Jane (Jean) Sharp, of Tuapeka Flat and Oamaru

1905 - 2004  (98 years)

• Name	Jane (Jean) Sharp
  	Named after her mother's elder sister, Jean Millar, nee Taylor.
  Suffix	of Tuapeka Flat and Oamaru
  Nickname	Jean
  Born	14 Aug 1905	Rongahere, Otago, New Zealand
  Gender	Female
  Physical Description:	Brown hair
  Education:	1917	Jean left school when she was 12 - presumably therefore late 1917
  	After some time at home, she went out working - as domestic help, cooking and keeping house.
  Residence:	c 1921	Jean's movements from electoral rolls, conversations, correspondence etc
  	Apr 1921: Mrs Dawson, Clydevale [in one letter Jean says that Mrs Dawson she worked for was the puntman's wife] May 1921: Mrs Dawson, Clydevale Aug 1921: Mrs J. A. Bulfin, Tuapeka West May 1923: Mrs Mosely, Clydevale [in a letter Jean says their farm was in the corner between the Clutha and the Pomahaka rivers] Mar 1924: Tuapeka Mouth Dec 1925: Mrs Kinmont, 23 Bruce Street, Roslyn, Dunedin 1926: Tuapeka Mouth, the year her mother left Tuapeka Mouth later 1926 - likely early 1927: six months at St Bathans, Central Otago, for Pyle, owner of the general store at St Bathans, helping look after an inlaid daughter of the Pyles. 1927: Greer farm between Waipiata and Patearoa (close to the Graham family farm where she met Austin Graham) late 1920s: George Matthias at Waipiata Oct 1930: Waipiata, Central Otago (still working for George Matthias) Jan 1932: Jean was still working for the Matthias family 1936: Roseville farm, Lawrence 1937: Tuapeka Flat 1946: Tuapeka Flat 1954-1957: 1 Waverley Street, South Dunedin 1963: 15A Torridge Street, Oamaru
  Property:	Apr 1937	Reg Read sells Read family farm at Tuapeka Flat and buys smaller farm at Tuapeka Flat
  	Farm Sales - Mr R. Read, of Whenuakoa [Tuapeka Flat], has disposed of his farm, “Roseville,” of 600 [sic - 625] acres, to Mr D. Davidson, of Waitahuna West. Mr T. Crowley, of Tuapeka Flat, has sold his dairy farm of 175 acres to Mr R. Read. [Otago Daily Times 9 Apr 1937] PRELIMINARY NOTICE. SALE OF FARM. Lawrence Saleyards, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1937, At 1 p.m. AGENCY COMPANY of N.Z. LTD. (Incorporated in England), have received instructions from the Public Trustee, as Executor of the Will of the late Frederick Thomas Read, to offer, at the above time and place:— FREEHOLD FARM, comprising approx. 625 acres, suitably subdivided and with all necessary buildings, dwelling. This property is situated at Whenuakoa [Tuapeka Flat] at a distance of about 6 miles from Lawrence Township. FULL DETAILS SATURDAY'S ISSUE. For terms, etc., apply to the Public Trustee, Dunedin or Lawrence; Or to THE AUCTIONEERS. [Otago Daily Times 11 Feb 1937]
  Event:	Jan 1946	Jean wins a competition at the Tuapeka Flat picnic and sports
  	TUAPEKA FLAT - The Tuapeka Flat picnic and sports were held on Mr W. F. Labes’s property under ideal conditions. There was a large attendance, including many visitors to the district. ... The results, were as follows: — ... Ladies’ Nail-driving — Mrs R. Read 1, Mrs Bellaney 2 (12 entries). ... [Otago Daily Times 16 Jan 1946]
  Interests:	1950s	Poem apparently written by Auntie Jean and recorded by her niece Margaret Sharp in Margaret\'s Form 2 Poetry exercise book, Lyndhurst School, Canterbury
  	Lawrence by Jean Read Lawrence, lovely Lawrence, With your daffodils in bloom, Your name goes back in history, To the days of mining boom. In the calm and pleasant valley, With the river running by, And the beautiful green pasture, So soothing to the eye. In the fields the sheep are grazing, And the little lambs at play, And it soothes the weary traveller, As he goes upon his way. There nestles in a valley, By a lone willow tree, A homestead old and shabby, But it's "Home, sweet home" to me.
  Died	7 Apr 2004	Totara Lodge Rest Home, Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
  Person ID	I754	Grant
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2023

