In Loving Memory
of
WILLIAM SHARP
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF
LOUISA SHARP
WHO DIED JAN 27TH 1928
AGED 72 YEARS
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"PEACE, PERFECT PEACE"
ALSO
LOUISA SHARP
THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JAN 5TH 1929
AGED 80 YEARS
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"UNTIL THE DAY BREAK"
William Sharp was born
at Helpston where he was baptised on 1st April 1855. His father, Samuel, came
from Lincolnshire. His mother, Frances, was native to Helpston.
William was first married to
Sarah Ann Black
who came from Maxey. They were living in Desborough by 1881 where William
was working as a Pointsman for Midland Railway. Their only child
Florence was born
about 1887.
Sarah died before the 1901 census and
Louisa Bamford
was shown in the census as housekeeper for William. Towards the end of 1901
Louisa and William were married.