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Sharpe Family History
Sharpe Genealogy & Family TreeSharpe is a Scottish name from Peeblesshire, Scotland, where the family was prominent. It comes from the Old English scearp which means "sharp" or "keen." The earliest known ancestor--Healethegn Scearpa--was recorded in 1026. The family motto is Dum spiro spero which means "While I have breath I hope."
Other spellings include "Sharp," "Scharp," "Scharpe," and "Schearpe." Notable people with the surname include American baseball player Bud Sharpe (Boston Beaneaters, Boston Doves, Pittsburgh Pirates), English novelist Tom Sharpe (Porterhouse Blue, Grantchester Grind, The Wilt Inheritance), and American football player Luis Sharpe (St. Louis Cardinals, Arizona Cardinals, Memphis Showboats). The first Sharpe to come to the Americas was Samuel Sharpe in Bermuda in 1609.
Sharpe Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Sarah Sharpe -- --, 1778 August 5, 1848 Connecticut
- Bessie Pearle Sharpe -- --, 1879 December 0, 1966
- Nelson Robert Sharpe -- --, 1955 March 25, 2003 California
- John Sharpe -- --, 1624 December 0, 1669 Virginia
- Susannah Sharpe -- --, 1725 December 0, 1774
Sharpe Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Ronnie Edward Sharpe -- --, 1938 October 15, 1991 Kentucky
- Martha Ramsey Sharpe -- --, 1846 January 8, 1915 South Carolina
- Lemual Sharpe -- --, 1845 August 19, 1925
- Sarah Jane Sharpe -- --, 1835 May 21, 1916
- Kenneth Raymond Sharpe -- --, 1925 January 19, 1988 Ontario
