Mary
Ellen
Hardy
Born in Gabarus, Cape Breton, Colony of Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Hardy
and Ruth (Bagnell) Hardy
Sister of
Rebecca Hardy, Sophia Hardy, Ann (Hardy) Gordon, Matthew Hardy, Rebecca (Hardy) Tully, Elizabeth (Hardy) Bagnell, Phebe Jane (Hardy) Severance, Francis Maria (Hardy) Armstrong, John William Hardy, Charles William Hardy and Alfred Joshua Hardy
Wife of
James E. (Nicholl) Nicoll
— married
1850 in Gabarus, Cape Breton, Colony of Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Mother of
William Oscar Nicoll, Mary Jane (Nicoll) Severance, John Charles Nicoll, Harriet Emma (Nicoll) Stacey, Lucy Ann (Nicoll) MacDonald, Sarah Frances (Nicoll) Severance, James Albert Nicoll, Henry Howard Nicoll and David Wesley Joshua Nicoll
Died
at age 90
in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 10 May 2014
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Biography
Mary Ellen Hardy and her twin sister Phoebe Jane Hardy, daughters of John Hardy and Ruth Bagnell, were born 19 September 1829 in Gabarus, Cape Breton. They were baptized in St. George's Church in Sydney, 20 September 1831.[1]
Mary Ellen married James Nicoll about 1850 and they settled in Framboise where James worked as a fisherman and they raised 9 children.[2] By the time of the 1881 Census, the family was living in Gabarus [3] and they remained there through 1891[4] and 1901.[5] James passed away in 1907 and in 1911, Mary was living with her daughter Harriet in Gabarus. [6]
Mary Ellen passed away in Sydney 7 February 1920 at the age of 90. She was buried in Gabarus on February 9th. [7]
Sources
- ↑ "Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DMVZ-V6MM : 27 May 2021), Mary Ellen Hardy, 1831.
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1871" Mary Nicoll in the household of James Nicoll, Framboise,Richmond, Nova Scotia (http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1871/pdf/4396673_00574.pdf)
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1881" Mary Ellen Nicoll in the household of James Nicoll, Nova Scotia (http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e325/e008116127.pdf)
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1891" Mary E Nicoll in the household of James Nicoll, Gabarus, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=pdf&id=30953_148111-00458)
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1901" Mary E Nicoll in the household of James Nicoll, Gabarus, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1901&op=pdf&id=z000035136)
- ↑ "Canada Census, 1911" Mary Nicoll household, Gabarus, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1911&op=pdf&id=e001966338)
- ↑ "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9S-3QTD : 8 November 2017), Mary E Nicoll, 07 Feb 1920; citing Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, certificate 401, Nova Scotia Archives, Halifax.
Acknowledgements
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 18 February 2019, 15:07), entry for Mary Ellen Hardy(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K8YT-1Y4); contributed by various users.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Ian Jones 
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~1.56%
Adam Mackler :
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Mary (Bagnall) Stairs :
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~1.17%
~2.34%
Nancy Sheldon (Fisher) Hansen :
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~0.78%
O (Petit) P :
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Hardy-6645 and Hardy-2334 appear to represent the same person because: Definitely the same person. I missed Hardy-2334 when I created Hardy-6645
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Rejected matches › Mary Frances (Hart) Knowlton (abt.1829-1916) › Mary Hardy (1827-) › Mary A Hardy (abt.1827-) › Mary Sophia (Hart) Fox (abt.1830-abt.1884)
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