Sharpe ...



The entries for people & families with the surname Sharpe are gathered together in this SideTrack.

This Page does not include people with other forms of the surname.

There are many people with this surname, and it is possible that there are duplicate entries for an individual. If you discover any such duplicates, please email me and I shall correct them.


Sharpe, AbrahamRef 535-60
[16??-1742]
Mathematician and astronomer

Sharpe, AbrahamRef 535-590
[18??-19??]
Brighouse manufacturer of rope and twine.

He married Unknown.

Child: Annie who married Willie Brooke

Sharpe, EdgarRef 535-591
[1884-1917]
Son of Lydia (née Mitchell) [1853-1912] & Andrew Sharpe [1848-1899] of Hartshead.

During World War I, he served as a Rifleman with the 9th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps.

He is remembered on the family grave at Lightcliffe Old Church Graveyard where the inscription says that he


died 24th March 1917 (aged 33) 
 

but the Commonwealth War Grave Commission Website records an Edgar Sharp who


died 27th March 1918, and is remembered on the Pozières Memorial [61-64]
 

Sharpe, George MooreRef 535-299
[1899-1978]
Son of
William Moore Sharpe.

He was a firewood manufacturer [1919].

On 13th October 1919, he married Hilda Dance 1899 [b 1989] at St George's Church, Lee Mount.


Hilda was born in Wingfield, Chesterfield
 

Children:

  1. Winifred [1921-2009]
  2. Joan [1923-1964] who died in Portsmouth
  3. Barbara [1930-2009] who married Leonard Tasker Helliwell
  4. Joyce Louise [1935-2008]

The children were all born Brigg Royd, Windy Bank, and all had the names Moore Sharpe

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Sharpe, Joseph MooreRef 535-288
[1834-1901]
Born in Halifax.

He was an iron moulder.

In 1855, he married Ann Drake [1834-1908].

Children:

  1. Walter [1857-1912]
  2. George [b 1858]
  3. Wright [1861-1912]
  4. William
  5. Elizabeth [1868-1870]
  6. Alice Ann [1870-1937]
  7. Lily [1872-1904]
  8. Adelaide [1874-1951]

The children were all had the names Moore Sharpe

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Sharpe, Rev Kenneth HenryRef 535-3477
[19??-19??]
Vicar of
Coley [1978]

Sharpe, Rev NathanRef 535-959
[1674-1733]
Vicar of
Coley [1702, 1703] and master at Hipperholme Grammar School for 30 years.

Around 1711, during his incumbency, Coley Church was extensively repaired and reconstructed.

He married Ann [1674-1727].

Child: Dorothy who married John Simpson

He died on 9th May 1733 – aged 58 years and 10 months – and was buried on 15th May 1733.

He & his wife were buried at Halifax Parish Church.

There is a Memorial to them in the Church

Sharpe, Rev SamuelRef 535-2488
[17??-18??]
He attended
Heath Grammar School. He became Vicar of Wakefield [1810]

Sharpe, ThomasRef 535-1350
[13??-1???]
He was
Constable of Northowram [1386]

Sharpe, TomRef 535-1344
[1887-1917]
Son of S. E. & George Sharpe.

He married Ruth.

They lived at 12 Canal Street, Hawksclough, Hebden Bridge.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

He died 21st September 1917 (aged 30).

He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium [Grave Ref 128-131, 162 & 162A]

Sharpe, WilliamRef 535-2
[1836-1???]
Born in Denholme.

He was a botanic druggist [1891].

He married Nancy [1840-1???].


Nancy was born in Low Moor
 

Children:

  1. Willie [b 1866] who was an assistant druggist [1891]
  2. Miranda [b 1868] who was an assistant school mistress  [1891]
  3. Ada [b 1870] who was a milliner [1891]
  4. Fred [b 1873] who was a plumber's apprentice [1891]
  5. Abraham [b 1875] who was a butcher's apprentice [1891]
  6. Arthur [b 1879] who was a draper's apprentice [1891]

They lived at Aire Terrace, Rastrick [1891]

Sharpe, William MooreRef 535-298
[1864-1934]
Son of
Joseph Moore Sharpe.

Born in Dukinfield, Cheshire.

He was a brick maker.

On 12th February 1887, he married Louisa Watson [1865-1935] at St Thomas Church, Charlestown.


Louisa was the daughter of Mary Ann (née Morrell) [1832-1904] & Joseph Watson [1832-1888], a clay miner
 

Children:

  1. Ethel [1887-1974] who married [1913] Arnold Dyson  [1888-1970]
  2. Wright [1889-1961]
  3. Alfred [1892-1962]
  4. Mary Louise [1894-1979] who married Arthur Patchett
  5. George
  6. Rose Ann [1902-1984] who married [1950] Albert  Holden [1905-1980]

The children were all had the names Moore Sharpe.

William died at Brigg Royd, Windy Bank [4th July 1934].

Members of the family were buried at Illingworth Moor Wesleyan Chapel

This & associated entries use material contributed by Glynn Helliwell

Sharpe, WillieRef 535-1617
[18??-19??]
He served during World War I.

He died in the conflict.

He is remembered on the Memorial at Saint Michael's & All Angels' Church, Shelf

Families

The Sharpe family of HipperholmeRef 535-1894
There is a stone monument dated 1727 to the family in St John the Baptist, Coley

Surname

Sharpe surnameRef 535-1
A variant of the surname Sharp.

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Entries for people with the surname Sharpe are discussed in this SideTrack.


Unattached BMDs for Sharpe

Marriage 1935; Deaths 1839, 1899, 1907

 



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