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      The beautiful handsewn cape worn by Alisemon Hardy around 1900 is shown in front, back and closeup photographs. The lace covering the entire cape and forming the collar is machine-made and purchased, as are the strips of beading overlaid on the lace, and the beaded triangles around the bottom of …

      This record contains 5 photographs of items used or made by the women of the Hardy family of Sheridan, Trafalgar Township in the late 1800s, early 1900s. The face veil was worn by Isabella Jane (Stevenson) Hardy, 1890-1900 era. The collar is purchased, machine-made lace but the edges were likely …

      Hat interior inscription on leather interior band: British Manufacture. Inscription on silk of hat: Finest Finish - British Make - London. A band of newspaper has been folded just inside and above the leather interior band to fit the hat tighter to Dr. Hardy's head. I didn't want to damage …

      Family researchers should note she signs her surname as "Hardey". The transcript was prepared by the family descendent donor of the letter. The transcript appears in the record to assist with reading the letter, it is also OCR'd (or indexed) so that it will be retrieved by researchers when applicable. …

      The post mark says SHERIDAN SEP 17 ONT. The stamp is a 1 cent Canada Postage stamp of King Edward VII wearing the Ermine Robes of State.

      The picture was taken at the bottom of the hill down the Wilson back lane, Sheridan, in the early 1930's by Dr. George Hardy. The Wilson family farm was on the west side of the present-day Winston Churchill Blvd., Mississauga, Ontario.

      The property was on the southeast corner of Winston Churchill Blvd. and the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW).

      The Hardy sons, left to right, Alexander Dufferin, Jackson Blake, John Gilby, George Buxton. Mother Emily is in the background.

      The linked website http://www.leighlarson.com/james_gilby_jr.htm cites 1863 as John Gilby's date of death. Lois Rose spells "Alisemon" as "Alisimon" in her notes to the pictures but spelling on a photograph of "Alise" and internet research on the family show that it is properly "Alisemon".

      Alisimon's birth date is shown as either April 1816 or an unknown month and date in 1817. Some of the descriptive information in this record is taken from the linked website: http://www.leighlarson.com/james_gilby_jr.htm The Census reports show differing information on the ages of Emily and Emma, the ages of family members, …

      George's parents were George and Mary Hardy. Emily's parents were John and Alisimon (or Alisemon) Elizabeth Gilby of Sheridan. Her close sister was Emma Gilby. Emily and George are buried at Springcreek Cemetery, Clarkson Road North, Mississauga, Ontario. The Hardy home and farm was on the 9th Line, Upper Middle …

      The family lived and farmed in Sheridan, Trafalgar Township, Halton County.

      A personal note about Howard is that he made many buying trips overseas but refused to fly, always taking the train to Montreal and a ship to England. A personal note about "Gertie" is that she flew south every winter to St. Petersburg, Fl until she broke her hip at …

      Gordon Wilson is the younger. The farmhouse of his family was on what is now Winston Churchill Boulevard, Oakville. At the time, it was Sheridan, Trafalgar Township. George Henry Hardy, b. 1843 d.1933: as per the 1872 marriage registry of Halton County, "21/135 (Halton Co) : George Henry HARDY, 29, …