Harry J. Gardener (Harry Lawrence Juhnke) (22 Apr 1890 22 Jul 1969) Summary When Henry J. Gardener s death was recorded by the State of California, the state noted his Social Security Number (558-44-4714, issued in California in 1951), his birth date and place (April 22, 1890, in Oregon), the date and place of his death (July 22, 1969, in Los Angeles), and his mother s maiden name (Casebeer). HJG, a (twin?) brother Joseph, and an older brother Robert might be associated with the three Gardeners living as unaccompanied children in the News & Working Boys Home on San Pedro Avenue in Los Angeles, in the 1900 census, but that Henry and Joseph have different birth dates (December 1892) and no birth place. An ancestry.com tree notes him as born in Gardiner, Douglas County, Oregon, and notes a spouse named Leora Miller (which is consistent with his status as divorced in the 1930 census). Noting the similarity between the surname Gardener, and the putative town of birth (Gardiner, Douglas County, Oregon), as well as the rare mother s surname (Casebeer), we can find a single family of Casebeers, in the 1880 US census, living in Douglas County, Oregon (in the town of Looking-Glass), and the family includes two unmarried daughters: Nancy (age 25) and Sarah (age 20). Nancy (Jane) Casebeer does not appear to have married (she dies as Nancy Casebeer, in 1905). Sarah Filena Casebeer marries a Henry Juhnke (b. Germany 1855, US citizenship 1879) in 1889 in Douglas County, Oregon. In the 1900 census, Henry (occupation: logger) and Sarah are living in Gardiner, Douglas County, Oregon, with their children, including a Harry Juhnke, age 10 (born 1890, presumably in Gardiner), a daughter Marguerite (b. 1894 Oregon) and a son Samuel (b. 1898 Oregon). This child of Henry Juhnke and Sarah Casebeer, Henry Lawrence Juhnke, is Henry J Gardner. We can be certain this is the case, as the California Death Index lists Henry L. Juhnke as having died 22 July 1969, with SSN 558-44-4714 the same death date and SSN as recorded for Henry J. Gardener. In the 1910 census, we find Henry Juhnke, Henry L. Juhnke, Margaret (Marguerite) Juhnke and a younger sibling Guy H. (age 11, who is Samuel under another name, Guy Samuel Hub, which he will use throughout his adult life), living in Spokane, Washington. Sarah Casebeer Juhnke has
died (in 1904, in Oregon), Henry Juhnke is working as a laborer for the City of Spokane, and Henry L Juhnke is a harness maker. Some time between the 1910 census and May of 1917, Henry Lawrence Juhnke marries a woman, Pearl A., either in Spokane, or in Santa Cruz. In May of 1917, Henry and Pearl divorce, in Santa Cruz. Harry Lawrence Juhnke registers for the WWI draft on June 15, 1917, in Santa Cruz, California. He gives his address as 121 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz; his birthdate as 22 Apr 1890; his birthplace as Gardiner, Douglas County, Oregoin; his occupation as drug clerk for J. H. Horsnyder of 132 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz. The signature Harry Lawrence Juhnke is quite similar to HJG s WWII drafgt registration signature, as is his physical description: brown hair, blue eyes. According to the Santa Cruz Evening News, Juhnke is called up in August of 1917, but there are no service records for him to be found. In the 1920 census, Harry L. Juhnke (mistranscribed as Jerhanke) is living in Santa Cruz, California, with Calvin and Sarah Phillips, as a lodger. He is a clerk in the local Woolworth s store. Shortly thereafter, he leaves for Long Beach, having been promoted within the Woolworth s chain. In 1924, his first advertisements as Harry L. Juhnke for mail-order lessons appear, in Popular Science Monthly. Harry J. (Lawrence) Gardener appears for the first time in the public records in the 1930 census (advertising salesman, born Oregon 1891, living at the Bible Institute on South Hope Street in Los Angeles), and 1940 census (proprietor of job printing company, living in the Willard Hotel, no high school graduation), in the Los Angeles area, where