Brief Life History of Sarah C.
When Sarah C. Sharp was born about 1869, in Bridgewater Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, her father, John J. SHARP, was 38 and her mother, Gertrude Jane Amerman, was 38. She married William H. White about 1890, in New Jersey, United States. She lived in New Jersey, United States in 1870 and Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, United States in 1880. She died in 1957, in Scotch Plains Township, Union, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Scotch Plains Township, Union, New Jersey, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Sarah C White in household of William H White, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah S. Sharp - Government record: birth-name: Sarah S. Sharp
- Sarah S Sharp in household of John J Sharp, "United States Census, 1870"
Spouse and Children
1868–1917 Male
about 1869–1957 Female
Parents and Siblings
1832–1899 Male
1832–1916 Female
Siblings (9)
1858–1912 Female
1860–1941 Female
1862–1931 Female
1864– Male
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World Events (8)
about 1869
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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1894
Age 25
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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