Brief Life History of Helen
When Helen Sharp was born on 10 November 1808, in Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Sharp III, was 23 and her mother, Mary Hunter, was 20. She married Adam Fife on 22 April 1826, in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 24 April 1866, in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Helen Sharp in household of Adam Fife, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Helen Sharp, Birth Record in the "Utah, FamilySearch, Early Church Information File, 1830-1900"
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World Events (8)
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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Adam Fife and Helen Sharp - Interview with Maria Louisa Bingham Campbell by Anita Stettler Cranney (her granddaughter)
Helen Sharp was born November 10, 1808 to John and Mary Hunter Sharp in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, about 20 miles northwest of Edinburgh. Clackmannan, the name of which, in the Gaelic la …
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