When Joseph Bardsley was born on 10 October 1841, in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Bardsley, was 51 and his mother, Hannah Slater, was 40. He married Alice Maria Duffin on 30 December 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1867. He died on 19 October 1927, in Centerfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Centerfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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habitational name from Bardsley in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, so named from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Beornrēd (composed of the elements beorn ‘young warrior’ + rǣd ‘counsel, advice’) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
perhaps also a variant of Barnsley, a habitational name from Barnsley in Gloucestershire, since the early records of the placename show variation between spellings in Barnes-, Barndes-, and Bardes-.
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Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesHe died before I was born. He was a farmer and was blind when he died at 86. Emigrated to Utah in 1861.
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