Brief Life History of Emma Jean
When Emma Jean Sharp was born on 25 July 1871, in Iowa, United States, her father, Milan E. Sharp, was 26 and her mother, Augusta Matilda Strong, was 34. She married William Landon on 8 May 1901, in Boone, Boone, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Wacousta Township, Humboldt, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Avery Township, Humboldt, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 20 March 1908, in Boone, Iowa, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Ridgeport, Boone, Iowa, United States.
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- Emma Sharp in household of Milan E Sharp, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Emma J Sharp, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Emma J. Landen, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"
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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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