Going by the birth places of all their children including the ones not present in 1901, Thomas Sharp moved his family around a number of times. His roots are in Ulverston (now in Cumbria), married in Liverpool and several children were born in Barrow-on-Furness. The towns of Ulverston and Barrow are of the region that was known as Furness. A peninsula of south Cumbria that was originally part of Lancashire.
Furness was a remote farming and fishing region until Iron ore was found in the 1840s and 1850s. A railway was built to ship ore. The iron industry including steelworks in Barrow caused the population to go from a few families to 47,000 by 1881! (1)
A young Thomas would have witnessed the effects of a massive influx of people to his region. Ulverston, a prominent town declined as Barrow and its superior harbour grew.
His Father Anthony was a grocer in Ulverston (1851 census). Ulverston was a village recorded in the Doomsday Book of 1086. It was granted a market charter in 1280 by Edward I (2) The family lived at 20 Rattenrow,Ulverston. The street appears to no longer exist but is mentioned in the English Heritage Archeological Report of the town (3)
Anthony was born in Gleaston, a small village in the Furness area. It was a farming community with a mill and originally a castle but that fell into disrepair in 1451 when the family line died out. (4)
From the Lancashire online parish records (5) we can see Anthony of having the occupation of Farmer and Thomas being a carpenter in Liverpool at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Overend.
The Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 16 June 1832 reports the marriage of Mr. Anthony Sharp of Plumpton to Miss Frances Slater of Dalton in Furness on the 9th inst.
In Kendal Mercury - Saturday 16 March 1850, "Anthony Sharp, Ratten Row, Ulverston" is featured in the news of as having reported 3 men for trying to pass a bad soverign in his shop.
However the Kendal Mercury - Saturday 13 April 1850, report of the trial, that it was Mrs Francis Sharp who actually received the bad sovereign in her shop. There was some discussion on the chain of evidence regarding the sovereign as it had passed through the hands of several witnesses before Anthony Sharp takes it to the police. In the end the jury acquitted the prisoners for lack of evidence.
The Kendal Mercury - Saturday 13 November 1858 reports
"Wrestling Match for £50. - A wrestling match for £25 a-side, between William Mathers, of Kirby Stephen, and Thomas Sharp of Ulverston, came off at the Prince William Henry Field, Penny Street, Lancaster, on the afternoon of thursday last..."
The result according to the Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 06 November 1858 was
"The affair was pretty soon decided. Sharp gained the first two falls, and in the third Mathers lost his hold and with it the wager"
It's possible Thomas Sharp met and married his wife in Liverpool after being there to further his wrestling career.
The Kendal Mercury - Saturday 17 December 1864 reports the death of Frances Slater, 19 , daughter of Anthony Sharp.
In 1866 Thomas and his father, Anthony, had some bankruptcy issues.
The Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser - Thursday 21 June 1866 reports
"In re Thos. Sharp, Barrow-in-Furness, builder and beerhouse keeper, - Mr. Peat appeared for the bankrupt, who was examined by Mr. Gardner relative to a mortgage upon a freehold beerhouse called the White Lion, at Barrow-in-Furness, which was let to Jno. Price at 11s a week. The mortgage was made to the bankrupt's father on the same day, Anthony Sharp, a farmer at Ulverston. It was signed on the 11th May last. He decided to become bankrupt on the same day. He sold a horse, a cart and hay cutter about a fortnight or three weeks before his bankruptcy to Joseph Dobson, a labourer at barrow. They were sold for £29 10s. Dobson paid £11 10s., and bankrupt owed his £18 or £19 before the money was borrowed. "
It's unclear who owed what in this report.
The death of an Anthony Sharp is reported in the Lancaster Gazette - Saturday 24 February 1872
"Ulverston - on the 16th inst.in Quebec-Street, Mr Anthony Sharp, aged 66 years."
In the 1881 census the family of Thomas and Elizabeth live in York Street, Barrow in Furness.
