The Hardee surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,283 people carried this name — #5,531 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,900 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,999 in 2000.

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In print

Hardee in American newspapers,
1908–1915.

Newspaper page from The News-democrat carrying the name Hardee
The News-democrat 1908-03-11
Newspaper page from The Mingo Republican carrying the name Hardee
The Mingo Republican 1915-08-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 45,920 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hardee in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

284 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hardee. The most, 184, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 89
New South Wales 82
Queensland 43
South Australia 33
Western Australia 30
Tasmania 7

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hardee.

Who carried it

People named Hardee,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Joseph Hardee
    William Joseph Hardee 1815–1873 · military personnel
  • Cary A. Hardee
    Cary A. Hardee 1876–1957 · lawyer
  • Robert A. Hardee 1833–1909 · politician
  • Billy Hardee 1954–2011 · Canadian football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hardee,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States294 records

294 records of the Hardee name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 223
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 39
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lucian J. Hardee

    Born 1919 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Meadowbrook Cemetery, Lumberton, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joseph Edward Hardee

    Born 1951; from Conway, South Carolina. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1969 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Hardee

    Arrived at New York in 1855 aboard the Great Western from Liverpool, aged 26; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 294 records for Hardee in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Hardee name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record George Hardee

    Left Hobart in 1852 aboard the Emma Prescott, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Anthony Charles Hardee

    Of Caulfield, Victoria; died 1982.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Jean Towart Hardee

    Of Caulfield, Victoria; died 1976.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Hardee in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Hardee name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Barbara Rosina Hardee

    Baptised in 1774 in Sprang.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Langstraat Heusden Altena (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Jacoba Hardee

    Baptised in 1777 in Sprang.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Langstraat Heusden Altena (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Hardee name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Ernest Hardee

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Hardee name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. Hardee

    Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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