HARDY, John Strachan
- Born: 1838, Methlick parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
- Marriage (1): WATSON, Mary Aitken Mudie on 21 July 1860 in Friockheim, Kirkden Parish, Forfarshire, Scotland 1
- Died: 10 March 1916 at 5.15 am, 19 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh, Scotland 2
Cause of his death was senile decay.
Other names for John were HARDIE, John 2 3 4 and HARDIE, John S.
User ID: M219.
General Notes:
No baptism record has been found for John Hardie.
The 1841 census for Methlick in Aberdeenshire recorded John Hardie living with his family at Auchencrieve. He was aged 4 years and had been born in Aberdeenshire.
John Hardie was living at Goosepools in Methlick Parish, Aberdeenshire, when the census for Scotland in 1851 was taken. He was, in that census list, the third eldest of nine children. John was recorded as 10 years old and recorded as born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire. He was, according to the census note, 'at home'.
The 1861 census found John S. Hardie living in the St Andrew registration district of Edinburgh, with his wife and 2 month old, daughter at at 2 Nottingham Terrace in the civil parish of Edinburgh Greenside. He was recorded as 23 years old and had been born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire. He worked as a letter carrier.
Note: Ancestry.co.uk census records supply the above registration details. However Scotland's People list the district as Newington and Grange. The registration number is the same 685/02, and the enumerating district is 025.
John Hardie and his family were living at 6 Broughton Place East, Edinburgh St Mary, Midlothian, Scotland in 1871. John was a 'letter carrier':
"John Hardie 33
Mary Hardie 29
Jane Ann Hardie 10
John Watson Hardie 4
Wm Sinclair Hardie 2
Susan T Hardie 5 Months"
In the census of 1881 for Edinburgh, John Hardie was recorded as head of quite a large household living at 10 North Clyde Street Lane. It comprised himself and his wife, their seven children, and a boarder who was a veterinary student, John R. Dykes, aged 21 years. John Hardie was 43 years of age and had been born in Methlick parish, Aberdeenshire. He was a letter carrier by occupation.
John was still working as a letter carrier in 1891 when the census of that year was taken. He and his wife, with five of their children, two grandchildren, Matthew Y Hardie and James H. Hardie, and two boarders lived at 19 Montgomery Street, Edinburgh South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
The 1901 census for Edinburgh South Leith civil parish recorded John S. Hardie as a retired Letter Carrier. Born in Methlick, Aberdeenshire, he was now 63 years old. He was the head of a mixed household at 19 Montgomery Street: himself and his wife, some of his children including his married daughter, Jane, her two children and a English borrn boarder, aged 22 years, Albert S. Walker.
John's death certificate of 1916 recorded him as a retired postman married to Mary Watson. His age at death was 77 years.
"Name
John Hardie
Death Date
10 Mar 1916
Death Place
Edinburgh, Scotland
Confirmation Date
19 Apr 1916
Confirmation Place
Edinburgh, Scotland"
from National Probate Index 2 3 4
Research Notes:
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER
Doreen Greenhalgh, of Perth, Western Australia was the great granddaughter of John Hardie.
Medical Notes:
The cause of death was certified by R. W. Inkster MD.
William S. Hardie, son of the deceased man, who was present where the death occurred, gave notice before the registrar at Edinburgh on 13 March 1916. His address was noted as 4 Lyne Street Edinburgh.
John married Mary Aitken Mudie WATSON, daughter of John WATSON and Susan TOUGH, on 21 July 1860 in Friockheim, Kirkden Parish, Forfarshire, Scotland.1 (Mary Aitken Mudie WATSON was born in December 1848 in Friockheim, Kirkden Parish, Angus, Scotland 5, baptised on 14 January 1849 in Kirkden Parish, Angus, Scotland 5 and died in 1916 in Canongate, Edinburgh, Scotland 6.)
Marriage Notes:
"HARDIE
JOHN STRACHAN
WATSON
MARY
1860
298/ 7
Kirkden"
from Index of Marriages
The marriage took place after banns according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland. The minister, Thomas Wilson, performed the ceremony. The witnesses were John Watson and James Hardie.
John Strachan Hardy [sic] was an unmarried man, aged 22 years, who worked as a labourer. His address was noted as Auchincruive in the parish of Methlic.
Mary Watson was 19 years old and from Friockheim in the parish of Kirkden. She was single too.
The marriage was registered on the 23 July, John Sheriffs being the registrar. 7
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