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LYNN, Mary Anne
1825 - 1912 (87 years) Has 2 ancestors and 13 descendants in this family tree.
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Name LYNN, Mary Anne Birth 1825 Emneth, Norfolk, England 
Christening 5 Jun 1825 Emneth, Norfolk, England Gender Female Death 17 Sep 1912 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I5109 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father LYNN, .......... d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Mother .........., Mary, b. Between 1790 and 1791, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown Relationship natural Marriage UNKNOWN Family ID F2117 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SHARP, William, b. 1822, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 1861, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 39 years) Marriage 1855 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. SHARP, Robert Lynn, b. 1856, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 25 Nov 1944, East Elloe, Lincolnshire, England (Age 88 years)2. SHARP, Jane Lynn, b. 1857, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 26 Feb 1947, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 90 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. SHARP, Maria Lynn, b. 1858, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 1 Dec 1944, Luton Registration District, Bedfordshire, England (Age 86 years)4. SHARP, John Lynn, b. 1860, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 1864, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 4 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. SHARP, Thomas Lynn, b. 1862, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 1897, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 35 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F865 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARY ANN SHARP née LYNN 1825-1912
Mary Anne, daughter of John and Mary LYNN, was baptised at Emneth, Norfolk, on 5 June 1825.
(FamilySearch)
The marriage between Mary Ann LYNN and William SHARP was registered in 1855.
(GRO September Q 1855 Wisbech 3b 863)
The 1861 census of Holly Croft, Emneth, Norfolk:
William SHARP, head, aged 38, farmer occupying 90 acres of land with 1 labourer, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
*M. A. SHARP, wife, aged 37, farmer's wife, born at Emneth;
Emma SHARP, daughter, aged 17, scholar,born at Emneth;
William SHARP, son, aged 14, scholar, born at Emneth;
Mary SHARP, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Emneth;
Robert SHARP, son, aged 5, born at Emneth;
Maria SHARP, daughter, aged 2, born at Emneth;
John SHARP, son, aged 9 moths, born at Emneth.
(RG9/1052/129/8)
From the 1871 census of Emneth, Norfolk:
*Mary Ann SHARP, head, aged 46, widow, farmer of 60 acres employing 2 labourers, born at Emneth;
Robert SHARP, son, aged 15, farmer's son, born at Emneth;
Jane SHARP, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Emneth;
Maria SHARP, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Emneth;
Thomas SHARP, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Emneth;
Mary LYNN, mother, aged 81, widow, annuitant, born at Emneth.
(RG10/1619/92/13)
From the 1891 census of Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire:
Maria L. ROBINSON, head, aged 32, widow, farmer, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Sydney M. ROBINSON, son, aged 8, born at Marshchapel, Lincolnshire;
Elland M. ROBINSON, daughter, aged 5, born at Marshchapel, Lincolnshire;
Ethel L. ROBINSON, daughter, aged 2, born at Marshchapel, Lincolnshire;
Maria L. ROBINSON, daughter, aged 9 months, born at Theddlethorpe;
Jane L. SHARP, sister, aged 33, unmarried, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
*Mary A. SHARP, mother, aged 66, widow, gardener, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
John BEELS, servant, aged 21, horse waggoner, born at Strubby, Lincolnshire;
Frederick COX, servant, aged 14, (boy) farm servant, born at Theddlethorpe.
(RG12/2610/135/7)
The death of Mary A. SHARP aged 88 was registered in 1912.
(GRO June Q 1912 Wisbech 3b 535)
SHARP Mary Ann of Wisbech St. Peter Cambridgeshire died 17 September 1912 Probate Peterborough 8 October to Joseph AYERS gentleman.
Effects £2567 15s. 4d.
(National Probate Calendar 1912)
NOTES & QUERIES:
The marriage between a Robert SHARP and Elizabeth LYNN took place at Emneth in Norfolk on 22 September 1815 (Norfolk Marriages 1801-1837).
(revised 03.07.2012)