Thomas Sharp (1787?-aft1851)

  • Name:

  • Thomas Sharp1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • 1787 (cal)

  • Haltwhistle, Northumberland2

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  • The 1851 Census gives his age (64) and place of his birth.

  • Occupation:

  • frm 1800 to 1860 (age 12-73)

  • mason; Wark, Northumberland3 2

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  • It is assumed that he was apprenticed around the age of 12 and worked for as long as he could

  • Parent:

  • 25 Jul 1819 (age 31-32)

  • Baptism of daughter Jane

  • Parent:

  • 14 Sep 1823 (age 35-36)

  • Baptism of daughter Ann

  • Daughter's marriage:

  • 29 Aug 1840 (age 52-53)

  • Marriage of daughter Jane to William Lauderdale

  • Death:

  • aft Apr 1851 (age 63-64)

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  • Address: Wark

    The last record that can be forund for Thomas is the 1851 Census.

Marriage

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St Giles Church Chancel Arch

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St Giles Church

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1841, 1841 Census for Household of Thomas Sharp in Wark

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1851, 1851 Census Household of Thomas Sharp in Wark

  • Spouse:

  • Ann Elliot (1788?-1855)

  • Children:

  • Jane Sharp (1819-1840)

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  • Ann Sharp (1823-1854)

  • Marriage:

  • 25 Jun 1809 (age 21-22)

  • The parish Church of St Giles4

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  • Address: Birtley, Northumberland

  • Census for household:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 53-54)

  • Wark, Northumberland5

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  • Address: Wark Village

    The household consisted of Thomas and his wife Ann, their daughter Ann, Elliot and Matthew Weighmen whose relationship to the Sharps is unknown, and Thomas Lauderdale who is grandson of Thomas and Ann. His father William and his twin brother Edward are living with Thomas' other grandparents William and Mary Lauderdale in the same village.

  • Census for household:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 63-64)

  • Wark, Northumberland2

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  • Address: Church Lane

    The household consisted of Thomas and his wife Ann, their daughter Ann (age 27), and their grandsons Thomas Lauderdale (age 10) and Thomas Sharp (age 1).

Individual Note

As his baptismal record could not be found it is not possible to trace his ancestors.

Note on Marriage to Ann Elliot

No record of the household could be found after the 1851 Census.

Sources

1.

1841 England Census for Household of Thomas Sharp in Wark, Northumberland, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/843, Book 9, Folio 13, Page 5; Thomas Sharp age 55 born in Northumberland. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/843.

2.

1851 United Kingdom census, Church Lane, Wark, Northumberland, HO107/2417, Folio 218, Page 16, Schedule 79, head of household: Thomas Sharp, National Archives.

3.

1841 England Census for Household of Thomas Sharp in Wark, Northumberland, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/843, Book 9, Folio 13, Page 5; Occupation. Cit. Date: 6 June 1841. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/843.

4.

Parish Register for Marriage of Thomas Sharp and Ann Elliot, St Giles, Birtley, Northumberland, 25 June 1809, Northumberland Archives.

5.

1841 England Census for Household of Thomas Sharp in Wark, Northumberland, (FMP website). Custom Id: HO107/843, Book 9, Folio 13, Page 5; Cit. Date: 6 June 1841. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/843.