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SHARP, Emma Neale
1843 - Aft 1911 (> 69 years) Has one ancestor but no descendants in this family tree.
1822 - 1861 (39 years)-
Name SHARP, Emma Neale Birth 1843 Emneth, Norfolk, England 
Gender Female Death Aft 1911 Person ID I5738 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father SHARP, William, b. 1822, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 1861, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 39 years) Relationship natural Marriage UNKNOWN Family ID F2116 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family COOK, Walter Sims, b. 1850, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England d. Aft 1911 (Age > 62 years) Marriage 1868 North Witchford,Cambridgeshire, England Family ID F2271 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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EMMA NEALE SHARP 1843-
The birth of Emma Neale SHARPE (sic) was registered in 1843.
(GRO December Q 1843 Wisbech 14 164)
From the 1851 census of New Field, Emneth, Norfolk:
William SHARPE, head, aged 31, farmer of 68 acres, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Susannah SHARPE, wife, aged 29(?), born at Emneth, Norfolk;
*Emma SHARPE, daughter, aged 7, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
William SHARPE, son, aged 3, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Mary SHARPE, daughter, aged 2, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Thomas DAWS, servant, aged 22, unmarried, farmer's servant, born at Newton, Cambridgeshire;
John BELL, servant, aged 15, farmer's servant, born at Walton, Norfolk;
Mary CLOW, servant, aged 17, unmarried, house servant, born at Elm, Cambridgeshire.
(HO107/1767/310/23)
The 1861 census of Holly Croft, Emneth, Norfolk:
William SHARP, head, aged 38, farmer occupying 90 acres of land with 1 labourer, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
M. A. SHARP, wife, aged 37, farmer's wife, born at Emneth;
*Emma SHARP, daughter, aged 17, scholar,born at Emneth;
William SHARP, son, aged 14, scholar, born at Emneth;
Mary SHARP, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Emneth;
Robert SHARP, son, aged 5, born at Emneth;
Maria SHARP, daughter, aged 2, born at Emneth;
John SHARP, son, aged 9 moths, born at Emneth.
(RG9/1052/129/8)
The marriage between Emma Neale SHARPE and Walter COOK was registered in 1868.
(GRO June Q 1868 North Witchford 3b 926)
From the 1871 census of Well End, March, Cambridgeshire:
William COOK, head, aged 21, railway engine fitter, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire;
*Emma COOK, wife, aged 24, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Emma J. Cook, daughter, aged 3, scholar, born at March, Cambridgeshire;
William J. Cook, son, aged 1, born at March, Cambridgeshire.
(RG10/1610/44/14)
From the 1881 census of the Wakefield-Barnsley Road, Carlton in Barnsley, Yorkshire:
Walter COOK, head, aged 31, colliery labourer, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire;
*Emma Elizabeth COOK, wife, aged 34, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire [sic];
Emma Jane COOK, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at March, Cambridgeshire;
William John COOK, son, aged 11, scholar, born at March, Cambridgeshire;
Ernest COOK, son, aged 3, born at Monk Bretton, Yorkshire;
Annie COOK, daughter, aged 1, born at Carlton, Yorkshire;
John COOK, brother, aged 33, married, colliery labourer, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire;
Reuben WHITEHEAD, boarder, aged 27, unmarried, colliery lamp man, born at Alshmore [?], Cambridgeshire.
(RG11/4598/49/42)
The 1911 census of 9 Carlton Road, Smithers, Barnsley, Yorkshire:
Walter COOK, head, aged 61, coal miner, born at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire;
*Emma COOK, wife, aged 66, married 42 years, 8 children of whom 4 living, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Walter MARRIOTT, grandson, aged 31, single, coal miner, born at Smithers, Yorkshire;
Thomas JONES, boarder, aged 33, single, coal miner, born at Ruther, Denbighshire.
(RG14/27597)
NOTES & QUERIES:
1891 Census: Untraced.
1901 Census: Untraced.
(revised 19.07.2012)