Brief Life History of Milton Henry
When Milton Henry Hardy was born on 26 September 1844, in Bradford Burial Ground, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Josiah Guile Hardy, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Clark Parker, was 29. He married Elizabeth Smoot on 16 October 1879, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Rush Township, Buchanan, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 August 1905, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Milton Hardy in household of Josiah Hardy, "United States Census, 1850"
- Milton Hardy, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- D. Milton H. Hardy, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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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
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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