death of jane sharp john sharp

[lizdb]

in 1891, 13 yr old Lucy J , now Sharpe,  is living as 'sister in law' to a Ockell family, next door to the Chappells where her siblings are living
RG 12 3779 14 22

[avm228]

Interesting!

Looks as though Lucy was indeed registered as SHARP rather then DOBSON:

Birth Mar qtr 1878

Lucy Jane SHARP
Hunslet 9b 337

[lizdb]

Death
Jan/Feb/Mar 1889
Hunslet ref 9b 214
Jane Sharp age 42

(which probably answers the initial question!)

[aliwoo]

hi,
but who is john dobson when john sharp is with is mother on 1881 census ann sharp
thanks for info very confusing
kind regards
aliwoo

[avm228]

John Dobson is presumably Jane's "other man"!

Anna

[lizdb]

And Jemima Scott (who was John Sharp's other woman in 1891) is interesting in 1901!
She is at RG13 4321 33 2, still in nether Hoyland, but now describing herself as a widow
BUT she now has a string of children right down to a 1 year old!
(four born since last census .... did she go back to husband or are these actually little Sharpes!)

[aliwoo]

hi,
when david got married he put on his marriage certificate father john dobson sharpe this is very interesting and on his birth certificate no father was mentioned
kind regards
aliwoo

[lizdb]

Looks like Jane registered him, as Sharp, which was her surname at the time - but he was not a child of her husbands, therefore father could not go on cert without his permission (in theory anyway).
With the middle name Dobson and the evidence of her living as if married to Mr D, I think we can be pretty sure that he is a child of Mr Dobson (though of course no one will ever know for sure!). Very unusual, and fortunate, that you have such strong clues as to the father of an illegitimate child.