Samuel Sharp
1853 - 1932 (78 years)
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Name Samuel Sharp [1, 2] Born 23 Jul 1853 Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada 
[1, 2] Gender Male Occupation 1891 Farmer Religion Methodist Residence 1891 Camden, Bothwell, Ontario, Canada Residence 1901 Camden, Bothwell, Ontario, Canada [2] Residence 1911 Kent East, Ontario [1] Died 1932 Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada Buried Dresden Cemetery, Kent Co., Ont. Person ID I14168 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Henry Haywood Sharp, b. Abt 14 Sep 1823, Saint Alkmund, Derby, Derby, England , d. 1 Nov 1882, Dresden, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 59 years) Relationship natural Mother Barbara Farslow, b. 30 Dec 1831, Ontario, Canada , d. 29 Aug 1908, Dresden, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years) Relationship natural Married 16 Aug 1849 St. Clair, Michigan, USA Family ID F3808 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Rebecca Maria Winter, b. 18 Jan 1860, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 1939, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years) Married 24 Nov 1881 Kent County, Ontario, Canada Children 1. Ernest Leroy Sharpe, b. 19 Nov 1881, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 1951, Dresden, Kent, Ontario, Canada (Age 69 years) [natural]2. Nina Buil Sharpe, b. 1 Feb 1883, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. UNKNOWN [natural]3. Leo Harold Sharpe, b. 16 Nov 1886, Camden Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada , d. 12 Feb 1935, Dresden, Kent, Ontario, Canada (Age 48 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F3819 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Samuel Sharp(e) was a farmer. He owned a farm just outside of Dresden where he raised his family. His son Ernest initially followed in his footsteps and purchased the farm right next door to Samuel, where father and son could farm side-by-side.
Samuel added an 'e' to the end of his last name. It is not known why. His grandson, Alex Sharpe, thinks it may have had something to do with a dispute over farmland. Another theory was that the 'e' was used to differentiate the Protestant Sharpes from the Roman Catholic Sharps, but this cannot be true. The 1881 Ontario Census shows Samuel, his brother Thomas
- Samuel Sharp(e) was a farmer. He owned a farm just outside of Dresden where he raised his family. His son Ernest initially followed in his footsteps and purchased the farm right next door to Samuel, where father and son could farm side-by-side.
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Sources - [S21] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for Rebecca M Sharp - [S19] 1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
Record for Rebecca Sharp
- [S21] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.