Brief Life History of Dennis Lunt
When Dennis Lunt Hardy was born on 9 January 1883, in Dyer, Tennessee, United States, his father, Henry Hardy, was 34 and his mother, Winnie Ann Sharp, was 28. He married Lulu Overall on 5 October 1903, in Dyer, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Civil District 4, Dyer, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Civil District 5, Dyer, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. He died on 27 October 1950, at the age of 67, and was buried in Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Lunt Hardy, "United States Census, 1940"
- Denis Hardy, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Dennis Hardy, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1883–1950 Male
1885– Female
Children (4)
1905– Female
1907– Female
1910–1955 Male
1912– Male
Parents and Siblings
1848– Male
1855– Female
Siblings (14)
1870– Male
1872– Female
1874– Female
1875– Female
1876– Female
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World Events (8)
1886
Age 3
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 3
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
Age 18
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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