Sheffield Independent 7 Sept 1844.
DEATHS.......On Tuesday last, Mr Henry Hardy, aged 70 years, father of
Mr Thomas Hardy, draper, South Street, Sheffield Manor.
Thomas Hardy bap 17 May 1799, St Paul, Pinstone Street, Sheffield.
Parents: Henry and Esther, pen knife cutler.
In the left had column on this page under apprentices is the following entry:
Henry Hardy, son of Thomas, Chesterfield, shoemaker; to Robert Hardy,
c; 7, 1791, F. 1798.
Henry Hardy bap 24 July 1774, Chesterfield, father Thomas Hardy.
There is another apprenticeship for a Robert Hardy, son of Thomas of Chesterfield,
shoemaker, Freedom 1791. It looks like Henry trained under his brother Robert.