When Thomas Hardy was born on 22 February 1828, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Hardy, was 30 and his mother, Hannah Hinks, was 28. He married Sarah Ann Preston on 8 June 1851, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Leicester St Margaret, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. He died on 24 September 1909, in West Weber, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in West Weber Cemetery, West Weber, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
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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