When John Samuel Bardsley was born on 13 October 1875, in Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph Bardsley, was 34 and his mother, Alice Maria Duffin, was 22. He married Ane Marie Nielsen on 7 November 1906, in Gunnison, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 15 April 1972, in Centerfield, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 96, 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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