N'afọ 1870, mgbe ọ na-arụ ọrụ n'ọrụ iji weghachite ụlọ ụka parish nke St Juliot na Cornwall, Hardy zutere ma hụ Emma Gifford n'anya, onye ọ lụrụ na Kensington n'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ nke 1874. ịgbazite St David's Villa, Southborough (ugbu a Surbiton) ruo otu afọ. N'afọ 1885 Thomas na nwunye ya kwagara Max Gate, ụlọ nke Hardy wuru ma nwanne ya nwoke wuru ya. Ọ bụ ezie na ha mechara bụrụ ndị na-adịghị mma, ọnwụ Emma na-esote na 1912 nwere mmetụta dị egwu na ya na mgbe ọ nwụsịrị, Hardy mere njem gaa Cornwall iji nyochaa ebe ndị metụtara mmekọrịta ha; Poems 1912<unk>13 mgbe ọ nwụsịrị. Na 1914, Hardy lụrụ odeakwụkwọ ya bụ Emily Florence Dugdale, onye dị afọ 39 ya. Otú ọ dị, ọ nọgidere na-echegbu onwe ya banyere ọnwụ nwunye ya mbụ ma gbalịa imeri ya na Kensington na mgbụsị akwụkwọ nke 1874.
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