When Seth Mattison Hart was born on 10 October 1828, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Hart, was 34 and his mother, Lucy Rusher, was 37. He married Thurza Dix on 12 September 1849, in O'Halloran Hill, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Wellington, New Zealand for about 15 years. He died on 25 April 1911, in Carterton, New Zealand, at the age of 82, and was buried in Clareville, Carterton, New Zealand.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
The region was settled by Europeans in 1839
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.
German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.
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