Mary Sharp

Female1774–March 1841

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Sharp was born in 1774, in Keighley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Abraham Sharp, was 23 and her mother, Mary Atkinson, was 22. She married Aaron Hey on 1 August 1815, in Keighley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Bingley, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1815. She died in March 1841, in Keighley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 67.

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Family Time Line

Aaron Hey
1791–
Mary Sharp
1774–1841
Marriage: 1 August 1815
Charles Hey
1816–
Hannah Hey
1818–1881
Hannah Hey
1818–
Emma Hey
1821–
Edwin Hey
1823–1890

Sources (15)

  • Mary Sharp, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Mary Sharp, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
  • Mary in entry for Edwin Hey, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 August 1815Keighley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (6)

    1801 · The Act of Union

    Age 27

    The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

    Age 34

    The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

    1815

    Age 41

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English sharp(e) ‘sharp, quick, smart, acute, keen-witted’ (Old English scearp).

    Irish: when not the English or Scots name in 1 above, an Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Géaráin ‘descendant of Géarán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of géar ‘sharp’.

    Americanized form (translation into English) of German Scharf ‘sharp-cutting’ or of any of several other European names with similar meaning.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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