John Lowell Gardner II (1837-1898)

"Jack" Gardner II, of Brookline, Massachusetts

He is perhaps best remembered through his wife who founded the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. After the death of his brother, Joseph, he and Isabella adopted and brought up his three orphaned sons.

Parents

John Lowell Gardner

East India Merchant, of Gardner & Lowell, Boston

1804-1884

Catherine (Peabody) Gardner

Mrs Catherine Endicott (Peabody) Gardner

1808-1883

Spouse

Isabella Stewart Gardner

Mrs Isabella (Stewart) Gardner

1840-1924

Children

John Lowell Gardner III

John Lowell Gardner III, died in early childhood

1863-1865

Joseph Peabody Gardner

Joseph Peabody Gardner Jr., of Boston; died unmarried

1861-1886

William Amory Gardner

William Amory Gardner, of Groton, Massachusetts

1863-1937

Augustus Peabody Gardner

Major Augustus Peabody Gardner, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

1865-1918

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