Edna Josephine Hemingway Sharpe
1885-1914
1910
Edna Josephine Hemingway Sharpe, holding Madeline Sharpe, born June 8, 1910.
Many thanks and much love to Carolyn Rubins Clark, daughter of Madeline Sharpe Rubins, and her husband Bruce for providing these and many other photos.
These are the only family photos that we have of our beloved Grandmother, Edna.
This photo appears to have been taken earlier than 1910. It might have been Edna's graduation picture from Auburn Academic
High School .
Edna Josephine Hemingway was born and raised in Auburn, in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York. Her Hemingway roots in America date back into the 1630's, when her 4th Great Grandfather, Ralph Hemingway, landed in Roxbury, MA, as an indentured servant, in what is considered an early American settlement. Click here to view Edna's Family Tree from Ancestry.com.
Note that in the Hamm/McKain/Hamingway Family Tree in Ancestry.com, Edna's family Tree descends many more generations to before 1,000 AD and encompasses many family branches on the Tree. Much has been written and documented about the Hemingways on America. In addition to Ancestry.con, another excellent Source of knowledge on the Hemingway (aka Hemenway or Heminway) is on-line here.
Edna attended the Academic High School in Auburn. Click here to read Edna's Auburn NY Academic High School Senior publication, "The Silhouette". It is evident that Edna excelled in High School, achieving Honor Roll status, participating in plays and debates, and co-publishing "The Silhouette". It was in "The Silhouette" that Edna's middle name and her intended College, the NY State Normal College in Albany, later named The University of Albany, were discovered. Perhaps those college plans were changed, for In 1904, 2-years after High School, the Auburn City Directory listed Edna as a Teacher in that city. Other documents revealed that Edna taught for 3-years at Auburn's Fulton Street School.
Edna and John Sharpe were married on August 11, 1908. The 1910 Federal Census listed them as married, ages 34 and 24, and living in Sterling, Cayuga County, New York. John was an ordained Presbyterian minister, having received his DD Degree from the Auburn Theological Seminary.
Edna and John's Wedding Announcement in the Auburn Paper. Mauris sit amet tortor.4<>
By 1913, John, Edna, and 3-year old daughter, Madeline Sharpe, had moved to Cleveland Ohio, where Jeanne Hemingway Sharpe was born on December 7, 1913.
The greatest tragedy presented on this Website is the death of Edna Hemingway Sharpe. After giving birth to Jeanne, Edna developed a Peritonitis infection and died on January 5, 2014.
Edna, at age 28 , was buried on January 8, 1914 at the Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York
Plot: Evening Dell Lot 20 Grave 4
Other Hemingways and Dangerfields Buried at Fort Hill Cemetery include:
Hemingway Edwin S 51 1/28/08 Evening Dell 20 1
Hemingway Lydia J 73 5/8/31 Evening Dell 20 2
Hemingway Ruth M 19 11/29/02 Evening Dell 20 3
Hemingway Marilla M 87 3/12/17 Evening Dell 20 5
Hemingway Abraham L 64 7/10/28 Evening Dell 20 6
Hemingway Ida M 66 7/11/31 Evening Dell 20 7
Hemingway Baby 0 6/11/16 Evening Dell 20
Hemingway Roy W 61 7/10/42 Hillcrest 24 3
Hemingway Mary B 73 11/13/57 Hillcrest 24 4
Hemingway Lucy T NO AGE 1/12/87 Hillcrest 24 6
Hemingway David S 84 9/17/98 Hillcrest 24 8
Dangerfield Sarah H 76 4/20/17 Glen Alpine 30 2
Dangerfield Francis S 59 1/5/00 Glen Alpine 30 3
Dangerfield Lydia S 64 11/22/1870 Glen Alpine 30 7
Dangerfield Robert W 22 11/22/1870 Glen Alpine 30 8
Dangerfield George R 91 9/14/03 Glen Alpine 30 9
Edna's father, Elwin Hemingway, died in February, 2008. This clipping is a legal notice of Lydia J's Letters of Guardianship, protecting the children's right to his Life Insurance.
This is the newspaper notice in 1878 for the marriage of Edna's parents, Elwin Hemingway and Lydia Josephine Daingerfield.
Dr. Daingerfield reported missing, 1884 at age 75. He lived to be 93.
Edna's Grandfather, Dr. George R Daingerfield's Death Reported
In late November, 1902, 19-year old Ruth Hemingway died of unreported causes. This must have been devastating for her parents and younger siblings, Edna, age 17, Eva, age 15, and Lydia, age 4.
I suspect that this Lawn Social was presented for the newlyweds, Edna and John Sharpe.
The Elwin Hemingway home on E Genesee St for the 1890's and the first part of the 1900's, probably until Elwin's death.
Eva Hemingway graduated in the Class of 1907 from the Auburn Academic High School.
Eva's Class Reunion reported
Eva's 1907 Valentines Dance.
Eva and Harry Hopkins married in 1911. John Sharpe officiated.
September, 1898 was the scene of a family wedding, in which little Ruth, Edna and Eva participated.
Aunt Lydia was married 4-times. This is the announcement of her final marriage in 1963.
Lydia Hemingway sang at this event in 1917.
In late November, 1902, 19-year old Ruth Hemingway died of unreported causes. This must have been devastating for her parents and younger siblings, Edna, age 17, Eva, age 15, and Lydia, age 4.15
In late November, 1902, 19-year old Ruth Hemingway died of unreported causes. This must have been devastating for her parents and younger siblings, Edna, age 17, Eva, age 15, and Lydia, age 4.16
Eva and Harry Hopkins' daughter, Mary died in 1937.
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