  
  

  Father	John Sharp, Roading contractor and farmer,"Sunny Brae", Rongahere, NZ,   b. 14 Feb 1854, Wallace Street, Ayr St Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. 28 Oct 1930, Seacliff Mental Hospital, Otago, New Zealand  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mary Dunbar Taylor, of Rongahere and Tuapeka Mouth, Otago,   b. 4 Nov 1868, Silverside, East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand ,   d. 3 Aug 1943, Tuapeka Flat, Otago, New Zealand  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	8 Aug 1888	in the home of WIlliam Taylor, Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand
  	Application to Marry in the East Taieri District. Date of Notice 4th Aug 1888. Groom: John Sharp, bachelor, labourer, age 32 years, dwelling place Mosgiel [he did not live in the area; a marrying party had to be resident in the district for at least 3 days to apply to marry], length or residence - 3 days. Bride: Mary Dunbar Taylor, spinster, no calling or profession, age 20 years, dwelling place Mosgiel, length of residence 20 years. Place where marriage to be solemnised - House of William Taylor of Mosgiel. Person giving consent in case of a minor: William Taylor, father. Date of Certificate 4th Aug 1888. Officiating minister: Rev William Will. Married by the Rev William Will, pioneer minister of East Taieri.
  Family ID	F17	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frederick Charles Reginald (Reg) Read, Farmer (with a gold claim) at Tuapeka Flat,   b. c 1892, Owaka, Otago, New Zealand
  Married	22 Jul 1936	Presbyterian Church, Lawrence, Otago, New Zealand
  	Otago Daily Times 15 Sep 1936: MARRIAGES - READ - SHARP. -On July 23, at the Presbyterian Church, Lawrence, by the Rev. H H. Barton, Reginald Charles, eldest son of the late Frederick T. and Jane Read, Lawrence, to Jane, fourth daughter of Mary and the late John Sharp, of Tuapeka Mouth. Jean's brother-in-law John Edward Keenan and John's daughter Nora Catherine Keenan were witnesses at the wedding. Nora was bridesmaid.
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2020
  Family ID	F471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Jean Sharp c 1922 enlargement from a family photo taken by Zenith Studios, Dunedin
  		Mary Dunbar Sharp and her (then) unmarried daughters l to r Ciss, Jean, Isabel c 1922 Taken by Zenith Studios, Dunedin
  		Jean Sharp taken in Dunedin (sister Isabel had photo taken at the same time)
  		Jean Sharp on old Jenny going home from Rongahere School
  		Sharp siblings c1925, l to r: Jean, Charlie, Ciss, Wattie, Isabel
  		Jean Sharp and Reg Read wedding photo 1936
  		Jean Sharp and Reg Read wedding photo 1936
  		Read farm at Tuapeka Flat, Otago (Reg and Jean purchased it in 1937)
  		Letter written by Charlie Sharp to his sister Jean in 1929 - the only letter Jean said she ever received from him!
  		4 Sharp sisters - standing left Isabel, right Mag. Sitting left Mary (with baby) and right Jean. Taken perhaps c 1930. Looks like a picnic day.
  		Isabel Sharp, nephew Dan Keenan, sister Jean Sharp Waipiata Sanitorium - likely Jan 1932 Jean was working for the Matthias family at Waipiata at the time and sister Isabel came up to see her, and nephew Dan Keenan who was recuperating in the Sanitorium at Waipiata. Dan's father then died in January 1932 and Austin Graham drove Isabel back to Tuapeka Mouth for Dan Sr's funeral.