Frederick Reynolds Hardy

Brief Life History of Frederick Reynolds

When Frederick Reynolds Hardy was born on 8 February 1919, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Frederick Hardy, was 29 and his mother, Polly Anatroth Reynolds, was 30. He married Edith Esther Stephens on 28 April 1950, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and United States in 1949. He died on 17 March 1991, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Henefer Cemetery, Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Reynolds Hardy
1919–1991
Edith Esther Stephens
1923–2009
Marriage: 28 April 1950

Sources (28)

  • Frederick R Hardy, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Frederick Reynolds Hardy, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
  • Frederick R Hardy, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World

Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.

1938 · The DI is Opened To The Public

Deseret Industries is a non-profit organization and a division of Welfare Services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It includes a chain of retail thrift stores and work projects. Many of the items sold are second hand or never used. Such items include furniture, appliances, computers, and clothing. The DI also sells new furniture, much of it received directly from its own manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City. The DI provides job skill training for the physically, emotionally and socially challenged and seeks to place them into private sector employment.

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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Aunt Edith and the home intruder

In the 1970s and 1980s we had a church-centered family study group. Once a month, on a Sunday evening, we met at one of our homes (G Hardy, M Funk, or F Hardy) and discussed scriptures or Church his …

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