Nat Gould

Frances Harriet Sharpe 1850-1898

Frances Harriet Sharpe was born in Lahore, India in 1850. She was the daughter of Captain John Edward Sharpe and his wife nee Caroline Knox. Captain Sharpe was serving in India with the 46th Bengal Native Infantry.

On 13 May 1869 she was married to Thomas Gould, a Sheffield solicitor, at Trinity Church, Milton near Gravesend (1).

In 1871 they were living at Victoria Road, Ecclesall in Sheffield, but had moved to Endcliffe Crescent in Sheffield by 1881. In 1891, Frances Harriet Gould was living with three of her children at 25 St. Mary's Road, Kensington in London, possibly while they were being educated there. Her husband Thomas Gould meanwhile stayed in Sheffield.

Their children (2) were:

Alexander Cyril Gould. He was born on 13 May 1870 and baptised at Sheffield Cathedral on 1 July 1870. He was educated at Repton School (3). In 1895 he married Beatrice Grace M. Cooke (born in 1875 at Notting Hill in London) at Lewisham in London. They had three sons: Aubrey R. Gould (born in 1896), Eric C.S. Gould (born in 1898) and Dudley N. Gould (born in 1901). They lived in Bayswater, London. Alexander Cyril Gould died in 1942 at Hendon in London aged 71 years.

Florence Evelyn Gould. She was born on 5 November 1871, and baptised on 16 January 1872 at Sheffield Cathedral.

Lionel Aubrey Gould. He was born on 10 October 1873, and baptised on 21 November 1873 at Sheffield Cathedral. He was educated at Repton School (3) where in 1891 his housemaster was his uncle the Reverend John Gould 1849-1920.

Ralph Colin Gould. He became a solicitor, and went to Malaya.

She died in Yorkshire in 1898 aged 49.

(1) The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent newspaper Saturday 15 May 1869 page 8 issue 4942.
(2) Notice of the birth of a son born on 13 May 1870 was placed in The Sheffield & Rotherham Independent newspaper Saturday 21 May 1870 page 12 issue 5267. He would appear not to be Alexander Cyril Gould (born 1871) and is not recorded in the 1881 and 1891 Census Returns. Unfortunately the family do not seem to be recorded in the 1871 Census.
(3) Repton School Register : Supplement to 1910 Edition : January 1885 to April 1887.