Joseph Dearlove Hardy (1850)

Ancestors

Husband of Jacoba Petronella Elizabeth (Verster) Hardy — married 17 May 1881 in Parish Church of Bethlehem, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State

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Biography

Joseph Hardy is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa

Death & Burial of Mary Lowe (Dearlove)

The first person buried in town [Johannesburg] was Mary Dearlove, who died on 29 March 1887, at the age of 45. Her nephew, J Dearlove Hardy, a transport rider, recalls the event in The Sunday Times of 23 April, 1911 ^[1]:

”It was in March 1887 that I dug the first grave on the Rand. My Aunt Mrs Mary Dearlove fell ill . . . I outspanned on what is now Market Square and let the oxen graze there whilst I walked up to where my Aunt lay ill in a tent. There were two doctors in attendance, a German and an Englishman who had come with the rush. ^[1]

“But they could not save her, and I had to go to Captain von Brandis and asked him where they buried people. He said he did not know if there was a place, but he would send a man with me to point out a plot for a Cemetery. I had the first grave marked out and my boys dug it. ^[1][2]

”A Carpenter friend of mine John Malzer helped with the Coffin; but the nearest Minister was in Pretoria. We sent to Pretoria but there was no conveyance available, and a Mr Rens officiated at the graveside reading the burial service. As we got back from the Cemetery a Wesleyan minister turned up.” ^[1]

Research note

"Thank you, Philip,

This is fascinating! I see the connection is tenuous, but it is definitely there! Yes, I do have pictures and will dig them out as soon as I can. Sorry you can’t access the census, did you know you can get a free 2-week trial with Ancestry? It’s great because you can also sign up for a month at a time and then cancel until you have time to work on it again. That’s what I am doing.

Very interesting that you should ask whether Jacoba was ostracized. I believe the opposite was true as her older brother, Ryno Stockenstroom Verster was one of the witnesses on her marriage certificate and 3 years later he named his son Joseph Dearlove Hardy {Verster-48 } Verster after his brother-in-law. (I’m afraid you show him as a son of Joseph, but with Verster as the surname). I think Ryno and Joseph were friends because Joseph sympathized with the Boers and later fought alongside them in the war, along with his son (my Mother’s Father). Joseph was apparently captured by the British and sent to a POW camp. We found it particularly interesting that my Father’s Father was a Welsh farm boy who signed up with the British and fought on the other side. Good thing neither of them could shoot straight.

I still have a number of cousins in South Africa that I’m in touch with so I’ll have to start planning a visit. I would love to go to Cradock and see if I can find Jacoba’s birth certificate - was she 24 or 29 when she married? Perhaps I’ll find out. Every discovery opens a whole new avenue of questions. I’ve just signed up with the eGSSA and didn’t find anything new in their records, but amazingly, found mention of a family name in their newsletter which led me to a whole new website with a Dearlove tree going back several more generations.

Thanks again for your help, Philip, I will see what I can find in the family albums.

All the best,

Sally"^[3][4][5][6]

Note

"jos Avery pays for this fella and his mother to go to SA and he adopts his uncles name! [...] appears to go into partnership with Jack Dearlove according to the article on the Reef." ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3}
2. ↑ "The first two cemeteries to serve the town were Braamfontein and Brixton, both now full. Before they were established, a makeshift cemetery was laid out in the town centre, on the corner of Harrison and Bree streets, and as the town grew, these corpses were exhumed and re-buried in Braamfontein Cemetery, established in 1887" [HeritagePortal - 'Joburg’s firsts']
3. ↑ Source: Email correspondence, March 23, 2014.
4. ↑ "Hi Philip, Thanks so much for your quick response! Let me preface everything with my concern regarding dates. I have the online marriage certificate showing them to be 27 and 24 in 1881, yet all other sources show them to be about 29 and 32 in 1881. Other family trees state that he was born in 1849 in Shoreditch and she was born in 1852 in Cradock. I have yet to find proof. The main connection is one that I saw about a week ago and unfortunately didn't bookmark. It showed a passenger list with Sarah Ann Hardy age 45 and her 2 sons William age 14 and Joseph age 9 travelling to Natal on the Lady of the Lake, arriving in April 1860 on the surety of Joseph Dearlove of Pietermaritzburg. Interestingly, both Sarah and William paid £115 while Joseph only paid £15. I believe this was the first fudging of his age since he should have been 10 ½ by then (and possibly subject to an adult fare). I am guessing only the 3 made the voyage because his Father had perhaps died by then whereas his older brothers and sisters had all either died or married. I must find that link again!! There isn't enough space to send the remaining links. Would you mind if I contact you directly rather than through wiki tree? I am in Canada, by the way and my surname is Walker (not sure why wiki tree inserted my maiden name)." Email correspondence between Philip van der Walt with Sarah Hughes, March 9, 2014.
5. ↑ "Hi Sarah, great to meet you! Thanks for your message! Joseph Avery Dearlove would have been the brother of the mother of your great-grandfather Joseph Dearlove Hardy - his uncle: Joseph Avery Dearlove. Did'nt know that he too emigrated to SA. Would love any information (especially in wrting and photographs etc.) you could add to the family. I'm sending this email to my brother as well - Wynand van der Walt. Hope to hear from you soon, Regards, Philip van der Walt-440"." Email correspondence with Sarah Hughes, March 9, 2014.
6. ↑ "Hi Philip, Thank you for your time. Have only just got back into Family tree research after many years absence and thrilled at the difference the internet has made. Never heard of Oliver Dearlove until a couple of days ago! Have taken a quick look at wikiproject and realize I am a neophyte when it comes to genealogy! Two quick questions; Where do you fit in the picture?! And where do you live? Here are some of the links. Still have to find the passenger list. Have not used Google Drive but shall check it out.
   • 1881 UK census showing Hardy family
   • Joseph and Jacoba’s marriage certificate: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-23578-70131-42?cc=1468076&wc=M9HS-LR5:405027720 (The church register showing baptisms of their 7 sons, including 2 sets of twins who presumably did not survive. My Grandfather was Victor Bishop Hardy.)
   • https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23578-75817-12?cc=1468076&wc=M9HS-LRN:n1517109931
   Cheers, Sarah (Sally)"" Email correspondence with Sarah Hughes, March 9, 2014.
7. ↑ WikiTree profile Hardy-2045 through the import of DearRay.ged on Sep 14, 2013 by Wynand van der Walt.