Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Sharp was born on 14 January 1787, in Frittenden, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Sharp, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Coulton, was 35. He married Mary Wood on 10 November 1808, in Boxley, Kent, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Boxley, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died in January 1866, in Boxley, Kent, England, at the age of 79, and was buried in Boxley, Kent, England.
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- Edward Sharp, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Edward Sharp, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Edward Sharp, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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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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