James Hay Sharp

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-132798
• Occupation: 1871, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; farmer

James married Mary Crozier 24 Feb 1837, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Adam Crozier and Margaret Beattie) was born 24 Mar 1818, Traquair, , Peebles, Scotland; died 20 Nov 1878, Glenmorris, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Glen Morris Cemetery, Glen Morris, Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Margaret Sharp was born 11 Nov 1839, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 15 Jun 1867, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodlawn Cemetery, Listowel, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada.
2. Andrew William Sharp was born 18 Sep 1856, Glen Morris, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jun 1953; was buried , Paris Cemetery, Paris, Brant Co., Ontario.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90804

Notes:

James Andrew Sharp was born in 1765 in Scotland, Occupation Farmer and cabinet maker. He married Betty Brown (born in 1768 in Scotland) on June 02, 1798, in Edinburgh, Scotland. James and his wife Betty arrived in Canada in 1818 with their fours sons, John, Horace, Andrew and James. Ann infant son named James had previousley died in Scotland.

They purchased the Homestead along the Grand River near Glen Morris in1826. The boys [John, Horace, Andrew and James) along with their father built a log cabin on the farm where they livied for over thirty years. In 1860 it was replaced with a stone house.

James died in 1840at the age of 75 and is buried possibly in Galt, Ontario. It is unknown where Betty Brown died. Burial possibley in Galt, Ontario.

Descendants of James Andrew Sharp and Betty Brown - https://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/cbpl/CBPL002368031pf_0027.pdf

James — Elizabeth "Betty" Brown. Elizabeth was born CA 1768; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth "Betty" Sharp
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-90805

Notes:

Probably buried in Galt., Ontario, Canada