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Jun 19, 2020 · Jonas Bailey Gardner, Ava’s beloved father, was born on October 30, 1878 in Saratoga, North Carolina. On January 21, 1903, 24-year-old Jonas wed 19-year-old Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Baker in a small ceremony at her family’s home in Wilson County, NC. After a year of marriage, the newlyweds partnered with other Gardner relatives to begin ...
Discover life events, stories and photos about Jonas Bailey Gardner (1878–1938) of Wilson, North Carolina, United States.
- Male
- Mary Elizabeth Baker
March 26, 1938 (59) Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. Place of Burial: Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, United States. Immediate Family: Son of James Bailey Gardner and Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Gardner. Husband of Mollie Gardner.
- Saratoga, North Carolina
- October 30, 1878
Jul 18, 2023 · Jonas Bailey (Jack) Gardner. Born 30 Oct 1878 in Saratoga, Wilson County, North Carolina, USA. Ancestors. Son of James Bailey Gardner and Mary Elizabeth (Dilda) Gardner. [sibling (s) unknown] Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Baker) Gardner — married 21 Jan 1902 in Saratoga, NC. Father of Ava Lavinia Gardner.
- Male
- October 30, 1878
- Mary Elizabeth (Baker) Gardner
- March 26, 1938
Jonas Bailey “Jack” Gardner. Birth. 30 Oct 1878. Saratoga, Wilson County, North Carolina, USA. Death. 26 Mar 1938 (aged 59) Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia, USA. Burial.
When Ava Lavinia Gardner was born on 24 December 1922, in Johnston, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jonas Bailey Gardner, was 44 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Baker, was 39. She married Ninnian Joseph Yule Jr on 10 January 1942, in Ballard, Santa Barbara, California, United States.
Ava Lavina Gardner was born on December 24, 1922 in Grabtown, North Carolina, to Mary Elizabeth (née Baker) and Jonas Bailey Gardner. Born on a tobacco farm, where she got her lifelong love of earthy language and going barefoot, Ava grew up in the rural South.
