Of The Pacific Coast Containing Portraits And Biographies Of The Professional, Financial And Business Men Of California, Oregon And Washington 1902- 1903, Published By The Pacific Art Compamy San Francisco, Cal., pg 209 ________________ Dr. Matthew Gardner was born in Hespeler but was well known in San Francisco, California. He received his medical training at McGill then moved to the USA. he was director of the California State Library for eight years, as well as president of the Mendocino State Hospital for the insane, as well as other medical institutions. He died in San Francisco from an complications from an appendix operation. Cambridge Mosaic , Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book] _______________________ DR. MATTHEW GARDNER THE DISTINGUISH SURGEON WHO DIED IN THIS CITY YESTERDAY. With most profound regret the citizens of San Francisco yesterday learned of the death of Dr. Matthew Gardner Chief surgeon of the Southern Pacific Hospital the passing of the man who so often administered to the unfortunate and who was always a ray of sunshine at the bedside of the sick, was shocking to many thousands of persons throughout the state who had known Dr. Gardner for nearly a quarter of a century The fact that his death was deplored was evidenced yesterday by the messages of condolence received by his grief-stricken widow and in a public way by the half-masted Flags throughout the city. Arrangements have already been made for the funeral, which will take place tomorrow at 10 a.m. under the auspices of the Masonic order, of which the deceased was a past member master. Services will be held at the Family Residence, 3501 Clay Street, and from there the funeral cortege will proceed immediately to the ferry, or a special boat will convey the remains and the mourners across the bay to mole. There a special train, consisting of a funeral car and a private coach for the widow and her attendants, will await the party and carry it to Dixon, where the internment is to take place. The honorary pallbearers for the sorrowful occasion will be W. F. Herrin, William Sprout, and H. Foster, W. A. Worthington, William Hood and T. H. Goodman, representing the various departments of the Southern Pacific company, with which the dead surgeon had been so long connected as medical adviser. At Dixon the remains will be received by the members of the Masonic Lodge of Davisville, of which Dr. Gardner was a past master. They will act as escort to the burial ground. REPROACHES SCIENCE The last moments of Dr. Gardner's life will ever be remembered by those who surrounded his couch. The scene attending his death was impressively strange and solemn. With a fortitude that would be expected a few man he anticipated his end by consoling his weeping wife and giving advice to friends as to the manner in which she should be cared for after he had departed this world. Just before the operation, Doctor Gardner made his will, in which he bequeathed his estate to his wife and named her and his secretary, John O'Connor, executrix and executor without bonds. Quietly and courageously he then submitted himself to the surgeons, who exhausted all means of Medical Science to relieve him of his suffering without use of the knife. When the hour of his death finally approached the patient, noticeably self-possessed and with a clear mind, opened his eyes and scan the role of a simple Southern Pacific surgeons around his bed. Looking steadily from one to another, the dying man, in a voice so what impassioned a said "Gentleman what does this mean? Among all you, man of such remarkable ability, is there not one who can devise means that will prevent my death"? Comforts his wife Later on, when all hope of prolonging the patient's life beyond a few minutes had been abandoned, he quietly summoned his nurse and prescribed the potion for his own use. Again he turned to his wife and bade be careful assuring her that God had so willed and that the tears she was shedding would be of no avail it is hopeless case. Addressing an intimate friend he remarked with a sigh "I must announce to you that I am going to die. These are pretty hard lines for a man to suffer in the very prime of his life". A few seconds later this remarkable scene in the history of Medical Science was closed. Dr. Matthew Gardner was no more. It is a strange fact that during the three years that Dr. Gardner presided over the Southern Pacific Hospital over 1,000 cases similar to his were successfully administer to under his Direction at the institution. The only unsuccessful case with his own. Dr. Gardner leaves in the state of estimated value of between $75, 000 and $80, 000 consisting of realty in Sacramento, Davisville and the city and personal property. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Last evening a delegation of Mason's from the Davisville Lodge arrived in the city to consult the widow regarding her wishes. It will accompany the funeral party back in Dixon. Party will be composed of all prominent officials of the Southern Pacific company, representatives from the other railroads and a large delegation of surgeons and physicians in various parts of the state. The officials of the Southern Pacific company have made ample arrangements for handling the funeral party, which will return to the city immediately after the ceremonies at Dixon. Along on the line of the railroad the employees have caused the flags to be lowered in respect to their former friend. When the news of Dr. Gardner's death reached the railroad men many of them cried, for they hadn't learned to love the man who had so often journeyed long distances to relieve them of their suffering and had frequently attended the families in the same conscientious manner that he would have done in the case of his nearest friend or relative. You paragraph The San Francisco Call 9th of April 1903

  
  

• Sources

  [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 1 Pg 55. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 68. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 61. [S2886] California, Select Marriages, 1850-1945. Name:Matthew Gardner Gender:Male Marriage Date:29 May 1886 Marriage Place:Solano,California Spouse:Sadie E. Mccunne FHL Film Number:6010973 [S2887] Directory of Deceased American Physicians, 1804-1929. Name:Matthew Gardner Birth Date:1847 Death Date:18 Apr 1903 Death Place:San Francisco, CA Type Practice:Allopath Medical School:McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Montreal, 1871, (G) JAMA Citation:40:1235 Cause of Death:surgery, complications, appendicitis; (M) [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, D., America, N., County, S., & Cemetery, D. (2019). Dr Matthew Gardner (Unknown-1903) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 17 December 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11856564/matthew-gardner.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1843 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - MD - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Apr 1903 - San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA Buried - - Dixon Cemetery, Dixon, Solano, California, United States  = Link to Google Earth