When Elizabeth Williams Hardy was born on 29 August 1839, in Groveland, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Samuel Brocklebank Hardy, was 34 and her mother, Caroline Bacon Rogers, was 32. She married Edwin Ruthven Lamb on 3 September 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 20 September 1934, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Toquerville Cemetery, Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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
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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.
Possible Related NamesSamuel Brockelbank Hardy was born 21 September 1804, Bradford, Mass. He was the son of Benjamin Hardy and Hannah Brockelbank. He was one of nine children. Their home was located on the sho …
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