Milton Giles Sharp

19 May 1922–12 November 2007 (Age 85)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

The Life of Milton Giles

When Milton Giles Sharp was born on 19 May 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, June Bennion Sharp, was 30 and his mother, Ida Giles, was 26. He married Virginia Jane Hug on 6 October 1945, in Belleville Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1943. He died on 12 November 2007, in Milwaukie, Clackamas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Milton Giles Sharp
1922–2007
Virginia Jane Hug
1923–1994
Marriage: 6 October 1945
Milton Grant Sharp
1947–2015
Bradley Giles Sharp
1949–2020

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
6 October 1945
Belleville Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
children

(2)

    Milton Grant Sharp

    Male1947–2015Male

    Bradley Giles Sharp

    Male1949–2020Male

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(5)

    Richard Giles Sharp

    Male1920–2016Male

    Milton Giles Sharp

    Male1922–2007Male

    Helen Sharp

    Female1925–2020Female

    Major General Alan Giles Sharp

    Male1929–2016Male

    LaJune Sharp

    Female1933–2021Female

World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Age 1

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.

Age 1

President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World

Age 23

The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

Name Meaning

1 English: nickname from Middle English scharp ‘keen’, ‘active’, ‘quick’.2 Irish (County Donegal): Anglicized (part translated) form of Gaelic Ó Géaráin‘descendant of Géarán’, a byname from a diminutive of géar ‘sharp’.3 Americanized form of any of several European names with similar meaning, for example German Scharf .

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Milton Giles Sharp in household of June B Sharp, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Milton G Sharp in household of June B Sharp, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Milton G Sharp in household of June B Sharp, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"

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