People of Prospect - Hardiman Family
- Margaret Hardiman
- Margaret Hardiman was the daughter of Samuel Hardiman and Mary Duggan. She was born 5 August 1849 in Prospect and died sometime after 1903. She married Patrick Christian s/o John Christian and Elizabeth White on 16 October 1876 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. They had six children. Contributed by Jacquelin O'Laughlin (great-niece).
- Frances Hardiman
- Frances Hardiman was born on 29 May 1881 in Prospect and was the daughter of Samuel B. Hardiman and Catherine Christian. She never married and died at the young age of 27 in July 1908 . Contributed by Jean and Anna Hardiman (nieces).
- Henry Joseph Hardiman
- Joe Hardiman was the son of Samuel B. Hardiman and Catherine Christian. He was born on 15 December 1888 in Prospect. He married Ellen Marguerite Christian daughter of George Bernard Christian and Catherine Malinda Hamm on 22 November 1920 in Prospect. They had eight children. Joseph Hardiman died at the age of 85 on 13 April 1974 in Prospect. Contributed by Jean and Anna Hardiman (daughters).
- Samuel B. Hardiman and Catherine Christian
- Samuel B. Hardiman was the son of Edward Hardiman and Anastatia Brennan. Born on 11 February 1841 in Prospect. He married Catherine Christian daughter of Edward Christian and Frances White on 21 January 1967 in Prospect. They had nine children. Sam and Catherine live to old age and both died at the age of 88. Samuel died in 1929, and Catherine died in 1935. Contributed by Jean and Anna Hardiman (granddaughters).
- Henry Joseph Hardiman and Olive Ball
- Olive Ball, or Olive Christian was the daughter of Charles Christian and Mary Ann Benning, she was born on 6 May 1891 in Prospect. The picture of Joseph was taken while he was in Galveston Beach, Texas. Olive and Joseph used to date before Joseph married Ellen Marguerite Christian in 1920. Contributed by Jean and Anna Hardiman (daughters of Joe).
- Ella (Knickle) Beck Hardiman
- Ella was born in Lunenburg County in 1864 and married a gentleman by the name of Isaiah Beck in 1879. Ella and Isaiah had 4 children. In 1895 Ella Knickle married John H. Hardiman of Prospect after the death of his first wife Margaret Griffin. John H. Hardiman and Ella Knickle went on to have six more children, making the total number of brother and sisters, and half brothers and sisters to 10. Ella died in 1930.
- Anastasia Hardiman Meehan
- Anastasia Hardiman Meehan on the veranda of her home where Robert Christian's house now stands. Contributed by Mary Kiley.
