The Sharp Story In the early centuries of the Christian errorcertain Pope chanced to look upon an unusual sight. It was a group offair skinned blue eyed people caged in the market square of Romewaiting their turn to be auctioned as slaves . So taken by theirappearance and beauty he referred to them as Angles which from theLatin somehow became Ireland. He inquired as to the region from whenstthey came and it is said promptly dispatched the great St Patrick toconvert them to the faith. In time St Colomban on the island of Ionabetween Ireland and Scotland also dispersed missionaries to convertthe wild tribes along the western coastlands of Scotland Ireland . Andso it came to pass as some say ,that in the sixth century AD a certainmissionary from Iona by the name of Gilleran did call upon a wild andprimitive tribe who dwelt on an island called Bute just a little southof where Glasgo now stands. Not only were those inhabitants whoseancestry predates even the kelts ,converted to the truth but ingratitude called themselves therafter "followers of Gilleran" or McGilleran. Which in later centuries was anglicized to Sharp. Thelate 1700's seems an ideal starting point begin our Story. England wasstill involved in the Napolianic Wars. Scotland had long been subduedand with the union of the Crowns had become a loyal and patrioticmember of the entity known as Great Britain. Sometime around 1797 inScotland a Margery Reid met and married a John Sharp and althoughthere were many with the same names in Scotland we are unable at thistime to confirm either of their births ( and thus their parents ) orindeed their marriage. However we have a clear and continuous recordof the births of their children which all took place in Falkirk in theCounty of Stirling which along with Kirkliston is not all that farwest of Edinburg.. Here we have the only Peter Reid Sharp that everlivid in Scotland and I caught up with him in later life also ( in aCensus ) working as a Mason (Married ) but in bachelor quarters overGlasgo way. All the other names are instantly recognizable and formthe basic stable of names from which all subsequent and traditionalSharp names have followed. The George John Peter and William for theboys with the introduction of the first double Christian name( PeterReid ) and the girls the ever popular Margery ( or Marjory ) andMargaret with Isabella dropping out. Of the Children we can tracktheir movements through their marriages and the births of theirChildren. George the second eldest married into the bakery business atInveresk which is situated only a few miles east of Edinburgh. All hisfamily were born in Inveresk and he was the father of the John Sharpwho later immigrated to became the wealthy timber merchant ofMelbourne Town. Peter the eldest and John ,third in line foundemployment down in Wales ( Cardiff Glamorgan ) whether as Masonsshoring up the port fortifications , extending the port facilities orad part of a military force then established for the protection of theport during the war is unknown. However both boys married Welch girlsand remained in Wales for a number of years before returning toScotland with their wives and children. Our John of course marriedMary Williams who was only about 16 at the time and for the first timesee a Change in Church affiliations . prior to this the family was amember of the establish Church of Scotland the only Church officiallyrecognized in Scotland and known nowadays as Presbretarian. Theirfirst and eldest child was named Elizabeth and duly christened in theChurch of St John & St Mary in Cardiff Possibly under the influence ofMary or possibly because of the death of their second child GeorgeWilliam who died 3 days after he was born they changed over to theMethodist faction which was at this time gaining support in Wales. IfJohn of course had any knowledge of history he would have known thatit was a frenzied band of Methodists not that many years ago who hadseized the coach of the great Archbishop (John ) Sharp of Scotland ona village common known as Maggis Muir in North East Scotland and infull view of his daughter viciously hacked him to death. ( God blessAuntie Maggie ! ) But moving on , a third child Margaret was to beborn before the family made their way to Kirkliston where GeorgeWilliam our great grand father was said to be born Although to thisday no birth record has surfaced I am confident it can be found as ourAunt Marjorie (Chemist) declared that she had sighted the record inthe very Church at Kirkliston ( and that has to be an article of faith!)
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Death | BET 1813 AND 1858 | Scotland | |
Marriage | 12 SEP 1761 | to Margaret "Margery" Reid at Clackmannan, Scotland |
2 John Sharp d: BET 1813 AND 1858
+ Margaret "Margery" Reid b: 1765
3 John B. Sharp b: 16 MAY 1802
4 Elizabeth Sharp b: 17 FEB 1828
4 George William Sharp b: 27 JAN 1830
+ ?
