Helen Marjorie (Sharpe) Cooper (1899 - 1979)

Born 29 Jan 1899 in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Daughter of Robert William David Sharpe and Clara Belle (Lockhart) Sharpe

Wife of Hugh Donovan Cooper — married 9 Nov 1929 in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 29 Mar 1979 at age 80 in Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

Helen Marjorie Sharpe^[1] was born on January 29, 1899 in Moncton, New Brunswick.^[2] She was the daughter of Robert Sharpe and Clara Lockhart. Her mother died when she was 7 years old. Her father remarried and Helen lived with her father, step-mother and half sisters.

On Nov 9, 1929, Helen married Hugh Donovan Cooper in Moncton, New Brunswick.^[3] She had three children, one of whom died as an infant, and one step-son from Hugh's first marriage. Helen died on March 29, 1979 in Moncton, New Brunswick, and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Also seen as "Sharp". Since father Robert signed his name on "Sharpe" on sister Beulah's birth certificate, that's the name I've used for the whole family
2. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Late Registration of Births, Moncton, Westmorland, Code 1899-S-39, Microfilm F18794 – Helen Marjorie Sharpe, 1899
3. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, RS141 B7 Index to New Brunswick Marriages, Westmorland, Moncton, No 3094, Code B4/1929, Microfilm F19697 – Marriage of Hugh Donovan Cooper & Marjorie Helen Sharpe, 1929
4. ↑ Elmwood Cemetery, published by Weldon Turner & Kenneth Kanner, May 1995 – Cooper A0816

See also:

• 1901 Canada Census, Westmorland (District 24), Moncton (C-7), Pg 19 – Robert & Clara Sharpe and 3 children
• 1911 Canada Census, Westmorland (District 35), Moncton (53), Pg 7 – Robert & Fanny Sharpe & four children
• 1921 Canada Census, Westmorland (District 49), Moncton (25), Sunny Brae, Pg 24-25 – Robert D & Fannie F. Sharpe & 3 children
• 1931 Canada Census, New Brunswick, Westmorland (District 25), Moncton (Sub-district 64), Pg 22 – Hugh and Helen Cooper & two children
• Firsthand knowledge of Leanne Cooper
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA match between Leanne Cooper and her half 2nd cousin, a grandson of Marion Sharpe. Their most recent common ancestor is Robert Sharpe. Amount of DNA shared is 78cM, which is consistent with 1/2 2C.