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Mourning Card · primary-source record

James Sharp

circa 1826 (computed from age at death) – August 12, 1849

Died 12 August 1849 · interred Mucking Churchyard, England

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At-a-glance facts

Record type

Mourning Card

Date of death

August 12, 1849

Date of birth

circa 1826 (computed from age at death)

Age at death

in the 23rd year of his age

Place of burial

England, United Kingdom

The mourning card

From the funeral card

In

Affectionate Remembrance of

James Sharp,

Who Died,

August 12th, 1849,

In the 23rd year of

his age.

Interred in Mucking

Church Yard.

Die-cut mourning card in the shape of a cross, with a small ornamental cross above the first line and below the last. The text is centered on the cross's vertical bar; a mourning woman and a kneeling girl under a willow are silhouetted in white against the black card either side of the base.

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Source & citation

Source type
Photograph & transcription
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-06-12
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Image vs transcription
Both — photograph of the card and a transcription on this page

Citation: "Mourning card of James Sharp, died 12 August 1849, interred Mucking Churchyard, England," photographed and contributed to the Ancestors at Rest archive (https://ancestorsatrest.com/records/funeral-cards/sharp-james-1849/ : accessed [your access date]).

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