When Caroline S. Sharp was born on 11 March 1828, in Rush, Indiana, United States, her father, Thomas Sharp, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Haymond, was 29. She married Abiezer Miles Jessup on 17 December 1845, in LaPorte, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in New Durham Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Westville, New Durham Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States in 1900. She died on 21 March 1910, in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Door Village, Scipio Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1830: Indiana, United States 1832: LaPorte, Indiana, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1851: LaPorte, Indiana, United States
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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