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- ↑ "Gardner Name Meaning & Gardner Family History at Ancestry.com". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
- ↑ "Baby Name Gardner - Origin and Meaning of Gardner". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
- ↑ "GARDINER-GARDNER FAMILY HISTORY". familysearch.org. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- ↑ "Gáirnéir - Irish Names and Surnames". www.libraryireland.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
- ↑ Origin of the Gardner Surname Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "GARDINER-GARDNER FAMILY HISTORY". FamilySearch .
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