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Monthly Archives: February 2016
Jacob Hardman – Horses and Homesteads
Don’t ever tell Jacob Hardman that he couldn’t ride a horse. He was once bet $25.00 that he couldn’t ride a tortured big black mean one, but he did. He bred and broke horses, ran cattle, herded sheep, and hauled … Continue reading
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Tagged #AncestorClips, #familyhistory, Canada, genealogy, homestead, horseman, pioneer
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John Hardman – To the Captains Aid; Blessings Deferred
During the industrial revolution, John Hardman, my 3rd great uncle was a young working class mechanic in Manchester, England. Shortly after his father’s death, when apostles came, he recognized the truth, and joined the Latter-day Saints. But false notions and … Continue reading
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Tagged #AncestorClips, #familyhistory, Cholera, genealogy, Industrial Revolution, Manchester, Nauvoo
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Glenn Hardman – Far apart, yet closer and closer
Seven years before I was born, in the fall of 1951, the war raged on in Korea. My dad wrote his Sunday letter to mom in California. During the pain of lengthy separation, they grew closer as their heart-felt letters … Continue reading
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Tagged #AncestorClips, #familyhistory, genealogy, Korea, trial, war
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