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Could anyone help me please. I have information about my paternal grandmother from an elderly aunt.
My great grandparents I am told were an Henry and Jessie Sharpe my aunt has confused me a little as she says there is a Scottish connection, but that they were born in Co Mayo.
They had the following children.
James
Henry
George
Fred
Annie my grandmother born 1903 in Tadcaster.
Florence
Sidney
Fanny
Robert.
I have looked in all the 1901 censuses I have access to, on ancestry and leitrim-roscommon.com and can find no trace of them what so ever can anyone help me please.

Thank you
Angela

Annie Sharpe
Year of Registration: 1903
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Tadcaster
County: Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 1005

Gail.

Thank you Gail and Reg, I have sent for the birth certificate for my grandmother as my aunt did not have it. I have also got her death certificate. I have my paternal grandfather her husbands family going back to the late 1600s but I am totally stuck with the
Sharpes. It is driving me mad.
Angela

Hi Angela

Was there an address we can try and check out on the birth certificate - I know it is a while after the census but might be worth a shot.

What was Henry the father's occupation?

Gail. x

Just wondering about this 1901

12 Widdops Street

Civil Parish: Castleford
Ecclesiastical parish: Castleford All Saints
Town: Castleford
County/Island: Yorkshire

Registration district: Pontefract
Sub-registration district: Castleford

George Sharpe 4 months
James W Sharpe 6
Jessie Sharpe 27 born Durham.
Robert Sharpe 4
Robert H Sharpe 33 born Doncaster, Colliery Blacksmith

Elizabeth Ward 24 Boarder
Elsir Ward 8 months Boarder
Mills Ward 26 Boarder
William Ward 4 Boarder

RG13; Piece: 4305; Folio: 94; Page: 33.

Gail

Hi Gail, I have only just sent for it as my aunt Ann said she had it but when she looked she did not. He was a Blacksmith though that I do know, but whether he was when my gran was born I do not know. My aunt is 78 and some of the information she gives me is a little confusing.
Angela

Hi Angela, sorry I thought you meant you had already got it.

Just clutching at straws with the above family really.

Gail. x

Seems to be the marriage of the above

Robert Henry Sharpe
Year of Registration: 1893
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Goole
County: Humberside, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9c
Page: 822

Others on Page - Jesse Rutherford.

So not really the right area.......

Gail. x

On the 1891 he is calling himself by his second name Henry and he is a Blacksmith

1891

Ledstone Station Cottages

Henry Sharpe
Age: 23
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relation: Boarder
Where born: Doncaster, Yorkshire, England

Civil Parish: Allerton Bywater
Ecclesiastical parish: Allerton Bywater
Town: Allerton Bywater

Registration district: Tadcaster
Sub-registration district: Aberford

Henry Sharpe 23 Boarder, Blacksmith
Frank Shepherd 27
Sarah Shepherd 25

Class: RG12; Piece: 3879; Folio 42; Page 33; GSU roll: 6098989.

Gail. x

Gail, I was at a family do on Saturday and she was confusing me but one of the things that I do remember was that she said that there were some 'Rutherford' aunts and uncles. So you are a star, but she has always said my great grandfather was Henry which is why I had been looking for him under that name. I will phone her tomorrow and let you know what she says.
Thank you very very much for your help.

1891 for a Jessie Rutherford - A lot of the family names here are repeated in your first post for the children...

Kingston? Road

Jessie Rutherford
Age: 15
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: James William
Mother's Name: Fanny
Where born: Durham, England

Civil Parish: Selby
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary and St Germain
Town: Selby
County/Island: Yorkshire

Registration district: Selby
Sub-registration district: Selby

Fanny Rutherford 40
Florence J Rutherford 5
George H Rutherford 17
James D Rutherford 12
James William Rutherford 42 Railway Signalman
Jessie Rutherford 15
John Wm Rutherford 11
Joseph Alex Rutherford 8
Mabel G Rutherford 2
Samuel Rutherford 14
Sidney H Rutherford 3/12
Walter S Rutherford 7

RG12; Piece: 3876; Folio 68; Page 8; GSU roll: 6098986.

Gail. x

Hi Angela

That sounds quite promising then, He is calling himself just Henry on the 1891 so even though it was his middle name he maybe was known by that rather than his first name.

Look forward to hearing the outcome..

Gail. x

A birth registration

Fanny Sharpe
Year of Registration: 1912
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Mother's Maiden Name: Rutherford
District: Pontefract
County: Yorkshire - West Riding, West Yorkshire
Volume: 9c
Page: 314

Gail. x

Gail, I phoned my aunt and although she was surprised to hear that her grandfather was called Robert Henry rather than just Henry she confirmed that Jessie was a Rutherford, it would have helped if she had been a little more precise with her information but she is a love and has been really helpful.
Your help has been really great, thank you very much.
Angie

Hi Angela

Sorry, somehow missed your reply. Thank you for letting us know the outcome of your conversation with your Aunt, well I wonder where the Irish bit came in, maybe you will find that further back down the line.

Good luck with the rest of the research.

Gail. x

Gail, I have now been able to go back and I found the Scottish bit, Jessie Rutherford was the daughter of James William Rutherford born in York who was the son of a Samuel Rutherford of Kirkcudbrightshire, I have found him in the 1841 census living with lots of siblings but no parents aged 16. The only adult in the house was born in Ireland so maybe that was were the Irish connection is.
I believe we have an Irish connection in my great grandmother Annie Idle nee Murphy. h\owever the 1901 census has her born in 'Newlay' Yorks which as far as I know does not exsist. I cannot find her in the 1891 census, so confused. But now I have got my Sharpes I am so very greartful to you all without you I would never have been able to get them sorted.
I can't thank you enough.
Angie

Angela

You are very welcome, interesting to hear about the scottish and irish connections.....you are going to have fun.............

Genuki says this about Newlay

NEWLAY, a hamlet partly in the parish of Guiseley, upper division of Skyrack wapentake, and partly in the chapelry of Bramley and parish of Leeds, West Riding county York, 5 miles W. by N. of Leeds. It is situated in the valley of the river Aire,

Gail. x

Hi folks, here is an update on my Robert Henry Sharpe and again they just love to confuse me. I sent for his birth certificate to see who his father is, I assumed that his mother's name was going to be Thompson as he was living with his grandparents in 1871 William and Ann Thompson, but true to form his mothers name is Ann Sharpe and there is no father given. So confusion reigns again. Any ideas?
Angie

Hi Angie

Just to recap firstly, did Annie's birth certificate confirm the parents as Henry Sharpe and Jesse Rutherford when it arrived.

We do love your family tree Angie........lol

Gail.

Hi Angie

On the 1861 there is a Harriet Sharpe daughter in Law with the Thompsons...

William Thompson who is the grandfather on the 1871 - 1871 says born Snaith.

1861

William Thompson
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Ann
Where born: Cowick, Yorkshire,

Civil Parish: Snaith
Town: Snaith
County/Island: Yorkshire

Registration district: Goole
Sub-registration district: Snaith

Elizabeth Tall 21 Daughter, Married
Selina Tall 6 Mo Granddaughter.
Ann Thompson 44 Wife, born Pollington
William Thompson 40 Head, Lab and Lodging House Keeper
........................Harriet Sharp 13 Daughter in Law

Boarders....

Hannah Harrison 37
Thomas Harrison 36
Thomas Harrison 13
Levi Harvey 36
Samuel Hayes 45
Joseph McNulty 23
Francis Midgley 33
William Armstrong 24

Class: RG9; Piece: 3530; Folio: 11; Page: 17; GSU roll: 543147.

Gail