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In the 1891 census the family live in Sandon Street, Darwen.
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In the 1901 census and the title of this post: 4 St. Patricks Road North, one of the yellow bricked houses.
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I can find no record of any of these Sharps on the 1911 census.
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Records
From OnLine Parish Clerks project for the County of Lancashire
Baptism: 14 Dec 1802 St Mary, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire, England
Robert Sharp - Son of John Sharp & Eleanor
Born: 14 Dec 1802
Abode: Peaseholmes
Occupation: Labourer
Register: Baptisms 1781 - 1812 from Bishop's Transcripts, Page 25, Entry 6
Source: LDS Film 1040303
Baptism: 14 Dec 1802 St Mary, Dalton in Furness, Lancashire, England
Robert Sharp - Son of John Sharp & Eleanor
Born: 14 Dec 1802
Abode: Peaseholmes
Occupation: Labourer
Register: Baptisms 1781 - 1812 from Bishop's Transcripts, Page 25, Entry 6
Source: LDS Film 1040303
Baptism: 11 Jun 1805 St Cuthbert, Aldingham, Lancashire, England
Anthony Sharp - Son of John Sharp & Eleanor
Abode: Dendron
Occupation: Labourer
Register: Baptisms 1800 - 1820 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page 9, Entry 16
Source: LDS Film 1040315
Marriage: 9 Jun 1832 St Mary, Ulverston, Lancashire, England
Anthony Sharp - Husbandman, Bachelor, this parish
Frances Slater - Spinster, the parish of Dalton
Witness: John Sharp; Samuel Park; Mary Ann Nelson
Married by Banns by: Patrick Charles Nicholson, Curate
Register: Marriages 1828 - 1835 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page 2, Entry 5
Source: LDS Film 1040310
Baptism: 15 Jan 1837 St Mary, Ulverston, Lancashire, England
Thomas Sharp - son of Anthony Sharp & Frances
Abode: Rame Cottage, Ulverston
Occupation: Husbandman
Baptised by: W. H. Ibotson, Curate
Register: Baptisms 1836 - 1841 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page 445, Entry 3533
Source: LDS Film 1040310
Baptism: 25 Aug 1839 St Mary, Ulverston, Lancashire, England
Eleanor Sharp - daughter of Anthony Sharp & Frances
Abode: Ulverston
Occupation: Labourer
Baptised by: Richard Gwillym, Minister
Register: Baptisms 1836 - 1841 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page 497, Entry 3949
Source: LDS Film 1040310
Marriage: 1 May 1859 St Catherine Abercromby Square, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Thomas Sharp - Full, Carpenter, Bachelor, Liverpool
Elizabeth Overend - Full, Spinster, Liverpool
Groom's Father: Anthony Sharp, Farmer
Bride's Father: James Overend, Ostler
Witness: John Cave Overend; Anne Overend
Married by Banns by: James North
Register: Marriages 1837 - 1859, Page 248, Entry 495
Source: LDS Film 1655552
Baptism: 30 Mar 1873 St John the Evangelist, Farnworth with Kearsley, Lancashire, England
Sarah Emma Sharp - [Child] of Thomas Sharp & Elizabeth
Abode: 79 Kent St.
Occupation: Joiner
Baptised by: W. H. Taylor
Register: Baptisms 1864 - 1873, Page 281, Entry 2245
Source: LDS Film 1538438
Marriage: 28 Apr 1900 St Anne, St Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire, England
James Anthony Sharp - 29, Tailor, Bachelor, St. Alban's Road
Ellen Cadman - 27, Spinster, Palatine Road Blackpool
Groom's Father: Thomas Sharp, Joiner
Bride's Father: John Cadman, Foreman
Witness: Herbert Pendlebury; May Cadman
Married by Banns by: Herbert. E. Butler Vicar
Register: Marriages 1877 – 1900, Page 138, Entry 275
Source: LDS Film 1470927
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