John Thomas Hardy 1864 - 1930

John Thomas Hardy of Stratford, Wellington Shire County, VIC Australia was born in 1864 at Bulgoback Creek Track, in Dargo 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, Charles Edward Hardy, and Frederick Walter Hardy. He married Julia Mignonette Orchard on June 18, 1890 at Bulgoback Creek Track, in Dargo, Wellington Shire County, Victoria, and they were married until Julia's death in 1899. He had children Abigail "Abby" Elizabeth Julia Hardy, William Campbell Hardy, Bridget Isabel Hardy, and George Foster Hardy. John Hardy died at age 66 years old in 1930 in Stratford, VIC.