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John Sharpe

John Sharpe

Male 1871 - 1938  (67 years)

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  • Name John Sharpe 
    Birth 1871  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Mar 1938  Norseman Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I45  The Robins Family
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2012 

    Father Malcolm Sharpe,   b. 1 Jan 1846, Coolnadrum Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1929, Mt Hawthorn West Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Anne Clifford,   b. 24 Mar 1851, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1877, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1868  Cloonclatre Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F17  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Lillian Lewis,   b. 18 Aug 1879, Brentwood, South Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1952, Norseman, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Children 
     1. Cliff Sharpe,   b. 3 Jun 1903, Norseman Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1978, Esperance Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     2. Mary Patricia Sharpe
     3. Margaret Sharpe
     4. Percy Sharpe
     5. Samuel Gordon Sharpe
     6. Wally Sharpe
     7. Charles Thomas Sharpe
     8. William Johnstone Sharpe,   b. 1903, Norseman Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F18  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2012 

  • Photos
    John and Herbert Sharpe    		John and Herbert Sharpe

  • Notes 
    • 1938 'A NORSEMAN PIONEER.'

      A NORSEMAN PIONEER.
      Death of Mr. John Sharpe.
      ESPERANCE, March 28

      Mr. John Sharpe, a brother of Mr. Herbert Sharpe, of Norseman, who entered the Esperance Hospital on Saturday after a sudden heart attack, died yesterday morning at the age of 67 years. The brothers, with pack horses, traveled from Albany to Kanowna in 1893 and, learning of the Dundas find, they immediately returned to Norseman.

      The population of the town in those days was only 16. Mr. R. Johns, of Norseman, arrived the following week and all three remained in the district. Mr. Sharpe is survived by a widow and a large family.
    • THE DUNDAS GOLDFIELDS

      FULL REPORT- OF THE VARIOUS LINES OF REEF AT THE NEW FIND
      1895 'THE DUNDAS GOLDFIELDS.'
      ,
      NORSEMAN A RISING FIELD. IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS.
      [By Alfred W B Mather in the Goldfields Courier]
      No, III.

      The St Alban's South came next under notice This contains 12 acres, and is owned by Sharpe and party. On the north of the claim' is an immense iron outcrop, and to thoroughly test the various lodes contained therein, a tunnel is being put in the west side of the blow.

      So far the ground has necessitated a great expenditure in explosives to work it, and 15ft is about the distance gone in, up to the present. The St. Alban's Claim, containing 12 acres owned by Malcolm, Sharpe and party is the original claim on this line of reef.

      On the surface some of the richest specimens that nave been obtained on the field 'were found, and following them along the party cut a rich cross leader carrying down into the train north and south lode composed of iron stone.

      A shaft is being put down at the junction of these two to cut them at a depth. So far it is down about 10ft but this is owing to the inability of the party to get their tools through from Esperance until a fortnight since.

      Last week some more, exceedingly rich stone was found, and when I saw it I should judge a record return for this district could be assayed from it.