Hi warncoort
I followed Robert Sharp to st helens, where he married Hilda Sharp (born 1906) and had a son called John R Sharp born 1937. This is as far as i got, thank you for the link i will look into that.
I checked the shipping records and found that this Cathy/Kate was born in dumbarton Scotland in 1887, but thank you Norma that gives me a few ideas to look into