When Warren Wilford Hardy was born on 3 September 1840, in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Josiah Guile Hardy, was 27 and his mother, Sarah Clark Parker, was 25. He married Caroline Lucy Blake on 5 November 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 22 November 1893, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, 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
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, 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.
Possible Related NamesWritten and read by a Grand-Daughter Lucille Maloney Bevan December 19, 1941 Warren G. Hardy was the son of Josiah and Sarah Parker Hardy. He was born September 3, 1840 in Bradford, Essex, Massachus …
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