Frances Emma Guy

Brief Life History of Frances Emma

When Frances Emma Guy was born on 27 October 1852, in South Farms, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States, her father, George Washington Guy, was 39 and her mother, Nancy Smith Brainerd, was 35. She married Rev. George Henry Hardy on 24 May 1876, in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States for about 10 years and Ossipee, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States in 1880. She died on 8 October 1917, in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Ashburnham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rev. George Henry Hardy
1849–1920
Frances Emma Guy
1852–1917
Marriage: 24 May 1876
Frank Lapham Hardy
1877–1915
Blanch Guy Hardy
1879–1964
Grace May Hardy
1882–1971
Elmer Merton Hardy
1887–1945
Elmer Weston Hardy
1887–

Sources (30)

  • Fannie E. Hardy, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Fannie E Hardy, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1868 · Land in Groton Given to US Navy for Navy Station

In 1868, the State of Connecticut gave the Navy 112 acres of land along the Thames River. This became the location of the Naval Submarine Base. It was designed to hold 1,400 men and 20 submarines. During WWII it was expanded to 497 acres. 

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin) and French: from a common Old French personal name Guy, from ancient Germanic Wido, a short form of compound names based on the element wid(u) ‘wood, forest’, Latinized as Guido .

English (of Norman origin): alternatively, an occupational name for a guide, Old French gui (a derivative of gui(d)er ‘to guide’, of ancient Germanic origin).

Altered form of French Guay .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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