Charles Edward Hardy 1865 - 1919

Charles Edward Hardy of Cobbannah, East Gippsland Shire County, VIC Australia was born on September 27, 1865 at Grant in Wongungarra, Wellington Shire County to Joseph Hardy and Elizabeth Mitchell Hardy. He had siblings George Foster Hardy, Elizabeth Hardy, Annie Maria Hardy, Emily Louisa (Hardy) Ellis, Samuel Dixon Hardy, Alfred Joseph Hardy, John Thomas Hardy, and Frederick Walter Hardy. He married Sophia Jane (Orchard) Hardy in 1887, and had children Daniel Joseph Hardy, Annie Maria Emily Hardy, Percival "Percy" Sullivan Harding, Frederick Charles Hardy, Grace Hardy, Elizabeth Beatrice Hardy, and Charles Clive Hardy. Charles Hardy died at age 53 years old on September 10, 1919 in Cobbannah, East Gippsland Shire County.