Jan 11 1928 - Stinsford, Dorset, England. Thomas Hardy was born on 2 June 1840 in Higher Bockhampton (then Upper Bockhampton), a hamlet in the parish of Stinsford to the east of Dorchester in Dorset, England, where his father Thomas (1811–1892) worked as a stonemason and local builder, and married his mother Jemima (née Hand; 1813–1904) in Beaminster, towards the end of 1839. Hardy had … This simply furnished room with whitewashed walls is where Thomas Hardy was born. Her sister Ann was born two years later. 1928-1930 Hardy’s two-volume “autobiography,” The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1891 and The Later Years of Thomas Hardy, 1892-1928 is published (on his instruction) by Macmillan under Florence Hardy’s name. Thomas Hardy was born in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, England on June 2, 1840, the eldest son of Thomas Hardy and Jemima (Hand) Hardy.
Parents: Thomas Hardy, Jemima Hardy (born Hand) Siblings: Thomas Hardy, Mary Hardy, Henry Hardy, Katherine Hardy. 1851), and Katherine (Kate) (b. In 1881 the two Hardy girls were living in Barby at the home of John and Jane Foster. His father was a stonemason and builder; his mother passed on her love of reading and books to her son. One of the most renowned poets and novelists in English literary history, Thomas Hardy was born in 1840 in the English village of Higher Bockhampton in the county of Dorset. 1928-1930 Hardy's two-volume "autobiography," The Early Life of Thomas Hardy, 1840-1891 and The Later Years of Thomas Hardy, 1892-1928 is published (on his instruction) by Macmillan under Florence Hardy's name. Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet who set much of his work in Wessex, his name for the counties of southwestern England.

Details of the Annual General Meeting, to which anyone is welcome, are sent through the Society’s usual channels in good time. Genealogical Data - Thomas Hardy - PDF file downloads click below: Data researched from Ancestry.com - Please review findings - See Documented Facts. Younger siblings: Mary (b. His most notable novels include Far from the Madding Crowd, The Return of the Native, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d’Ubervilles, and Jude the Obscure. He died in 1928 at Max Gate, a house he built for himself and his first wife, Emma Lavinia Gifford, in Dorchester, a few miles from his birthplace.
Florence’s son George believed his mother to be related to the novelist Thomas Hardy; both girls were born within a 25-mile radius of his birthplace, Upper Bockhampton. Parson and Mrs. Clare Angel's parents. Hardy® is working hard to help you #fishthroughit. The Society is based in Dorchester where the Council of Management meets six times a year. Ivy was born on September 11 1916, in Ararat, Victoria. Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, in Higher Bockhampton in Dorset, England, which formed part of the "Wessex" of his novels and poems. Childhood. It is the scene of his earliest memory: being in his cradle with a snake curled up on his chest, having come in from the heath behind the cottage. 1848-1856: Schooling in Dorset. Later novels.