Elizabeth Williams Hardy

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Williams

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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Family Time Line

Edwin Ruthven Lamb
1831–1924
Elizabeth Williams Hardy
1839–1934
Marriage: 3 September 1855
Edwin Franklin Lamb
1858–1860
Caroline Almira Lamb
1859–1955
Lorine Isabelle Lamb
1862–1958
Walter Ruthven Lamb
1864–1866
Mary Alice Lamb
1866–1869
Helena Augusta Lamb
1869–1906
Luna Vilate Lamb
1872–1928
Alice Florence Lamb
1875–1882
Arthur Milton Lamb
1878–1881
Edna Ann Lamb
1882–1983
Ruthven William Hardy Lamb
1888–1949

Sources (30)

  • Elizabeth W Hardy Lamb in household of Edwin Ruthwen Lamb, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Elizabeth W. Hardy, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Elizabeth Hardy Lamb, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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Samuel Brockelbank Hardy

Samuel 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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