Ellaleigh (Sharpe) Sharp (1917 - 1989)

Born 2 Mar 1917 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Walter William Bridgeman — married 20 Sep 1936 in San Francisco, California, United States

Wife of Jack Merrill Sharp — married 16 Sep 1966 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States

Died 27 Jan 1989 at age 71 in Santa Cruz, California, United States

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Biography

Ellaleigh was born in winter 1917, the second daughter of William Sharpe and Hilda Simpson. The 1921 census found Ellaleigh living with her sister, mother and maternal grandparents at 134 Menzies Street, Victoria, BC.^[1]

Ellaleigh remained with her grandparents in Victoria during the early 1920s, as her mother went to San Francisco and secured a divorce. As her grandfather was becoming ill, a few weeks before he passed away in 1926, Ellaleigh and her sister joined their mother in San Francisco (note the group was initially rejected entry, but their case was appealed and the immigration was allowed to proceed on September 8).^[2][3] They lived with Ellaleigh's great-great uncle Ernest Leigh at 1133 Hayes Street.^[4]

At 19 years old in summer 1936, Ellaleigh married Walter William Bridgeman, who was 21.^[3] The couple lived at 1499 Union Street, San Francisco. Their son William was born in spring 1947.

On April 19, 1952, Ellaleigh entered the nursing staff at Marin General Hospital, rising to the level of Supervisor of Obstetrics .^[5] She remained at that job until moving to Santa Cruz in winter 1961.^[6]

It is unclear when and how Ellaleigh's Bridgeman marriage was dissolved, but she was free to marry Dr. Jack Merrill Sharp at Reno in summer 1966.^[7] He passed away about two years later.

Ellaleigh Sharp passed away in winter 1989:

Services will be Wednesday for Ellaleigh Sharp of Santa Cruz, who died Friday in a local hospital. She was 71. A native of Victoria, British Columbia, Mrs. Sharp lived in Marin County and San Francisco before moving to Santa Cruz in 1961. She was a registered nurse for 43 years, and worked for Dominican Hospital. She also worked as a volunteer at the St. Francis Retreat House and St. Francis Soup Kitchen. She is survived by a sister, Shirleigh Jordan of Soquel, and three nieces, [...]. Her husband, Dr. Jack Sharp, and her son, William Brid[g]eman, died earlier... Interment will be in Oakwood Memorial Park. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Sixth Census of Canada, 1921, British Columbia, District No. 24, Enumeration Sub-district No. 10, Victoria City, page 2, lines 1-7, https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=pdf&id=e002877669
2. ↑ US Department of Labor, Immigration Service, Form 548, August 10, 1926, Ser. No. 151
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} US Department of Labor, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Petition for Naturalization, No. 49554
4. ↑ Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, California, San Francisco County, San Francisco City, A. D. 26, Block No. 31, Enumeration District No. 38-140, Supervisor's District No. 7, page 8, lines 51-54
5. ↑ "Given 5-Year Award", San Rafael Daily Independent Journal, May 12, 1959, page 15
6. ↑ "Greenbrae Nurse New Hospital Aide", San Rafael Daily Independent Journal, February 6, 1961, page 9
7. ↑ "Now At Home", Santa Cruz Sentinel, October 4, 1966, page 3
8. ↑ "Ellaleigh Sharp" (obituary), Santa Cruz Sentinel, January 29, 1989, page 17