John Hardie
John was born on March 19th, 1824 in
Glamis, Angus, Scotland.
1 John's father was
James Hardie and his mother was
Christian Thomson. His maternal grandparents were
James Thomson and
Kathryn Gibson. He had four brothers and four sisters, named
Patrick,
James,
William,
Andrew,
Isabella,
Margaret ,
Helen and
Jean. He was the youngest of the nine children. He died at the age of 62 on June 27th, 1886 in
Montrose Royal Asylum.