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SHARP, Maria Lynn
1858 - 1944 (86 years) Has 4 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1822 - 1861 (39 years)-
Name SHARP, Maria Lynn Birth 1858 Emneth, Norfolk, England 
Gender Female Death 1 Dec 1944 Luton Registration District, Bedfordshire, England Person ID I5114 Edgoose Last Modified 5 Feb 2026
Father SHARP, William, b. 1822, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 1861, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 39 years) Mother LYNN, Mary Anne, b. 1825, Emneth, Norfolk, England d. 17 Sep 1912, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 87 years) Marriage 1855 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F865 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 ROBINSON, James, b. 1855, Louth Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 7 Feb 1891, Theddlethorpe St. Helen, Lincolnshire, England (Age 36 years) Marriage 1881 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Family ID F2119 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 HEWSON, Isaac Smith, b. 1836, Gayton-Le-Marsh, Lincolnshire, England d. 5 Nov 1903, Louth Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 67 years) Marriage 1892 Louth Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F2120 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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MARIA SHARP 1858-1944
The birth of Maria Lynn SHARP was registered in 1858.
(GRO December Q 1858 Wisbech 3b 580)
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)
The marriage between James ROBINSON and Maria L. SHARP was registered in 1881.
(GRO June 1881 Wisbech 3b 1011)
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 marriage between Maria Lynn ROBINSON and Isaac Smith HEWSON was registered in 1892.
(GRO March Q 1892 Louth 7a 851)
From the 1901 census of Theddlethorpe St. Helen, Lincolnshire:
*Isaac Smith HEWSON, head, aged 65, farmer, employer, born at Gayton-le-Marsh, Lincolnshire;
Maria Lynn HEWSON, wife, aged 40, born at Emneth, Norfolk;
Maria L. ROBINSON, daughter, aged 10, born at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire;
Henry J. S. HEWSON, son, aged 8, born at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire;
Clara HEWSON, daughter, aged 6, born at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire;
George SMITH, servant, aged 15, miller boy on farm, born at Cockerington, Lincolnshire.
(RG13/3086/140/12)
The death of Maria L. HEWSON aged 86 was registered in 1944.
(GRO December Q 1944 Luton 3b 506)
HEWSON Maria Lynn of 17 Lyndhurst-road Luton Bedfordshire widow died 1 December 1944 Probate Llandudno 22 December to Sidney Milton ROBINSON commercial traveller and Charles Edgar KNOWLES solicitor.
Effects £538 11s. 4d.
(National Probate Calendar 1944)
(revised 01.10.2012)