Phoebe Sharpe (born Laflin) 1824-1865.
Phoebe was the daughter of Benjamin Laflin
and his wife Phoebe Gosling. She was born in Bildeston on 31st May 1824.
By 1841, Phoebe (aged 17) had moved away from Bildeston, possibly to London in
search of work. She has not yet been found in the 1841 census.
A marriage was held on 27th January 1851 at St Marys Church, Paddington by licence.
The bride was Phoebe Laflin, a spinster of full age, living in the St Marys
district of Paddington and the daughter of Benjamin Laflin a yeoman. The groom was
Joseph Sharpe, a bachelor of full age and a gentleman living in the same
district and the son of Joseph Sharpe, gentleman. The witnesses were Arthur Pearson
and Robert Ford and all four signed.
They have not been found in the 1851 census, but were living in Paddington in
March 1851.
Edgar Sharpe was born on 18th March 1851 at 69 Westbourne Park Villas,
Paddington. His parents were Joseph Sharpe, a government officer and
Phoebe (formerly Laflin) and the birth was registered on 28th April
1851 by his father.
The births of their other children have yet to be found, but there was a Horace
Henry Sharpe born in Pancras in the second quarter of 1859.
In 1861 Joseph and Phoebe Sharp were living at 1 East Dulwich Road, Camberwell
and Joseph (now aged 43) was a clerk (Fire Insurance) and had been born in Calcutta.
With them were two sons, Horace Sharp aged 13, and Edgar Sharp aged 10 and a servant
Suttor Sharp aged 12 - all of whom had been born in London and were now were at school.
There were also two daughters, Clara Sharp aged 7 and Alice Sharp aged 1, both born
in Peckham Rye. Finally there were two servants, both from Bildeston, Jane Hill Ward
(aged 24) and Phoebe Laflin (aged 17, who was Phoebe's niece).
Phoebe Goslin Sharpe died on 27th October 1865 at 103 Camberwell New Road,
Kennington. She was aged 41 and the wife of Joseph Sharpe a gentleman and the cause
of death was consumption. The death was reported on 27th October by John O. Trueman
from the same address.
Sources for this section.
Baptist Meeting House, Wattisham (Transcript in Ipswich Record Office).
Civil Registration Indexes available online from FreeBMD
Civil Registration Indexes and Census Data available online from Findmypast
Page maintained by Susan Laflin. Last updated in January 2008.