Mary Ella Coombs

Brief Life History of Mary Ella

When Mary Ella Coombs was born on 27 April 1854, in Onondaga, New York, United States, her father, George Coombs, was 30 and her mother, Harriet Durston, was 23. She married Josiah Heber Hardy on 27 November 1874. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in West Point, Lincoln, Nevada, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 17 January 1933, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Josiah Heber Hardy
1853–1893
Mary Ella Coombs
1854–1933
Marriage: 27 November 1874
Joseph Heber Hardy
1880–1906
Arthur Henry Hardy
1882–1890
Ernest Durston Hardy
1883–1923
Nora Ella Hardy
1887–1888
Herbert Milton Hardy
1889–1960
Earl Charles Hardy
1891–1933

Sources (69)

  • Mary Coombs in household of Geo Coombs, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Utah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1856

Nevada is the 36th state.

1865

Historical Boundaries: 1865: Lincoln, Nevada, United States 1870: Abandoned. 1909: Clark, Nevada, United States

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English (southern): variant of Coombe , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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