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I have a leather bound prayer book with the name Maria Blandina Helme and the date Feby. 24th 1856 inscribed inside the front cover. Could have been a christening or confirmation gift. Willing to return it to a bona fide descendant.

For ref

England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
about Maria Blandinah Helme
Name: Maria Blandinah Helme
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 24 Feb 1835
Christening Date: 14 Apr 1835
Christening Place: Walthamstow, Essex, England
Age at Christening: 0
Father's name: Robert Helme
Mother's name: Maria




England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940
about Maria Blandina Helme
Name: Maria Blandina Helme
Gender: Female
Father's name: Robert Helme
Spouse's name: Thomas Wetherherd Sharpe
Spouse's Father's Name: John Sharpe
Marriage Date: 1 Jun 1858
Marriage Place: Walthamstow, Essex, England



You could search trees and contact anyone who has her in their family

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Deaths Mar 1901 (>99%)
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Sharpe Maria Blandina 67 Croydon 2a 210

No problem

you could post the details for the bible on Rootsweb too

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Her husband and son were clergy men so maybe that is how the bible came about.
There is a lady on ancestry with info of her husband Thomas,but her tree is closed.

Maryb

1891

SHARPE, Thomas W Head Married M 61 1830 H M Senior Chief Inspector Of School Civil Service Education Dept
Doncaster
Yorkshire VIEW
SHARPE, Maria B Wife Married F 56 1835
Walthamstow
Essex VIEW
SHARPE, Edith Daughter Single F 29 1862
Chapel Allerton
Yorkshire VIEW
SHARPE, Mina M Daughter Single F 21 1870
Beddington
Surrey VIEW
SHARPE, Mary Daughter Single F 19 1872
Beddington
Surrey VIEW
BASTEN, Emma Servant Single F 30 1861 Cook
Northill
Cornwall VIEW
JONES, Ellen F Servant Single F 23 1868 Ladies Maid
Apperley
Gloucestershire VIEW
FAULKNER, Maria Servant Single F 45 1846 Parlour Maid
Great Haseley
Oxfordshire VIEW
KENT, Carrie Servant Single F 21 1870 Home Maid
Beddington
Surrey VIEW

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RG number:
RG12 Piece:
601 Folio:
39 Page:
71

Registration District:
Croydon Sub District:
Mitcham Enumeration District:
1 Ecclesiastical Parish:
St Mary

Civil Parish:
Beddington Municipal Borough:
Address:
Croydon Road, Beddington County:
Surrey

Marriages Sep 1900 (>99%)
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Sharpe Henry Herbert Croydon 2a 443
Sharpe Nina Marion Croydon 2a 443


1911

SHARPE, Henry Herbert Head Married M 44 1867 Indian Govt: Police Service India Bengal Visitor VIEW
SHARPE, Nina Marion Wife Married
10 years F 41 1870 VIEW
SHARPE, Harry Wetherhard Son Married M 9 1902 India V Province Resident VIEW
SHARPE, Alice Blandinah Daughter F 8 1903 India Province Resident VIEW
SHARPE, Mary Joyce Daughter F 3 1908 Englang Hayling Hants Resident VIEW
ROBERTS, Jessie Servant Single F 31 1880 Childrens Nurse Essex Resident VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
4486 Reference:
RG14PN4486 RG78PN185 RD63 SD2 ED4 SN68

Registration District:
Thanet Sub District:
Margate Enumeration District:
4 Parish:
Westgate on Sea

Address:
1 Egbert Road Westgate-On-Sea Kent County:
Kent

Thank you all for your replies, and thanks to Cynthia for her reminder to check back here. I don't quite know what to do with all this information since Maria does not appear in any Genes Reuinted tree. I will look at Rootsweb as suggested by Ginny, but I'm afraid I didn't know what Barry was talking about. We are almost certainly looking at the right Maria because the date in the Prayer Book reveals it was a 21st birthday gift. To me that's a perfect match. I've no idea how it came into my mother's possession as we have no connection to the Helme or Sharpe families that I know of. It's a nice heavy book, its dark maroon cover having gold patterning, and the gold page edging still shines a bit. The large black and red type is as crisp as the day it was printed by the Oxford University Press in 1852. I'll never use it for its intended purpose so if Maria does have any living descendant who would like it, I'm happy to pass it on.

Phil

I see you have posted this on another thread about the Helme family. That thread is a few years old so the poster may not be checking back. You could send them a PM by clicking on their name. If they still have the same email address, GR will advise them that they have a message.

Hello Phil,

Maria Blandinah Helme is a relative on my tree. She lived 1835-1900. I'm not very good at working out direct relationship to my ancestors but one of her brothers would have been my great (however many times) grandfather.

I used to do my family tree years ago but since I work I have little time to keep up with it and haven't forgotten all the who's who I learnt back then. I would like to open my tree to let you see but I can't even remember how to do that. (Just popped by to check something else, got distracted and found your message on this thread!).

Kind regards,
Sarah-fiona Helme

Sarah-fiona,

Phil last posted on here more than 3 years ago, and may no longer be reading these boards.

If you click on his name you can send him a message. If he still has the same email address he will be notified of it by genes.

If you want to open your tree to him, that is also the way to do it.

I know tis is an old thread but this might help a little



England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Name:Maria Blandina Sharpe of: Beddington, Croyden

Probate Date:15 Mar 1901

Death Date:21 Feb 1901

Death Place:Surrey, England

Registry:London, England

Wife of Reverend Thomas Wetherherd Sharpe, probate to said husband: £4639 2s 10d



England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Name: Reverend Thomas Wetherhead Sharpe

Probate Date:17 Oct 1905

Death Date:26 Sep 1905

Death Place:Middlesex, England

Registry:London, England

Probate to:Reverend Arthur Robert Sharpe & William Lewis Shepherd £2510 3s 9d




England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Name: Reverend Arthur Robert Sharpe

Probate Date:9 Mar 1932

Death Date:22 Jan 1932

Death Place:Bournemouth, Dorset, England

Registry:London, England

Probate to: Kate Sharpe (widow) £1802 13s 9d