we d expect to find him, given the place of publication of his occult material, as well as the start of his career as an author (c. 1930). HJG registers for the WWII draft on April 25, 1942 in Los Angeles County, as Harry Lawrence Gardener, born Oregon 4-22-1890, living at 536 South Hope Street (the Bible Institute) and working at 1044 South Olive Street (the location of the Golden Dawn Press). Name and address of person who will always know your address: None. He is buried as Harry Lawrence J. Gardener in Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills) Memorial Park (Plot: Eternal Love, Map E25, Lot 5278, Space 1). As noted above, the California Death Index captures him as Harry J. Gardener, and as Harry Lawrence Juhnke. Places and People The Bible Institute of Los Angeles: http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt3t1nd8b7/?layout=metadata
Bibliography (Incomplete) 1. Harry J. Gardener. Dynamic Vocational Guidance. [?:?.?] 2. Harry J. Gardener. The New Personal Liberty Course for Men. Los Angeles, CA: H. J. Gardener, 1930. Edition at LOC. 3. Harry J. Gardener. The Golden Gate to the Garden of Allah. Los Angeles, CA: Trinity Press, 1933. 4. Harry J. Gardener. Dynamic Numbers (Monograph No. 4). Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1933. Ordered. 5. Harry J. Gardener. Simplified Scientific Healing. [LA]: H. J. Gardener, 1933. 6. Harry J.Gardener. [Outwitting Today Today?] (Monograph No. 1). Los Angeles, CA: H. J. Gardener, 1934. 7. Harry J.Gardener. [The Magic Makers?] (Monograph No. 2). Los Angeles, CA: H. J. Gardener, 1934. 8. Harry J. Gardener. Mastering Mental Magic. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J., Gardener, 1934. Ordered. 9. Harry J. Gardener. Don t Be Yourself (Monograph No. 6). Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1934. Ordered. 10. Harry J. Gardener. Miracles of Magnetism. [?:?], 1934. 11. Harry J. Gardener. 1934: What s Next? Los Angeles: Harry J. Gardener, 1934. This series starts in 1934 and is produced yearly, with possible gaps, until 1961. The Quarter Century Edition is produced in 1959. The Atomic Edition was produced in 1962. The Last Days Edition was produced in 1966. An End of Wars Edition was also produced in 1966. Cosmic Edition (1961) ordered. Quarter Century Edition (1959) ordered. 12. Harry J. Gardener. The Fear Crusher (Monograph No. 9). Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1935. Ordered. 13. Harry J. Gardener. Wings of Aquarius (Monograph No. 12). [LA]: H. J. Gardener, 1936. Ordered. 14. Harry J. Gardener. Streamline Dollars. :Los Angeles, CA: H. J. Gardener, 1936.
15. Harry J. Gardener. Streamline Minds. LA: Harry J. Gardener, 1936. Ordered. 16. Harry J. Gardener. Streamline Health. LA: Harry J. Gardener, 1936. 17. Harry J. Gardener. White Brotherhoods and Black Fraternities. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1936. 18. [?]. Further Talks With The Wayfarer. [?:?], 1937. 19. Harry J. Gardener. Beyond The Veil (Monograph No. 14). LA; Harry J. Gardener, 1937. Ordered. 20. Harry J. Gardener. Streamline Fortunes. Los Angeles, CA: [Harry J] Gardener, 1937. 21. Harry J. Gardener. Turn Back The Years (Monograph No. 13). [?:?] 1937. 8th Edition in 1942. In SSOC. 22. Harry J. Gardener. Radio Magnetism (Monograph No. 17). Los Angeles: Harry J. Gardener, 1938. 1044 South Olive Street, Los Angeles 15, California. In SSOC. 23. Harry J. Gardener [and Barry O Kent]. The Saturday Night of Time. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1938. 24. Harry J. Gardener [and Wesley Bradshaw]. America in Time and Eternity. Los Angeles, CA: H. J. Gardener, 1939. 25. Harry J. Gardener. The Super-Charged Life. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1939. 26. Harry J. Gardener. Outwitting Tomorrow. Los Angeles: The Golden Dawn Press, 1939, Also published as by Frater VIII, in 1956. 27. Harry J. Gardener [and James Carlton Hollenbeck]. Evil s Grand Finale: A Prophetic Outline of Events to Come Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1940.
