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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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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