2004-10-30/2019-09-14 - From the OHS PC Database, derived from A Guide to North American Organbuilders, by David H. Fox (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1991). — Son of George Jardine, brother of Edward G., Frederick W., and Joseph P. Jardine; with family firm c. 1855-(1875?); in the American Civil War as 'William C. Smith,' married under that name; lived as recluse in Bowery district of New York City, New York. Sources: Peter T. Cameron. The Diapason June 1913, 7. The Diapason February 1914, 2. John Ogasapian, Organ Building in New York City 1700-1900 (Braintree, MA: The Organ Literature Foundation 1977), 141. Kim R. Kassling, "A Jardine in Wisconsin", The Tracker 17:2 (Richmond, Va.: Organ Historical Society, 1972), 10.
2019-09-16/2019-09-16 - From Organ Database Builders editor Stephen Hall, September 15, 2019. — Dudley Jardine died in 1913, in the Bowery district of New York City where he had lived for many years as a recluse under the name 'George Smith'. After his death, a friend contacted the family, and they identified the body, he was buried in the family plot. His initial estrangement with the family may have been caused by his enlistment in the army during the American Civil War where he first used an assumed name (William C. Smith) ; his older brother, Joseph, served in the war and the family may not have wanted the youngest son to join as well. The census of 1880 indicates that he was living in his father's household, so his moving to the Bowery would postdate that, but we have no indication of what precipitated the event. Source: "Wealthy Man Near a Pauper's Burial; Dudley Jardine, Son of Famous Organmaker, Lived Life of Poverty in Bowery." (New York Times, April 29, 1913), 6.
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