Researching Harold Sharpe
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8827 people with the Sharpe surname? In that year Sharpe was ranked number 459 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Harold means "army-power" and is of English origin.
Records of Harold Sharpe on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harold Sharpe and the Sharpe Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sharpe 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Sharpe family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 13491 people with the Sharpe surname in the UK? Sharpe is now ranked number 422 for popularity in the UK. |
Sharpe Family Tree Databases
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Sharpe Forums
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Miscellaneous Sharpe Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Harold Sharpe. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Harold Sharpe
Harold Sharpe
The Ven Harold Stephen Sharpe (1886–1960) was an Anglican Archdeacon in Africa during the first half of the twentieth century.
Sharpe was born in Beddington; and educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained Deacon in 1910 and Priest in 1911. After curacies in Aston Brook and Handsworth he went out to Southern Africa as a missionary. He was the Director of the Mafeteng Mission from 1916 to 1923; Archdeacon of Basutoland from 1922 to 1924; Archdeacon of Pretoria from 1924 to 1931; and Archdeacon of Damaraland from 1932 to 1936. Returning to England he held incumbencies at Marsham (1936 to 1939); Ditchingham (1939 to 1943); Blairgowrie (1943 to 1946);"Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000" Bertie, D.M p631: Edinburgh T & T Clark and South Perrott (1946 to 1951). He retired to Newton Ferrers where he died on 18 October 1960.
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