Catherine SHARPLES (1865-1926)
1 Catherine Jane SHARPLES1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (1865-1926) [1106]. Born 29 Jan 1865, Penwortham, Lancashire, England.3,4,6,8 Marr Jonathan HIGGIN 18 Feb 1886, Preston, Lancashire, England.3 Died 21 Mar 1926, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.4 Buried St. John's cemetery.4
Margaret Wright reports that she was a very young girl, possibly 9 or 10 (she was actually 13), when her grandmother Catherine died. Margaret said her grandmother was the first dead person she ever saw. The body laid in state at their home on 38 Elmer Avenue, Toronto.
2 John Bamber SHARPLES3,5 (c. 1792-1875) [12672]. Born c. 1792, England.4,5,9 Died May 1875.9,10 Buried 13 May 1875, St. Mary, Penwortham, Lancashire.10
3 Catherine SMITH4 (c. 1826-1880) [12673]. Born c. 1826, England.4,5,10 Died 1880.10 Buried 28 Sep 1880, St. Mary, Penwortham, Lancashire.10
The Lancashire Online Parish Clerk Project shows Catherine at being 54 at the time of her burial, giving a birth year of 1826 rather than the 1821 of the 1871 census. We give more credence to this burial record.
Sources
| 1 | "Family tree in book written by Jean Higgin Thompson, provided by Patti Thompson Mayes". |
| 2 | "Information provided by Greg Mander". |
| 3 | "England and Wales Marriages (1538-1940), record of Jonathan Higgin and Catherine Jane Sharples.". |
| 4 | "Ontario Death record of Catherine Jane Higgin". |
| 5 | "1871 Lancashire, Penwortham census". |
| 6 | "1891 Lancashire, Oswaldtwistle census". |
| 7 | "1911, Ontario, Toronto census". |
| 8 | "Memories of Margaret Wright". |
| 9 | "England and Wales Death Index for April, May and June 1875". |
| 10 | "Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project". |
