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WILLIAM SHARPE's other family: with ELIZABETH GALT (1819-1892)
WILLIAM SHARPE's parents: JAMES SHARP ( - ) and HELEN MCALLUM (1785-1880)

Family of WILLIAM SHARPE and CHRISTINA MARY HENDERSON

Husband: WILLIAM SHARPE (1805-1881)
Wife: CHRISTINA MARY HENDERSON (1812-1855)
Children: AGNES HENDERSON SHARP (1835-1862)
HELEN SHARP (1841-1841)
JAMES THOMAS HENDERSON SHARP (1842-1909)
Marriage 10 Nov 1834 NORTH LEITH, MIDLOTHIAN SCOTLAND
Census (family) (1) 1841 GARDNER'S COTTAGE PITFOUR CASTLE, ST MADOES, PERTHSHIRE
Census (family) (2) 1851 GARDNER'S COTTAGE, EGLINGTON CASTLE, KILWINNING

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Census (family) (2) <i>with son James.</i>

Husband: WILLIAM SHARPE

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      WILLIAM SHARPE    
 
Name: WILLIAM SHARPE
Sex: Male
Father: JAMES SHARP ( - )
Mother: HELEN MCALLUM (1785-1880)
Birth 3 Apr 1805 CRIEFF PERTH
Death 29 Jul 1881 (age 76) PITFOUR CASTLE GARDENS, PERTH
Burial ST MARY'S CHURCH, ST MADOES, PERTHSHIRE
Will 1881 (age 75-76) PITFOUR CASTLE GARDENS, PERTH
Occupation (1) 1841 (age 35-36) HEAD GARDENER; PITFOUR CASTLE GARDENS, PERTH
Occupation (2) 1851 (age 45-46) HEAD GARDNER; EGLINTON GARDENS, KILWINNING
Occupation (3) 1871 (age 65-66) HEAD GARDNER; PITFOUR CASTLE GARDENS, PERTH
Occupation (4) 1881 (age 75-76) HEAD GARDNER; PITFOUR CASTLE GARDENS, PERTH
Occupation (5) 1861 (age 55-56) MASTER GARDNER; EGLINTON GARDENS, KILWINNING
OBIT 2 Aug 1881 (age 76) PERTH COURIER

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Burial <i>BURIAL STONE READS

Erected by Elizabeth Galt in affectionate remberance her husband Willam Sharpe for 28 years Gardner at Pitfour who died 29th July 1881 aged 77 years Blessed are the Merciful for they shall obtain mercy

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Will <i>DOCUMENT CAN BE FOUND ON SCOTTISH WILLS.COM VALUE OF ESTATE £326.18.2d
ELIZBETH 2ND WIFE NOMINATED IN WILL/DEED LIVING AT PITFOUR GDS


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Occupation (1) I<i>n 1837 in the West London Gardner's Asociation magazine, he is mentioned as follows;
</i>The Committee likewise found the silver medal due to Mr W illiam Sharp, gardner to Sir John Steuart RICHARDSON, bart, of Pitfour, for a capital collection of named apples, in very high preservation; amoung which Knight's new Ribston was preemininently good; and the largest and richest aspararagus shoots produced on the present occasion.
Occupation (5) <i>Robert Gardiner,( witness at William and Elizabeth's wedding,)was the Estate sub factor, married aged 53, born in Errol.</i>
OBIT <i>At Pitfour Gardens on the 29th n/t, William Sharpe, for 28 years gardner to Sir John S Richardson of Pitfour Perth. </i>

Wife: CHRISTINA MARY HENDERSON

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      CHRISTINA MARY HENDERSON    
 
Name: CHRISTINA MARY HENDERSON
Sex: Female
Father: THOMAS HENDERSON (1772-1862)
Mother: AGNES RIDDELL (1770-bef1851)
Birth 1812 CRAILING, ROXBURGH , SCOTLAND
Death 4 Oct 1855 (age 42-43) EGLINTON GARDENS, KILWINNING
Burial CHURCH YARD, KILWINNING
Other Info 1840 (age 27-28) GARDNER'S MAGAZINE; PITFOUR CASTLE GARDENS, PERTH

