The Hardesty surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,817 people carried this name — #3,316 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 10,425 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hardesty surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Hardolfsty’.

An early record he cites: Johannes de Hardolfsty, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Hardisty, Hardesty and Hardistry.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 359 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

18 families named Hardesty, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 102 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Maryland 11
North Carolina 5
Pennsylvania 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 244 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hardesty in American newspapers,
1913–1924.

Newspaper page from Honolulu Star-bulletin carrying the name Hardesty
Honolulu Star-bulletin 1913-03-24
Newspaper page from Honolulu Star-bulletin carrying the name Hardesty
Honolulu Star-bulletin 1913-03-24
Newspaper page from Park County Herald carrying the name Hardesty
Park County Herald 1924-10-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 44,338 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hardesty in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

233 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hardesty. The most, 58, 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 Tasmania, at 8.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 128
Victoria 51
Western Australia 24
New South Wales 19
South Australia 8
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Hardesty,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John O. Hardesty 1843–1919 · writer
  • Scott Hardesty 1870–1944 · baseball player
  • Shortridge Hardesty 1884–1956 · civil engineer
  • Herbert Hardesty 1925–2016 · trumpeter
  • Francis P. Hardesty 1927–1983
  • Robert L. Hardesty 1931–2013 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hardesty,
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 States574 records

574 records of the Hardesty name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 375
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 155
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jack K. Hardesty

    Born 1909. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; checker from San Francisco County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Michael Owen Hardesty

    Born 1946; from Galesville, Maryland. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1968 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Benjamin Franklin Hardesty

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1842, died 1917; buried at Sebastian City Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 574 records for Hardesty 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia27 records

27 records of the Hardesty name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 22
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Joseph Hardesty

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lady Kennaway, sailing from Cork in 1834. Native of Sco Ruston, Norfolk.

    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 William Hardesty

    Farmer of S Yan Yean, Victoria; died 1909.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Chas Hardesty

    Arrived in Victoria in 1888 aboard the Austral, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 27 records for Hardesty 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: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Hardesty name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 10
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Hardesty

    Died 1929 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. 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 Henry Hardesty

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Hardesty

    Married 1906 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 13 records for Hardesty in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Hardesty name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Robert Hardesty

    Buried in 1834 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 47.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

France1 record

1 record of the Hardesty name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Germaine Marthe Hardesty

    Born 1909 in Marseille; died 2001 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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