Hello, Shelagh, the 1871 Liverpool census gives Emma's place of birth as Redbrook, Newland Parish, Gloucestershire. When I saw that, I borrowed the parish records from the Mormons which show five daughters descended from James Gardiner and Sarah born in Redbrook, Gloucestershire. Sarah's surname of James was found on the baptismal records of some of her later children. I cannot account for the gap between the children born in Gloucestershire and those born later in Liverpool. Emma is my maternal grandfather's grandmother. I am still looking for the death record for both James Gardiner and his wife, Sarah James.
I have found his occupation, Ships chandler, on the death record of his oldest daughter, Mary. There are several James Gardiners in Liverpool at that time who were a ship owner, an upholsterer, a wine & spirit merchant, a baker of Navy biscuits, and a Provisions Merchant. I believe that the Provisions Merchant on Wapping Street is also the ships Chandler. The baker of Navy biscuits had a wife named Ann so he is not my ancestor. Shirley