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50. Frater VIII. Five-Fold Finance. Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1949. 51. Harry J. Gardener. Miracles In The Making. Los Angeles, CA: Publisher s Press, 1949. 52. Frater VIII. This Final War (Monograph No. 28). Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1950. Ordered. 53. Frater VIII. Karma and Darma and You. [Monograph No. 27]. Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1950. Ordered. 54. Frater VIII. The Rose-Cross Clan. Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1950. 55. Frater VIII. Become Your Millenial Self Now (Monograph No. 30). Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1950. Ordered. 56. Frater VIII. Science Does It For You. Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1951. 57. Frater VIII. Their Judgement Day (Monograph No. 29). Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1951. Ordered. 58. Frater VIII. The Seals Were Broken (Monograph No. 31). Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1951. Ordered. 59. Frater VIII. Initiated At Midnight (Monograph No. 35). Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1951. Ordered. 60. Frater VIII. The Secret of Security Now (Monograph No. 32). Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1951. Ordered. 61. Frater VIII. The Teachers Are Coming (Monograph No. 41). Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1952. Ordered. 62. Frater VIII. Out With The Old, In With The New. [?:?], 1953. 63. Frater VIII. White Magic on Fire Island [Monograph No. 46]. [?:?], 1953. 64. Frater VIII. New Foods for Life. [?:?], 1953. 65. Frater VIII. Your Life-Time Rewards Now (Monograph No. 47) [?:?], 1953. 66. Frater VIII. Watched From The Unseen. Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1954. 67. Frater VIII. Outwitting Today Today.[Monograph No 1] [?:?], 1954.
68. Frater VIII. The Practice of the Unusual [Monograph No. 49]. Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1954. 69. Frater VIII. The Magic Makers [Monograph No. 2]. Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1954. 70. Frater VIII. Desire Does It For You. LA. Golden Dawn Press, 1955. 71. Frater VIII. Do You Make These Errors? [?:?], 1955. 72. Frater VIII. Here Is Good News For You. [?:?], 1955 73. Frater VIII. For Aspirants Only. Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1955. 74. Frater VIII. Dynamic Increase. Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1955. 75. Frater VIII. The Magic of Flying Saucers. [?:?], 1955. 76. Harry J. Gardener. The Five-Fold-Life Extension Course. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1957. Box 5607 Metrpolitan Station Los Angeles 55, California. In SSOC. 77. Harry J. Gardener. Money, Magic and Mystery in My Life. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1957. Ordered. 78. Frater VIII. Fire, Water, Earth and Air. Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1962. 79. Harry J. Gardener. The Time Of Your Life. [?:?], 1963. 80. Harry J. Gardener. From Creation to Re-Creation. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1964. Ordered. 81. Harry J. Gardener. Now Hear This! Los Angeles, CA: H. J. Gardener, 1964. 82. Harry J. Gardener. Magic Black, White, Gray and Green. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1964. Ordered. 83. Harry J. Gardener. Your Future Unlimited. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1965. Ordered. 84. Frater VIII. This Is Your New Life. Los Angeles, CA: Golden Dawn Press, 1965. 85. Frater VIII. Prevue of Prophecy. [?:?], 1967. Ordered.
86. Harry J. Gardener. Your Next Life Is Now. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1965. 87. Harry J. Gardener. Black Power. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1966. 88. Harry J. Gardener. Out Of The Night. [?:?], 1966. 89. Harry J. Gardener. The Practicing Magician [?:?], 1966. 90. Harry J. Gardener. Out Of The Night. [?:?], 1966. 91. Harry J. Gardener. The Flaming Fate of the USA. Los Angeles, CA: Harry J. Gardener, 1967. 92. Harry J. Gardener (and Jane Shelby?) The Twelfth Commandment: Love Thyself. [LA?]: H. J. Gardener, 1967. 93. Harry J. Gardener. You Need Help! [?:?],1967. 94. Harry J. Gardener. Togetherness. [?:?], 1967. Ordered. Advertised but not in catalogues. 95. Financial Secrets 96. Dynamic Numbers (Monograph No. 4). Ordered. 97. Mastering Mental Magic. Ordered. 98. Quick Mental Pick-Up 99. The Round Table 100. Creative Desire 101. The Fellowship of the Supernatural