Lydia Harding

Brief Life History of Lydia

When Lydia Harding was born in 1795, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Israel Harding, was 39 and her mother, Lydia Reed, was 33. She married Henry S Millard on 3 May 1816, in Exeter Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Freedom Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1850. She died in 1856, in LaSalle, Illinois, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Harding, LaSalle, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry S Millard
1793–1861
Lydia Harding
1795–1856
Marriage: 3 May 1816
Ira Millard
1816–
Ama Emeline “Emma” Millard
1820–1901
Lois J Millard
1822–1890
Marinda E Millard
1826–1884
Esther Arvillia Millard
1829–1880

Sources (3)

  • Lydia Millard in household of Henry S Millard, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Lulice A Clink, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Lydia Harding Millard, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Harding (Old English Hearding, literally ‘the hard one’ a derivative of Old English heard ‘hard, harsh, strong, firm, brave’). The surname was first taken to Ireland in the 15th century, and more families of the name settled there 200 years later in Tipperary and surrounding counties.

North German and Dutch: patronymic from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names beginning with hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’, or a habitational name from a farm named Harding, of the same etymology.

History: Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923), the 29th president of the US, was born on a farm in OH, of English and Scottish stock on his father's side. Early American bearers of this very common name include Joseph Harding who died at Plymouth in 1633. His great-great grandson Seth was a naval officer during the American Revolution.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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