George Davison Hardy (1859 - 1918)

Born Oct 1859 in North Shields, Northumberland, England

Husband of Esther Taylor (Gibson) Hardy — married 22 Dec 1886 in Hull, Yorkshire, England

Died 14 Dec 1918 at age 59 in South Shields, Durham, England, United Kingdom

Biography

George was born in 1859, son of Joseph Hardy and Mary Clasper.

1861 • North Shields, Northumberland, England - with parents Joseph & Mary ^[1]

22 Dec 1886 • at St. James' Church, Hull, York, England- marriage of Esther Taylor Gibson, 19, daughter of Henry Gibson, to George Davison Hardy, 25, son of Joseph Hardy ^[2]

1901 • Tynemouth, Northumberland, England -^[3]

• George Hardy, 41, engine driver (marine), N Shields; wife Esther Hardy, 33, Hull
  • George H Hardy, 8 North Shields
  • Esther G Hardy, 1

02 Apr 1911 • Tynemouth, Northumberland, England - labourer, River Tyne Commission docks, with Esther and 4 surviving children (of 11) ^[4]

He died in December 1918

The death has occurred at the Ingham Infirmary, South Shields, of George Edward Hardy, age 57, of 37 Wellington Street, North Shields. Deceased, who was an engineman on board a patrol boat, was severely scalded all over the body by an explosion on board his vessel as she was proceeding up Shields Harbour

Buried at North Shields, gravestone inscription: ^[5]

Greaser G Hardy, MMR, HM Trawler King Edward, 14 December 1918

1939 - Esther a widow

Sources

1. ↑ 1861 England Census
2. ↑ England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
3. ↑ 1901 England Census
4. ↑ 1911 England Census
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59984885/george-hardy