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Edmund Sharpe

Male Abt 1811 - 1894  (~ 83 years)


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  • Name Edmund Sharpe 
    Relationshipwith George William Craxford
    Born Abt 1811  Hartshorne, Derby, Derbyshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1860 
    Earthenware manufacturer 
    • The 1871 census reports he was employing 86 men, 31 women, 20 boys and 28 girls
    Residence 1871  (165), Bucknall's Row, Swadlincote, Derbyshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1881  (41), Market Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The property was named Ivy House
    Died 10 Jan 1894  Swadlincote, Derbyshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I555  Extended Craxford Family | The main Craxford branch RED pages I5 (James Ernest Craxford) + I77 (Arthur Craxford), Branch for Wainwright, Liston-Smith based on Leonard K Wainwright (553) and John Cotterill (634)
    Last Modified 19 Oct 2015 

    Father William Sharpe,   b. 1777, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1851  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F11080  Group Sheet,  Family chart

    Family 1 Rachel Kate Craxford,   b. 24 Sep 1837, Barrowden, Rutland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1900, Pilsley, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 15 Aug 1871  Baptist Chapel, Queen Street, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Reference:
    Witnesses 15 Aug 1871 
    William Goodman, Elizabeth Goodman (her sister) 
    BMD Certificates
    MC: Craxford, Rachel Kate (1871) and Edmund Sharpe
    MC: Craxford, Rachel Kate (1871) and Edmund Sharpe
    This was her second marriage and his third. She married in the name of Wainwright - her husband had died a year earlier.
    Last Modified 19 Oct 2015 
    Family ID F154  Group Sheet,  Family chart

    Family 2 Charlotte F Bourne,   b. 1818, Quorn, Leicestershire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1871  (Age 52 years) 
    Children 
     1. Edith E Sharpe,   b. 1845, Hartshorne, Derby, Derbyshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2015 
    Family ID F11079  Group Sheet,  Family chart

  • Newspaper Cuttings
    The Will of Edmund Sharpe 1894
    The Will of Edmund Sharpe 1894
    Newspaper report of the terms of Edmund Sharpe's will. Note the stipulation that his widow Rachel (Craxford / Wainwright) leaves hiss house within three months of his death
    - Derby Daily Telegraph September 15th 1894

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, Peterborough 3b 378 (JAS 1871) (Reliability: 3).


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