Latest news

15 November 2010: Updated story of John Edwin Sharp and his first wife Theodosia, and their 5 children.

20 July 2009: Updated story of Isabella Mary Sharp provided by Lesley MacClure.

1 May 2010: Updated family tree - John Edwin Sharp

3 July 2010: Updated story on Sarah Bentley Sharp provided by Gay Brennan. Awaiting further information and family trees.

Links:

• Dunedin City Council Cemetery Database. Search for Sharp, Healy and Healey.

Sharp-Healy Family

The Sharp-Healy website has been produced by Dale Hartle, eldest daughter of Desmond Sharp. This has been a joint two-year project to document and publish the family history for the interest and benefit of the family, who are now living all around the world. You can print any or all of the pages here as you wish.

What’s on this website?

You will read the story of the history of the Sharp and Healy families, the joining of the two families by the marriage of John Bentley Sharp to Margaret Healy, and the children of John and Margaret.

You will also find pages discussing the most important places in the family – Naseby, Kyeburn, Bendigo, Seacliff and France.

There are a number of historical photos of family members, as well as current family photos in the photo gallery.

We also list all the family members from John Edwin Sharp of England, and Thomas John Healy of Ireland on the family tree, as well as other Family Tree Reports and forms.

Where has the information come from?

Information for this family website has been compiled from a number of sources including:

• Birth, death and marriage records
• Newspaper clippings, articles and announcements
• Probate documents
• Burial records
• Published books
• Personal stories and memoirs
• Photographs
• Medical records
• Army Service records
• Information on other websites

Spellings

When you are reading these stories, you will notice different spellings for some names: Healy, and Healey; Denis and Dennis; Bently and Bentley. These names were often handwritten or typed with different spellings on some of the documents referred to. In most cases the spelling of Healy and Bentley has been used.

Contact details

If you have any information or photos to add to the site, or any corrections, please contact Dale Hartle in Wellington, New Zealand, by phone +64 4 235 6659 or email .

Last updated: 12 December 2010