Fernando Cortez Harding (1841 - 1916)

Born 1841 in Unity, Waldo, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Died 1916 at about age 75 in Maine, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Fernando Cortez Harding was born in 1841^[1] in Maine. He was the son of Knowles Harding and Eunice Dyer. At age 9, he was in his parents' Home in Unity, Waldo, Maine.^[2]

He married Rose E Holmes (1839-1926) on October 8, 1861, in Unity, 'Waldo, Maine.^[3]They had at least 3 children.

1. Dora M Harding (1861-1863)
2. William C Harding (1867-1942)^[4]
3. Cora M. Harding (1872-)^[4]

Fernando C was a House Carpenter in 1880, in Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine, with Rose (age 41) taking care of the home and children, Willie C-12, and Cora M-8.^[4]

They were living in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts in 1810, where he was a Building Houses, with his son Willis-41 also a builder. Rose (age 70) and Cora (age 37) were taking care of the home.^[5]

He died at the age of 75, in 1916, and was buried in the Pittsfield Village Cemetery in Pittsfield, Somerse, Maine.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Fernando O Harding (1841–1916), Find A Grave: Memorial #15798876, citing Pittsfield Village Cemetery, Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA; Maintained by Maine 101 (contributor 47130320).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VH-GLM : 22 December 2020), Fernando Harding in household of Knowles Harding, Unity, Waldo, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DW-PJB : 14 January 2020), Fernando C. Harding, 1861.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQ3-H89 : 14 January 2022), Fernando C. Harding, Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M22Q-2Y3 : accessed 18 April 2023), Fernando Harding, Boston Ward 20, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1574, sheet 16B, family 365, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 622; FHL microfilm 1,374,635.