The Hardison surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,128 people carried this name — #4,375 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,909 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

27 families named Hardison, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 156 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. 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

North Carolina 19
Maine 6
Maryland 1
Virginia 1

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

Hardison in American newspapers,
1893–1919.

Newspaper page from The Frontier carrying the name Hardison
The Frontier 1919-05-29
Newspaper page from The American Issue carrying the name Hardison
The American Issue 1919-06-06
Newspaper page from Rock Island Daily Argus carrying the name Hardison
Rock Island Daily Argus 1893-09-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,618 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hardison in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1970s.

204 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hardison. The most, 177, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 136
New South Wales 41
Victoria 21
South Australia 1
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hardison,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wallace Hardison 1850–1909 · businessperson
  • Osborne Bennett Hardison 1892–1959 · naval officer
  • Ruth Inge Hardison 1914–2016 · artist
  • John Robert Hardison 1918– · botanist
  • Harold Hardison 1923–2015 · businessperson
  • O. B. Hardison Jr. 1928–1990 · writer

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

In the public record

People named Hardison,
in the records of 3 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 States419 records

419 records of the Hardison name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 275
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 107
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ralph L. Hardison

    Born 1906 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Chicago; hotel manager from Cook County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin.

    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 Thurmond C. Hardison

    Born 1931; from Onslow County, North Carolina. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    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 Andrew Hardison

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Try Again from Palermo, aged 55; merchant. From Italy.

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

Showing 3 of 419 records for Hardison 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Hardison name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frederick James Hardison

    Died 1923 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Robert Hardison

    Buried in 1908 at Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Carson Hardison

    Buried in 1957 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.

Showing 3 of 5 records for Hardison in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Hardison name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anne Hardison

    Arrived in Victoria in 1888 aboard the Hohenstaufen, aged 70.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1869 aboard the Tararua, aged 21.

    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 John Hardison

    Arrived in Victoria in 1888 aboard the Hohenstaufen, aged 42.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Hardison in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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