Gardiner Lemmon Caskey (1886 - 1918)

Born 8 Nov 1886 in Caro, Tuscola, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Nov 1918 at age 31 in Berehaven, Ireland

Biography

The son of Anson Gardiner Caskey and Frances (Lemmon) Caskey, Gardiner Caskey was born in Caro Township, Michigan ^[1] in 1886, residing with his family by 1900, in Detroit, Michigan, where his father worked as a prosperous lawyer and shoe and boot merchant.^[2]

Gardiner attended the Naval Academy at Annapolis, graduating in 1903.^[3] He married Henrietta H. Livingston (1880-1920), the daughter of Augustus Salley Hydrick, MD and Henrietta Livingston, marrying in Orangeburg, South Carolina around 1907.^{[citation needed]} In 1910, the couple lived in Washington, District of Columbia, while Gardiner worked for the United States Navy as a Naval officer.^[4]

Lt Cmdr Gardiner Caskey served in the United States Navy in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): USS Oklahoma {BB-37)
Service ended:

Gardiner attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Ordnance Bureau of the United States Navy.^[5][6] He died of pneumonia at the Naval Garrison Hospital in Berehaven, Ireland at the age of 31; ;his death was recorded in Washington, DC.^[7][8] He had been attached to the U.S.S. Oklahoma. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ 1886, Birth, Caro, Michigan: "Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLYG-YMYB : 18 November 2020), Gardiner Caskey, 1886; citing Birth, various county courts, Michigan.
2. ↑ 1900, Detroit, Michigan: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BT-N21 : accessed 10 December 2020), Gardner L Caskey in household of Aanson G Caskey, Detroit city Ward 1, Wayne, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9, sheet 14B, family 301, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,747.
3. ↑ 1903, Naval Academy: Ancestry.com. U.S., Register of Civil, Military, and Naval Service, 1863-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census. Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service. Digitized books (77 volumes). Oregon State Library, Salem, Oregon. Ancestry Record 2525 #1339190 with attached Image
4. ↑ 1910, Washington, DC: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKLN-BMD : accessed 10 December 2020), Gardner L Caskey, Precinct 8, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 148, sheet 11A, family 279, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 153; FHL microfilm 1,374,166.
5. ↑ World War I Service: "Michigan, Census of World War I Veterans with Card Index, 1917-1919," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLR-4Y2F : 8 September 2019), Gardner Lemmom Caskey, Michigan, United States; citing Military Service, Michigan, United States, Michigan Department of State, Lansing; FHL microfilm 008461769.
6. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPDZ-G7ZT : 27 October 2019), Gardner Lemmon Caskey, citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
7. ↑ 1918, Death, Berehaven, Ireland: "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2VV-FPY : accessed 10 December 2020), Gardner L Caskey, 02 Nov 1918, Ireland, United States; citing reference ID , District Records Center, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,116,480.
8. ↑ Obituary: "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPB8-QJG3 : 18 July 2020), Commander Gardner L Caskey, 1919.
9. ↑ Burial, Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, DC: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2S-PYR4 : 3 August 2020), Gardner Lemmon Caskey, Burial, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, Arlington National Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #57041871