Dennis Lunt Hardy

Male9 January 1883–27 October 1950

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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Family Time Line

Dennis Lunt Hardy
1883–1950
Lulu Overall
1885–
Marriage: 5 October 1903
Louise Hardy
1905–
Nettie B Hardy
1907–
Dennis H. Hardy
1910–1955
W H Hardy
1912–

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

  • Marriage
    5 October 1903Dyer, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (4)

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    Siblings (14)

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    World Events (8)

    1886

    Age 3

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

    Age 3

    The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

    1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

    Age 18

    President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

    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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