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Earl Wadell Hardman

abt 1920 – 1 Jul 1932

Transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

1 Jul 1932

Date of birth

abt 1920

Age at death

12 or 13 (only the birth year is recorded, not the exact date)

Plate found in

Ontario, Canada

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Earl Wadell Hardman
Died July 1st 1932
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive.

Researcher's notes

This coffin plate for Earl Wadell Hardman 1920 ~ 1932 was found in Ontario Canada.

Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869–1932

A search on Ancestry.com returned the following death registration for Earl:

FieldValue
NameEarl Wadell Hardman
Death Date1 Jul 1932
Death LocationWentworth
GenderMale
Estimated Birth Yearabt 1922
Birth LocationHamilton

The death certificate recorded that Earl drowned while bathing. His father was Stanley Charles Hardman and his mother was Roda Barnfather. They lived at 423 John St in Hamilton.

A second entry was also found in the same database:

FieldValue
NameEarl Leslie Hardman
Death Date29 May 1906
Death LocationWentworth
GenderMale
Estimated Birth Yearabt 1906
Birth LocationCity

Sources consulted

  • Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869–1932

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Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-05-12
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Both — original photograph and transcription on this page

Citation: "Coffin plate of Earl Wadell Hardman (abt 1920 – 1 Jul 1932)," transcribed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/coffin-plates/hardman-earl-wadell-1932/ : accessed [your access date]).

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