Born: 6th June 1838.
Place of Birth: Chillington, Somerset.
Died: 16th August 1919, Kings Norton, Birmingham.
Parents: James and Martha Hardy, nee Brice.
Marriages: Anne Hyde, 1867 in Yardley, Birmingham.
Children: Edith 1867, Laura 1869, Frederick 1870, Grace 1872, Kate 1875, James 1877, Arthur 1880, Walter 1883, Selina 1886 and William 1889,.
Occupation: Carpenter.
Notes: In the 1851 Census, James was living in Chillington. In the 1861 Census James was living in Heneage Street, Aston, Birmingham. In the 1871 Census, James was living in Freeman Street, Aston. In the 1881, 1891 and 1901 Census, James was living in Northfield, then a Worcestershire Census area.