Brief Life History of Isabella
When Isabella Sharp was born on 21 December 1831, in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Sharp Jr, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Cartwright, was 28. She married Joseph Carlisle on 18 May 1853, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 29 March 1904, in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Isabell Carlisle, "United States Census, 1900"
- Isabella Sharpe, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1851
Per Find a Grave Memorials, the earliest burial in this cemetery was in 1851. Mary Susan Johnson BIRTH\t27 Nov 1850 Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA DEATH\t10 Mar 1851 (aged 3 months) Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA BURIAL\t Elysian Burial Gardens Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID\t65119048
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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Isabella Sharp Carlisle
ISABELLA SHARP CARLISLE Isabella Sharp Carlisle was born in Mission, Notts, England, 22 December 1831;and christened 15 Jan. 1832, in the Episcopal Church at Mission. She was the daughter of Thom …
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