Brief Life History of Aaron
When Aaron Hardy was born on 22 December 1839, in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Hardy Sr, was 40 and his mother, Merab Beard, was 23. He married Elizabeth Stevens Prestwich on 11 September 1861, in Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 15 April 1911, in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Moroni City Cemetery, Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Aaron Hardy in household of George Hardy, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Aaron Hardy, "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000" Marriages
- Aaron Hardy, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1842 · Mines and Collieries Act of 1842
The Parliment of the United Kingdom passed the Mines and Collieries Act of 1842, mostly commonly known as the Mines Act of 1842. This act made it so that nobody under the age of ten could work in the mines and also females in general could not be employed.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.
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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