Henry SHARPE was born in 1882 in Coal Aston, Derbyshire. His
birth certificate gives Joseph SHARPE and Martha (nee HAWKIN)
as his parents, but this is incorrect and the family story is
that they nearly got into trouble for this. It is more likely
that Henry's mother was Sarah Jane, Joseph and Martha's youngest
daughter and her husband, Thomas HAVENHAND.
They married a few months after Henry's birth and he is baptised
as the son of Thomas and Sarah Jane. Henry also appears in the
1901 census as the son of Thomas HAVENHAND,
even after Sarah Jane's death. Henry married Annie HINDLEY
in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1905 as Henry Sharp HAVENHAND.
It is said that he fought for his name (i.e. SHARPE) and must
have succeeded as all his descendants are SHARPEs. Henry died
in 1948 in Shirebrook, Derbyshire.
Sarah Jane SHARPE was the youngest daughter of Joseph and Martha
(nee HAWKIN), born in
1862 in Coal Aston. She married Thomas HAVENHAND
in 1882 in Sheffield. She died in 1892 and was buried in Dronfield
Cemetery.
Joseph SHARPE was born about 1827 in Dronfield, Derbyshire.
He married Martha HAWKIN
in 1845 in Sheffield. Two of his daughters married brothers -
William and Henry WRIGHT. Elizabeth had at least two illegitimate
children - Ann Elizabeth (who later married her deceased aunt's
husband, Thomas HAVENHAND)
and William Henry. It is said that William Henry's father could
have been either William or Henry WRIGHT, the latter of which
Elizabeth married. One of Joseph's sons, Joseph, was the subject
of a book 'Dark at Seven. The Life of a Derbyshire Miner' by Nellie
Connole.
Joseph's baptism has not been found, but by reconstructing
the two SHARP(E) families in the Dronfield area, it is likely
that his parents were William and Sarah SHARP. No marriage has
been found for them yet. William was born about 1783 in Wadsworth,
Yorkshire. He was a coke burner and Joseph was also a coke burner.
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The second family in the Dronfield area are descended from
Thomas (1774-1834) and Ann (1778-1854). One of their sons, William,
married two women both called Ann WARD, though they do not appear
to be related. I have a correspondent who is descended from this
tree.
