Hi Mike,
The James Hardy you gave the link for, this was his marriage :
Name: James Hardy
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1875
Marriage Date: 15 Apr 1899
Marriage Age: 24
Marriage Place: Kings Norton, St Nicolas, England
Spouse: Ada Gertrude Spink
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Marriage Age: 22
Father: James Hardy
Spouse's Father: Joseph Spink
Reference Number: EP4/2/3/5
Archive Roll: M382/M383
The Birmingham records are on Ancestry. James' father is a Blacksmith which matches the 1901 census, James is a Railway stoker and single in the census, and on the marriage he says he is a fireman.
Also having trouble locating James in the 1911 census.
Amanda