Charles William Hardy

Brief Life History of Charles William

When Charles William Hardy was born on 8 July 1842, in Glen Mills, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Josiah Guile Hardy, was 29 and his mother, Sarah Clark Parker, was 27. He married Marinda Andrus on 31 March 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Seneca, Ontario, New York, United States in 1855 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. In 1870, his occupation is listed as county surveyor in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 6 June 1914, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles William Hardy
1842–1914
Marinda Andrus
1857–1922
Marriage: 31 March 1872
Lucy May Hardy
1873–1919
Sarah Alice Hardy
1876–1937
Mary Edna Hardy
1881–1881
Marinda Maude Hardy
1881–1952
Charles Jessie Hardy
1883–1956
Minnie Viola Hardy
1888–1945
Bertha Andrus Hardy
1891–1946
Cynthia Hardy
1894–1982
Baby Hardy
1896–1896

Sources (89)

  • Charles W. Hardy, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Hardy, "Utah, Salt Lake County Birth Records, 1890-1915"
  • U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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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Biography from Charles W. Hardy papers

Charles William Hardy was born July 28, 1842 in Groveland, Essex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Josiah G. Hardy and Sarah Clark Parker. At the age of ten, he immigrated to Utah with his par …

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