Janet (Clapham) Sharp was born in Yorkshire, England.
Janet was born in Keighley, Yorkshire, England, in 1889. Her parents were William Clapham, and Mary Bailey. She appears to be one of at least three children. She married Reginald Sharp in 1913. The marriage was registered in the fourth quarter, in Skipton, West Riding.
Sources
England & Wales Birth Index 1837-1915: Vol. 9a page 200.
England Census: 1891, 1901, 1911.
England & Wales Marriage Index 1837-1915: Vol. 9a page 66.
UK, Incoming Passenger Lists 1878-1960: Arriving Southampton England 1 August, 1927, Departed Durban, South Africa, ship "Windsor Castle".
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"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XY9-7YK : accessed 3 April 2016)], Janet Hilda Clapham, 1889; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Keighley, Yorkshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7GVN-BT2 : accessed 3 April 2016)], Janet Clapham in household of Wm Henry Clapham, Keighley, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding), England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9PV-5GB : accessed 3 April 2016)], Janet Clapham in household of William H Clapham, Glusburn, Yorkshire (West Riding), England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Kildwick subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch [(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26CJ-LDC : accessed 3 April 2016)], Janet H Clapham and null, 1913; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1913, quarter 4, vol. 9A, p. 66, Skipton, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Janet by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Janet: