Brief Life History of Bailey A
When Bailey A Hardy was born on 2 June 1800, in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Joseph Hardy, was 28 and his mother, Lucretia Bartlett, was 33. He married Ursula Knapp on 16 February 1825, in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Washington, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died on 16 March 1850, in Salem, Washington Township, Washington, Indiana, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Salem Township, Washington, Ohio, United States.
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- Baley Hardy, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
- Bailey Hardy, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Bailey Hardy, "Find a Grave Index"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
1814
Historical Boundaries: 1814: Harrison, Indiana Territory, United States 1814: Washington, Indiana Territory, United States 1816: Washington, Indiana, United States
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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