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Birth <i>LIVED IN ANCRUM, AS MENTIONED ON HER DEATH CERTIFICATE</i>
Death Cause: of melancholia

Child 1: AGNES HENDERSON SHARP

Name: AGNES HENDERSON SHARP
Sex: Female
Birth 12 Sep 1835 GARDNER'S COTTAGE,PITFOUR CASTLE , ST MADOES, PERTHSHIRE
Death 27 Oct 1862 (age 27) GARDEN COTTAGE EGLINGTON KILWINNING
Census (1) 1861 (age 25-26) JORDON FIELD, JEDBURGH
Census (2) 1851 (age 15-16) SCHOOL MASTER'S HOUSE,YETHOLM, ROXBROUGH
Census (3) 1841 (age 5-6) JORDON FIELD, JEDBURGH

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Census (1) with Grandfather, Thomas Henderson
Census (2) <i>LIVING WITH UNCLE WILLIAM IN 1851 CENSUS, PROBERLY BEING TAUGHT BY HIM.
Down as as scholar,

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Census (3) <i>with both grandfather and her grandmother Henderson.</i>

Child 2: HELEN SHARP

Name: HELEN SHARP
Sex: Female
Birth 1841 GARDNER'S COTTAGE,PITFOUR CASTLE , ST MADOES, PERTHSHIRE
Death 1841 (age 0) GARDNER'S COTTAGE,PITFOUR CASTLE , ST MADOES, PERTHSHIRE

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Death <i>Died as a infant.</i>

Child 3: JAMES THOMAS HENDERSON SHARP

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      JAMES THOMAS HENDERSON SHARP     Spouse: MAGGIE YOUNG AITKEN    
 
Name: JAMES THOMAS HENDERSON SHARP
Sex: Male
Spouse: MAGGIE YOUNG AITKEN (1846-1915)
Birth 18 Jul 1842 THE GARDNER'S COTTAGE,PITFOUR CASTLE ,ST MADOES ,PERTHSHIRE
Death 19 Oct 1909 (age 67) 6 LESLIE ROAD, GLASGOW
Census (1) 1851 (age 8-9) GARDEN COTTAGE EGLINGTON KILWINNING
Census (2) 1861 (age 18-19) 8 THISTLE STREET, ST ANDREWS, EDINBURGH
Occupation (1) 1870 (age 27-28) SEEDSMAN; GLASGOW, LANARK, SCOTLAND
Occupation (2) 1861 (age 18-19) SEEDMAN APPRENTICE; ST ANDREWS, EDINBURGH
Occupation (3) btw 1879 and 1889 (age 36-47) SEEDMAN MANAGER for AUSTEN and McASLAM; GLASGOW, LANARK, SCOTLAND
Occupation (4) btw 1890 and 1909 (age 47-67) MANAGING DIRECTER; AUSTEN and McASLAM SEED COMPANY, GLASGOW

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Occupation (3) <i>Company was at 16 Bucannan Street, Glasgow, and the Nurseries were in Titwood and Cathcart. (Glasgow Directory)</i>

Note on Husband: WILLIAM SHARPE

Mentioned in the <i><u>Caledonian Horticultural Society,</u>as follows

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Three premiums were awarded; the first to Mr William Thom, gardner to David Anderson, Esq of St Germains, whose kinds were , Red Cluster, Ribston Pippen, Fulwood, Pomme-roy, Orabge Blenheim ans Spencer Pippen; the next to Mr William Sharpe, gardner to Sir John Stewart Richardson,bart of Pitfour , the sorts being, Yorkshire Green, Ribston Pippen New Ribston,Golden Pippen, Nonpareil, and Winter Redstreak.

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William is Listed in the Dictionary Of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists

Note on Wife: CHRISTINA MARY HENDERSON

<i>Christina subscribed 5 / - to the Monument in Memory of Botanist David Douglas.</i>