Researching Andrew Sharp
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 24957 people with the Sharp surname? In that year Sharp was ranked number 130 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Andrew means "Manly" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Andrew Sharp on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Andrew Sharp and the Sharp Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sharp Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sharp family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 26145 people with the Sharp surname in the UK? Sharp is now ranked number 194 for popularity in the UK. |
Sharp Family Tree Databases
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Sharp Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 100262 people with the Sharp surname in the USA? Sharp is ranked number 124 for popularity in the USA. |
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Andrew Sharp. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Andrew Sharp (trade unionist)
Andrew Sharp (26 April 1841 – 14 October 1919) was a British trade unionist.
Born in Ellenport, near Maryport in Cumberland, Sharp's father died when he was just over one year old, and he was brought up by his mother, helping financially by working in agriculture from an early age. He worked full-time as a pony driver in a coal mine from the age of ten, graduating to cut coal underground at eighteen.
Sharp educated himself and became an active trade unionist, but was victimised as a result, and had to relocate to County Durham to find work. However, he returned to Cumberland in 1872, and that year attended the Amalgamated Association of Miners' conference. Sharp was inspired to form the Cumberland Miners' Association (CMA) and affiliated it to the AAM; by 1874, it had 1,500 members, and he worked as its general secretary and full-time agent.
Under Sharp's leadership, the CMA won an important strike, solidifying its position, and he supported the formation of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB), serving on its executive on several occasions. Long a supporter of the Liberal Party, he was elected to Cumberland County Council on its formation, and also served on Maryport Urban District Council. He followed the MFGB in switching his support to the emerging Labour Party, and stood unsuccessfully for it in Whitehaven at the January 1910 general election, with the financial backing of the Whitehaven Trades Council.
Sharp retired in 1916, the union granting him a pension of one pound a week. He died three years later, in 1919.
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