Alice Gurney

Female1804–1882

Brief Life History of Alice

When Alice Gurney was born in 1804, in Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Job Gurney, was 25 and her mother, Mary Dean, was 27. She married Thomas Sharp on 27 June 1830, in Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1882, in Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 78, and was buried in Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Sharp
1804–1849
Alice Gurney
1804–1882
Marriage: 27 June 1830
Emma Sharp
1826–1909
Caroline Sharp
1831–1842
Caroline Sharp
1833–1834
John Sharp
1836–1868
Mary sharp
1838–
Elizabeth Sharp
1841–1900
William Sharp
1846–1889

Sources (14)

  • Alice Sharp in household of Thomas Sharp, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Alice Sharp, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Alice Gurney, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 June 1830Aldbury, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (6)

    1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

    Age 4

    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 11

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

    1830

    Age 26

    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

    Name Meaning

    English (of Norman origin):

    habitational name from Gournay-en-Brai in Seine-Maritime in France.

    perhaps occasionally also a habitational name from Great Gornhay, in Tiverton (Devon); see Garnsey .

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

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