3 Henry Sharp b: 24 JUN 1804
3 William Sharp b: 18 APR 1813
+ ?
4 James Sharp b: ABT 1848
3 George Sharp b: 02 SEP 1800
3 Margery Sharp b: 20 OCT 1806
3 Margaret Sharp b: 13 JAN 1811
3 Isabella Sharp b: 08 JAN 1809
+ James Hume b: ABT 1821
4 Janet Hume b: 08 MAR 1864
4 John Hume b: 07 SEP 1856
4 James Hume b: 28 DEC 1851
4 David Hume b: 27 OCT 1849
4 Elizabeth Thompson Hume b: 20 NOV 1859
4 Catherine Small Hume b: 02 FEB 1858
4 Ann Hume b: 16 MAR 1862
3 Peter William Sharp b: 23 FEB 1798 d: 05 JAN 1865
+ Dinah Evans b: 01 MAR 1805 d: 01 JUL 1891
4 Francis "Frank" Sharp b: 20 MAR 1841 d: 05 SEP 1909
+ Julia Emma Elizabeth Hatchwell b: 25 SEP 1843 d: 15 JAN 1919
5 William Alexander Sharp b: 04 JUN 1864 d: 26 AUG 1944
+ Amy Lois Fuller b: 03 AUG 1881 d: 27 JAN 1953
6 Sylvia Sharp b: 30 MAR 1911 d: 07 JUN 1986
+ Oscar Brooks b: NOV 1887
6 Bonnie "Bonita" Jean Sharp b: 26 SEP 1906 d: 17 JUL 1964
+ Matthew William Dwyer b: 09 JAN 1899 d: 13 SEP 1953
7 Marianne Dwyer b: 13 DEC 1931 d: 1992
+ Private
7 Brian Patrick Dwyer b: 02 MAY 1942 d: 01 MAR 1986
6 William A Sharp b: ABT 1901
6 Frances E Sharp b: ABT 1899
+ Mary Ellen "Nell" Chew b: 24 JAN 1868 d: 17 AUG 1903
6 Frances Elizabeth Sharp b: 1898
6 William Albion Sharp b: 04 JAN 1900 d: JUL 1982
+ Inger Heindorff b: 1898 d: 1969
+ Ann
6 Alfred Ashworth Sharp b: 1894 d: 1899
6 Esther Virginia Sharp b: 01 AUG 1895 d: 1948
+ Wilber Tolerton d: ABT 1966
7 Virginia Tolerton b: 13 JUL 1918 d: 27 JUL 2009
+ Mischa Pelz b: 01 NOV 1918 d: 28 JUN 1985
5 Mary Helen "Nellie" Sharp b: 07 MAY 1866 d: 20 FEB 1943
+ William Leman Chitty b: 10 MAR 1866 d: 23 JUN 1953
6 William Chitty b: 23 OCT 1901 d: 1943
5 John H. Sharp b: 09 JAN 1868 d: 03 JAN 1896
5 Julia Louisa Sharp b: 11 MAY 1870 d: 1938
+ Julia Louisa Sharp b: 11 MAY 1870 d: 1938
6 Eleanor Reahm b: ABT 1904
+ Walter Jacob Sprenger b: 23 FEB 1866 d: 01 NOV 1938
6 Florence Helen Sprenger b: 05 FEB 1896 d: 02 APR 1979
6 Julia Louisa Sprenger b: 03 OCT 1898 d: 2007
5 Florence Elizabeth Sharp b: 04 OCT 1874 d: 08 FEB 1975
+ Arthur Louis Flint b: ABT 1873 d: 1936
6 Anne Louise Flint b: 26 FEB 1906
6 Frank Miles Flint b: 26 FEB 1906 d: 01 DEC 1980
+ Clara "Claire" Helen Sharp b: 30 JAN 1910 d: 07 DEC 1998
5 Robert Sheppard Sharp b: 25 NOV 1876 d: 14 AUG 1903
5 Alfred Gideon Sharp b: 20 MAR 1879 d: 29 MAY 1963
+ Jessie C Sharp b: ABT 1878
6 Constance L Sharp b: ABT 1908
