Brief Life History of Thomas
Thomas Hardy was christened on 19 January 1794, in Long Melford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom as the son of Henry Hardy and Mary. He married Sarah Gridley on 6 June 1816, in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died in 1869, in Sudbury, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75, and was buried in Long Melford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.
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- Thomas Hardy, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Thomas Hardy, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Hardy, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English, French, and Walloon: nickname for a brave or foolhardy man, from Old French, Middle English hardi ‘bold, courageous’. The surname of Walloon origin is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium (mainly in Belgian Limburg). Compare Hard 2.
Irish: in addition to being an importation of the English name, this is also found as an Anglicized form (by partial translation) of Gaelic Mac Giolla Deacair ‘son of the hard lad’.
Americanized form of Swiss German Härdi: from a pet form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with hard ‘brave, strong’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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