Brief Life History of Caroline Matilda or Mathilda
When Caroline Matilda or Mathilda Hardy was born on 1 January 1848, in Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Samuel Brocklebank Hardy, was 43 and her mother, Caroline Bacon Rogers, was 41. She died on 3 July 1850, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 2, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Caroline Matilda Hardy, "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915"
- Caroline Mathilda Hardy, "Find A Grave Index"
- Caroline Matilda Hardy, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
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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