Henry Sharpe
#615, (1834-July 1900)
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Henry Sharpe was born in 1834 at Stamford, Lincolnshire.1 He studied for the ministry circa 1855 at St. Aidens College, Durham.2 He was ordained in 1856 by Bishop Davys of Peterborough.2 As of 1857, Henry Sharpe was also known as Reverend.3 He was the curate in December 1857 at St. John the Baptist, in Peterborough, Northamptonshire.3
He married Sarah Hargrave Deane, the daughter of a solicitor, daughter of Kyrl Allen Deane and Mary Lucinda Gregg, in a Church of England Ceremony at St. Pancras Old Church on Saturday, 26 December 1857 at St. Pancras, London.. Sarah and Henry went on to have six known children together.4,5,3
Henry and his wife Sarah emigrated from Liverpool on 30 December 1857.3 Henry Sharpe arrived circa 1858 at Canada.
He was the incumbent (where he worked from 1858 to 1864) circa 1858 at Holy Trintiy Anglican, Wolfe Island, Ontario. He afterwards returning for a short time ot his former parish in Peterborough. In 1865 he accepted an offer of work under the London Diocesan Home Mission, whose committes act him to work in the neighbourhood of the Metropolitan Railway works near Finchley-road. Here he laboured among the Navvies employed on the construction of the line. When residences began to rise round the new station, Mr. Sharpe remained, and a temporary building was erected in Hampstead Fields, which answered the purpose till 1872. In that year Trinity Church, which his congregation and friends had build for him, was opened for service, and a district was assigned to it.2
Henry Sharpe was listed as head of household in the 1871 census with Sarah Hargrave Deane as his spouse at Hampstead, London.6
Henry died in July 1900 at Trinity Vicarage, Hampstead, London.5,2
His obituary appeared in The Times on 27 July 1900:
"The Rev. Henry Sharpe, B.D., died on Sunday last at Trinity Vicarage, Hampstead, after a painful illness, at the age of 67. He studied for the ministry at St. Aidan's College, and was ordained by Bishop Davys of Peterborough, in 1856. Having received priest's orders, Mr. Sharpe went out to Canada as incumbent of Holy Trintiy, Wolfe's Island, Ontario where he worked from 1858 to 1864, afterwards returning for a short time ot his former parish in Peterborough. IN 1865 he accepted an offer of work under the London Diocesan Home Mission, whose committes act him to work in the neighbourhood of the Metropolitan Railway works near Finchley-road. Here he laboured among the Navvies employed on the construction of the line. When residences began to rise round the new station, Mr. Sharpe remained, and a temporary building was erected in Hampstead Fields, which answered the purpose till 1872. In that year Trinity Church, which his congregation and friends had build for him, was opened for service, and a district was assigned to it.Mr. Sharpe had thus been its vicar for 28 years and had kept together a large and devoted congregation. The Servies were of the simplest Evangelical type, and the black gown was worn in the pulpit. The church gave generous support to the great Evangelical societies, and Mr. Sharpe was an active member of the committees of several of them. He took a keen part in the active efforts of the Church Association. Two of his sons are clergymen, one being vicar of Newport, Isle of Wight, and the other being his father's near neighbor as vicar of Emmanuel Church, West-end, Hampstead."2
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Henry Sharpe was born in 1834 at Stamford, Lincolnshire.1 He studied for the ministry circa 1855 at St. Aidens College, Durham.2 He was ordained in 1856 by Bishop Davys of Peterborough.2 As of 1857, Henry Sharpe was also known as Reverend.3 He was the curate in December 1857 at St. John the Baptist, in Peterborough, Northamptonshire.3
He married Sarah Hargrave Deane, the daughter of a solicitor, daughter of Kyrl Allen Deane and Mary Lucinda Gregg, in a Church of England Ceremony at St. Pancras Old Church on Saturday, 26 December 1857 at St. Pancras, London.. Sarah and Henry went on to have six known children together.4,5,3
Henry and his wife Sarah emigrated from Liverpool on 30 December 1857.3 Henry Sharpe arrived circa 1858 at Canada.
He was the incumbent (where he worked from 1858 to 1864) circa 1858 at Holy Trintiy Anglican, Wolfe Island, Ontario. He afterwards returning for a short time ot his former parish in Peterborough. In 1865 he accepted an offer of work under the London Diocesan Home Mission, whose committes act him to work in the neighbourhood of the Metropolitan Railway works near Finchley-road. Here he laboured among the Navvies employed on the construction of the line. When residences began to rise round the new station, Mr. Sharpe remained, and a temporary building was erected in Hampstead Fields, which answered the purpose till 1872. In that year Trinity Church, which his congregation and friends had build for him, was opened for service, and a district was assigned to it.2
Henry Sharpe was listed as head of household in the 1871 census with Sarah Hargrave Deane as his spouse at Hampstead, London.6
Henry died in July 1900 at Trinity Vicarage, Hampstead, London.5,2
His obituary appeared in The Times on 27 July 1900:
"The Rev. Henry Sharpe, B.D., died on Sunday last at Trinity Vicarage, Hampstead, after a painful illness, at the age of 67. He studied for the ministry at St. Aidan's College, and was ordained by Bishop Davys of Peterborough, in 1856. Having received priest's orders, Mr. Sharpe went out to Canada as incumbent of Holy Trintiy, Wolfe's Island, Ontario where he worked from 1858 to 1864, afterwards returning for a short time ot his former parish in Peterborough. IN 1865 he accepted an offer of work under the London Diocesan Home Mission, whose committes act him to work in the neighbourhood of the Metropolitan Railway works near Finchley-road. Here he laboured among the Navvies employed on the construction of the line. When residences began to rise round the new station, Mr. Sharpe remained, and a temporary building was erected in Hampstead Fields, which answered the purpose till 1872. In that year Trinity Church, which his congregation and friends had build for him, was opened for service, and a district was assigned to it.Mr. Sharpe had thus been its vicar for 28 years and had kept together a large and devoted congregation. The Servies were of the simplest Evangelical type, and the black gown was worn in the pulpit. The church gave generous support to the great Evangelical societies, and Mr. Sharpe was an active member of the committees of several of them. He took a keen part in the active efforts of the Church Association. Two of his sons are clergymen, one being vicar of Newport, Isle of Wight, and the other being his father's near neighbor as vicar of Emmanuel Church, West-end, Hampstead."2
Family | Sarah Hargrave Deane (c 1834-a 15 Apr 1912) |
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Citations
- [S490] GEDCOM file created by Jenny Wood, 05 Jan 2012.
- [S491] The Times, London, England, 27 Jul 1900 p.10.
- [S244] The South Australian Register, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1858 'Family Notices.', South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), 16 March, p. 2, viewed 23 November, 2014, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49773815
- [S494] London. London Metropolitan Archives, London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 Sara Hargrave Drane.
- [S232] The Adelaide Chronicle, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1912 'OBITUARY.', Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954), 20 April, p. 43, viewed 21 April, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88696211
- [S412] National Census for England, 1871 (online image) Class: RG10; Piece: 195; Folio: 6; Page: 6; GSU roll: 823312. (http://search.Ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll).
- [S391] National Census for England, 1891 (online image) Class: RG12; Piece: 961; Folio 73; Page 13; GSU roll: 6096071.