Hello there, gosh yes, we were in contact a long time ago.
I can't recall what information we shared.
I have Mary Hardy marrying Charles Ridgewell 1/10/1831. They lived at Petches Bridge Cottages, Finchingfield at the 1881 census. They had 8 children from 1832-1848. So she was away from her mother and brothers when the desperation of losing her husband aged 53, caused her and the boys to get into trouble. She lived nearby though so wouldn't have escaped the fallout. She died in the December quarter of 1885.
I have Samuel marrying Eliza Adcock and their 10 children. My G G Grandfather was Thomas who married Susanna Moore. They only had one son William who married Louisa Cardy. Of their 4 children, Walter Harold married Ada Hardy. Of their 2 sons, Tom (90) is my dad.
I have George William Hardy and his marriage to Henrietta in 1882 in my records but not linked (yet) to Richard and Sarah. The possibilities for his father would be:
- Stephen born 1829 at Finchingfield who married Eliza Rawlinson. They had 4 children: Ellen R, Willie Joseph, Thomas Jasper and Alice Sarah.
- Joseph born 1840 who married Sarah Ann Heard. They had 5 children: Alfred John, Sarah, Florence Alice, Joseph Ernest G and Herbert William.
- Robert James born 1842 who married Emily Emma Turner. They didn't appear to have any children and he died in 1879.
Does this help in any way?
Graham (Hardy), Nottingham, UK