Margaret Ellen Sharples was born on 23 Jun 1888 in the village of Low Prudhoe close to Prudhoe Castle in the County of Northumberland. On 9th August 1888 her mother 'Elizabella Sharples' registered the birth in the sub-district of Bywell in the Registration District of Hexham. Margaret Ellen's father was Thomas Sharples a coal miner.
Margaret was baptised in the local church of St Mary Magdalene Church at Prudhoe village on 22 July 1888. N.B. Her surname has been wrongly transcribed as 'Sharpleys' on the baptismal transcription obtained from the FamilySearch website
Sources
"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XRR-8MX : 1 October 2014), Margaret Ellen Sharples, 1888; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Hexham, Northumberland, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. Accessed 17 Feb 2018
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NFG4-345 : 10 February 2018, Margaret Ellen Sharpleys, ); citing St. Mary Magdalene, Prudhoe, Northumberland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,564,657. Accessed 17 Feb 2018. Citation: Name Margaret Ellen Sharpleys, Residence Place Seaton-DelavaL Northumberland, England, Gender Female, Christening Date 22 Jul 1888, Christening Date (Original) 22 Jul 1888, Christening Place St. Mary Magdalene Prudhoe Northumberland,
Father's Name Thomas Sharpleys, Mother's Name Lizzie Bell Sharpleys.
"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DX5-G4F : 13 December 2014), Margaret Ellen Sharpless, 1908; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1908, quarter 1, vol. 10B, p. 185, Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland England, General Register Office Southport England. Citation: Name Margaret Ellen Sharpless, Event Type Marriage Registration, Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar,
Registration Year 1908, Registration District Newcastle Upon Tyne, County Northumberland,
Event Place Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland England, Volume 10B,
Page 185, Line Number 37
"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHL-1K3B : 4 September 2014), Margaret E Moran, 1931; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. Accessed 17 Feb 2018. Citation: Name Margaret E Moran, Event type Death, Registration Quarter Jul-Aug-Sept, Registration Year 1931, Registration District Newcastle upon Tyne, County Northumberland, Event place Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland, England, Age 43, Birth Year 1888, Volume 10B, Page 41, Line Number 117
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