Joseph Wood Hardy (1825 - 1880)

Born 1825 in Pickering, Yorkshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Hood) Hardy — married about 1849 in Meadowvale Village, Peel County, Ontario

Descendants

Died 7 May 1880 at about age 55 in Meadowvale Village, Peel, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Joseph was born in 1825 in Pickering, Yorkshire, England. The ancestral home of the Hardy's is West Heslerton. Both villages are located in the North Riding of York. Joseph was baptized November 6, 1825 in Pickering. His father Lancelot Hardy and mother Ann Wood later moved to another close-by Yorkshire village, Kirkby Moorside. Joseph's sister, Jane, was born there. Between 1842 and 1844, Lancelot moved to Canada and brought his family with him. Joseph would be 17-19 years old. The Hardy family settled in Meadowvale, a village in the township of Toronto, Peel County, Ontario. Meadowvale is about 23 miles from Toronto. Joseph married Isabella Hood, an immigrant from Ireland, who arrived in 1842 with her parents. The couple were likely married about 1849 as their first child was born in January 1851. Joseph and Isabella had eleven children, including one set of twins. Joseph was a teamster so he would have been on the road a lot with wagons and horses. Sadly, he did not live a long life. The clerk at Meadowvale registered his death as occurring May 7, 1880. He died of Congestion of the Lungs and he had been ill five days.

Sources

• England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, JOSEPH WOOD HARDY, Baptism 6 Nov 1825 Pickering, Yorkshire, parents Lancelot and Ann Hardy
• 1841 England Census, Kirkby Moorside, Yorkshire, Lancelot Hardy 45, miller, Ann Hardy 40, JOSEPH HARDY 16, Lancelot Hardy 13, William Hardy 11, Jonadab Hardy 9, Jane Hardy 6, Ann Hardy 2, Mary Hardy 2 mos
• Canada, City and Area Directories, 1819-1906
• 1861 Census of Canada, Toronto, Peel, Canada West, JOSEPH HARDY 30, labourer, Isabella Hardy 30, Margaret Hardy 10, Ann Hardy 7, Eliza Hardy 5, Jane Hardy 2
• 1871 Census of Canada, Toronto, Peel, Ontario, JOSEPH HARDY 48, teamster, Isabela Hardy 45, Ellia Hardy 16, Eliza Hardy 14, Rebeca Hardy 9, John Hardy 7, William Hardy 5, Henrieta Hardy 2
• Ontario, Canada, Deaths 1869-1938, JOSEPH HARDY, age 55, death 7 May 1880, Peel, informant, clerk at Meadowvale