When James H. Hard was born in 1816, in Ohio, United States, his father, Ezra C Hard, was 43 and his mother, Mary Cook Perkins, was 41. He lived in Green Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 31 March 1883, in Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, United States, at the age of 67.
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English: variant of Heard . Compare Hardman .
English, German, Dutch, and Swedish (Hård): nickname for a stern or severe man, from Middle English, Middle Low German hard, Middle Dutch hart, hert, Swedish hård ‘hard, inflexible’. The Swedish name was probably originally a soldier's name.
English: topographic name denoting a dweller on hard, firm ground, from a transferred use of the adjective in 2 above, or perhaps sometimes from a landing-place, as in the modern Hampshire use of the term hard. Compare Hardacre .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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