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SHARP, Adlaide May (Passlow)
1879 - Aft 1901 (> 23 years) Has 8 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1856 - 1944 (88 years)-
Name SHARP, Adlaide May (Passlow) Birth 1879 Emneth, Norfolk, England 
Gender Female Death Aft 1901 Person ID I6916 Edgoose Last Modified 25 Feb 2026
Father SHARP, Robert Lynn, b. 1856, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 25 Nov 1944, East Elloe, Lincolnshire, England (Age 88 years) Mother PASSLOW, Charlotte, b. 1851, Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk d. 1884, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 33 years) Marriage 1879 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F864 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - SHARP(E), Adelaide May formerly PASSLOW (1879-????)
The birth of an Adelaide May PASSLOW was registered in 1879.
(GRO June Q 1879 Wisbech 3b 644)
It seems likely that Robert Lynn SHARP was the father of Adelaide May PASSLOW. After her mother's marriage to Robert Lynn SHARP she became known as Adelaide May SHARP.
Her mother Charlotte PASSLOW married Robert Lynn SHARP in 1879.
(GRO December Q 1879 Wisbech 1283)
The 1881 census returns for Hollow End, Emneth, Norfolk:
Robert Lynn SHARPE (sic), head, aged 25, Farmer of 25 acres employing 1 man, born Emneth;
Charlotte SHARPE, wife, aged 29, born at Emneth;
*Adelaide May SHARPE, daughter, aged 1, born at Emneth;
Jane SHARPE, daughter, aged 5 months, born at Emneth.
(RG11/1700/58/6)
The 1891 census returns for Gaultry Road, Emneth, Norfolk:
Robert L. SHARPE (sic), head, aged 35, farmer, born at Emneth;
Eliza SHARPE, wife, aged 25, born at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire;
*Adlaide SHARPE, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born Emneth;
Jane SHARPE, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born Emneth;
Thomas SHARPE, son, aged 3, scholar, born Emneth;
Mary SHARPE, daughter, aged 2, born Emneth;
Samuel SHARPE, son, aged 10 months, born Emneth;
John FOLLEN, single, aged 78, farm servant, born at Walpole, Norfolk.
(RG12/1308/68/4)
NOTES & QUERIES:
There is no trace of anyone named ADLAIDE or ADELAIDE who was born at Emneth in the 1901 census index, but a JANE SHARP (sic) aged 20, born at Emneth in Norfolk, was a general domestic servant at Bolton in Lancashire. At another Bolton address was MARY SHARP (sic) aged 21 from Emneth, working as a domestic nurse.
(revised 09.02.2026)
- SHARP(E), Adelaide May formerly PASSLOW (1879-????)