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William HARDY

William HARDY

Male 1844 - 1913  (69 years)


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  • Name William HARDY 
    Birth 1844  Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Baptism 15 Jul 1844  Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Name William Hardy Furmidge 
    Reference Number P1844-007 
    Death 22 Feb 1913  Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Burial 26 Feb 1913  Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I566  Furmedge
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2025 

    Father Samuel FURMIDGE,   b. Abt 1823, Redmile, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Nov 1875, Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah HARDY,   b. Abt 1828, Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jul 1904, Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 7 Apr 1851  Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Family ID F249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Olivia FRECK,   b. 1845, Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1921, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 9 Feb 1869  Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Sarah FURMIDGE,   b. 1870, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1873, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. William FURMIDGE,   b. 1871, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1917, Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Harry FURMIDGE,   b. 10 Jan 1875, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1956, Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Clara FURMIDGE,   b. 14 Mar 1877, Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1967, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Arthur FURMIDGE,   b. 30 May 1880, Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1960, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. James Samuel FURMIDGE,   b. 21 Jul 1882, Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1953, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >7. Thomas Hardy FURMIDGE,   b. 14 Feb 1887, Harby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1971, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F250  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Feb 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1844 - Harby, Leicestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 15 Jul 1844 - Harby, Leicestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 9 Feb 1869 - Harby, Leicestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 22 Feb 1913 - Harby, Leicestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 26 Feb 1913 - Harby, Leicestershire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • William Hardy is recorded in the Harby parish church baptism register as the illegitimate son of Sarah Hardy, single woman. In later sources his name becomes William Hardy Furmidge. He is named as such, and as one of the sons of Samuel Furmidge, in the latter’s will.

      Following his father’s death in 1875, William appears to have taken on Samuel’s business (as indicated by Samuel’s will) as a Corn, Cake & Coal Merchant. By 1881, however, William and his brother Samuel had started a brewing company, W&S Furmidge and/or W. Furmidge & Co., at the Vale Brewery, Harby, Leicestershire. In 1895, William Furmidge partnered with George Kemp and the company name changed to “Furmidge and Kemp”, farmers, coal & corn merchants in addition to malting at Stathern. The brewery was bought by Edward Oakden in 1895, with Furmidge & Company now only listed as farmers and merchants. (Article: “Vale Brewery Co (W Furmidge & Co), Harby, Leicestershire”, accessed on https://breweryhistory.com/wiki/, 02 Feb 2025; supported by occupation reported in the England census 1881 to 1901).

      The last will and testament of William Hardy Furmidge of Wilford Grove, Nottingham, Corn Salesman, was written on the 8th October 1874 and witnessed by O.T. Turner, Solicitor of Nottingham and Jno. Thos. Press, solicitor’s clerk. He appointed his wife, Olivia Furmidge, as sole executrix and bequeathed his real and personal estate to her. The will was proved on the 27th March 1913. (Leicester Probate Registry Administration Registers, 1913, DE462/56; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland).

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] England & Wales, GRO Birth Index, (Name: General Register Office;), William Hardy, Registered: Jul-Sep 1844, District: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Vol: 15, Page: 187.

    2. [S231] St Mary (Harby, Leicestershire), Parish Register, William Hardy, Baptism Register Entry, 1844, DE1772/4, Page: 85: digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.

    3. [S4] England & Wales, GRO Death Index, William Hardy Furmidge: Registered: Jan-Mar 1913, District: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Vol: 7A, Page: 395.

    4. [S40] England & Wales, National Probate Calendars, William Hardy Furmidge, Probate Leicester 1913; digital images accessed on www.gov.uk.

    5. [S231] St Mary (Harby, Leicestershire), Parish Register, William Furmidge, Burial Register Entry, 1913, DE1772/6, Page: 46: digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.

    6. [S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Samuel Furmidge: Registered: Apr-Jun 1851, District: Grantham, Lincolnshire, Vol: 14, Page: 641.

    7. [S230] All Saints (Barrowby, Lincolnshire), Parish Register, Samuel Furmidge, Marriage Register Entry, 1851, Barrowby PAR/1/10, Page: 40; digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: Lincolnshire Archives.

    8. [S231] St Mary (Harby, Leicestershire), Parish Register, William Furmidge, Marriage Register Entry, 1869, DE3489/1, Page: 50: digital image accessed on www.findmypast.co.uk; original data: Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.

    9. [S3] England & Wales, GRO Marriage Index, (Name: General Register Office;), William Furmidge: Registered: Jan-Mar 1869, District: Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Vol: 7A, Page: 319.


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