6 Robert C Sharp b: ABT 1910
+ Jessie Jo Chapin b: 20 JUL 1874 d: 10 JAN 1925
6 Constance Lee Sharp b: 11 SEP 1907 d: 16 OCT 2002
+ Ford Woodruff Sammis b: 06 FEB 1906 d: 02 FEB 1969
7 Lee Chapin Sammis b: 15 FEB 1931 d: 12 FEB 2013
6 Robert Chapin Sharp b: 15 OCT 1909 d: 04 FEB 1985
+ Florence Waldene Lingle b: 26 AUG 1911 d: 10 SEP 1998
6 Donald Deane Sharp b: 06 SEP 1915 d: 20 DEC 1997
5 Francis George Sharp b: 25 NOV 1872 d: JUL 1873
5 Herbert Edward Sharp Dr. b: 08 FEB 1881 d: 15 APR 1957
+ Constance Leone Chapin b: 24 SEP 1877 d: 15 AUG 1954
6 Clara "Claire" Helen Sharp b: 30 JAN 1910 d: 07 DEC 1998
+ Frank Miles Flint b: 26 FEB 1906 d: 01 DEC 1980
6 Barbara Sharp b: 1920 d: 1958
+ Carter
6 Herbert Edward Sharp Jr. b: 19 JUN 1912
+ Theodora
4 Mary Jane Sharp b: 15 OCT 1826 d: 05 NOV 1831
4 George Sharp b: 21 JUN 1847 d: 08 JAN 1851
4 Louisa Sharp b: 24 FEB 1835 d: BET 1836 AND 1929
4 William Sharp b: 01 JUN 1830 d: 05 AUG 1917
+ Harriet Emma Lewis b: 1830 d: 17 MAY 1890
5 Frank Lewis Sharp b: 1859 d: 17 DEC 1872
5 Ivor Tom Sharp b: JUN 1867 d: 24 NOV 1942
+ Margaret "Madge" Conley b: 1870 d: 1955
6 Ivor Campbell Sharp b: 24 DEC 1899 d: 06 DEC 1989
+ Helen W Clark b: ABT 1904 d: 25 FEB 1977
7 Enid Sharp b: 13 JUL 1926 d: 08 APR 2013
+ Yeo
+ Sydney Belden Ford b: 18 JUL 1929 d: 14 MAY 1985
6 Hubert William Sharp b: ABT 1901 d: 10 JUL 1974
+ Verle
5 Peter William Sharp b: 1857 d: JAN 1858
5 William L. Sharp b: OCT 1861 d: 14 FEB 1892
5 Harriet Louisa Sharp b: ABT 1870
5 George Lewis Sharp b: 1854 d: 21 AUG 1856
5 Mary Sophia Sharp b: 1864 d: Dec 8th 1868
4 Margery Sharp b: 10 FEB 1828 d: 15 JUN 1872
+ Robert Anderson b: 1839
5 Margerie M. Anderson b: 1859 d: 1939
5 Isabella Anderson b: 1862
5 Robert G. Anderson b: 1866
4 John Sharp b: 03 DEC 1832
+ Annie Campbell b: ABT 1849
5 Peter William Read Sharp b: ABT 1873 d: 06 JUL 1942
+ Bernice
+ Sarah Marden Gare b: 1840
5 Sarah Elizabeth Sharp b: 1860
5 Gertrude M. Sharp b: 1860
5 Peter William Read Sharp b: ABT 1873 d: 06 JUL 1942
+ Bernice
5 Lydia Louisa Sharp b: 1863
4 Eleanor "Ellen" Sharp b: 24 AUG 1843 d: 07 APR 1899
+ ?
4 Thomas Evans "Evan" Sharp b: 05 SEP 1836 d: 03 NOV 1838
+ Mary Ann Glide b: ABT 1839 d: BET 1864 AND 1935
5 Peter Sharp b: 26 JUL 1861 d: BET 1862 AND 1951
5 Charles Sharp d: BET 1866 AND 1968
4 Elizabeth (Lizzie) Sharp b: 27 JAN 1845 d: BET 1859 AND 1939