David Hardman

• Born                      1856      
• Married                13 November 1878 Jane Ann Kirkby at All Saints Church Elton
• Died                       3 January 1916 at Heather Lea Bury New Road, Besses o’ th’ Bar
• Burial                     7 January 1916 at All Saints Stand

David Hardman was born in 1856, the son of David and Amelia Hardman at Bury where his father was a cotton fuller. By 1871 he was an architectural pupil and ten years later a draughtsman before commencing independent practice in Bury. His first known works date from 1890

Of his sons David Arthur Hardman trained as an architect but was employed as a journalist by 1911. William Percy Hardman trained as an engineer/architect before emigrating to the United States in 1911.

Address
1890-1898    David Hardman. Silver Street, Bury
1900-1912    D Hardman Agur Street Bury

Residence
1881    16 Walshaw Road, Elton, Bury
1901    6 Monmouth Street Bury (Census)
1911    Whitefield
1916    Heather Lea Bury New Road, Besses o’ th’ Barn, Whitefield (probate)