Charby/Sharby family of Broome County
Has anyone out there been reasearching this family group, said to be of Irish ancestry? I visited the Lac Broome area many years ago, as these are cousins of folks who came from Lavaltrie, Quebec, but the people I talked with had no documentation to go with the family tradition of an Irish ancestry. Our ancestry remains something of a mystery, with our first ancestor, William Chearby, being identified at this 1722 marriage as "anglais de nation".
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Re: Charby/Sharby family of Broome County
Tom, I have a Social Security Application from Albert Henry Sharby who listed his parents as Joseph and Lorena (Smith) Sharby. Albert was born in Sutton, Quebec on June 7, 1907. Any information you might have about living relatives from the Sharby family would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Charby/Sharby family of Broome County
Members of the Charby family live in the Lac Brome/Sutton area in Quebec, as well as in a number of towns across Ontario. Most of these folks do not use the Sharby spelling as far as I know, and I am not aware of any current Sharby households in Canada. All of the Charbys are related to anyone in the past who used the Sharby spelling, I believe.
As you may know, they are descendents of Andre Charby who was married in Varennes in 1817, and his son Alexis, born in 1846 I believe. I am at work at the moment so I can't check my notes.
If you want more specific info, let me know.
Tom Sherby
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Looking for any information regarding the "mystery" of my lineage
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I got your message. The Charbys in Broome County are descendents of people who came from around St. Damase and St. Hyacinthe, migrated to Millbury, Massachusetts around 1870, and then back to the Lac Brome/Sutton area around 1895. Their ancestors originated in Lavaltrie, between Montreal and Three Rivers on the St. Lawrence, and before that from Quebec City. The original settler was William Chearby, who married on the Isle d'Orleans in 1722. His origin is a mystery. I came to Lac Brome in 1988 and talked with Tammy Charby, who was Tammy Edgington then, and she said the family was from Ireland. She took me to visit a 90 year old man whose name was Andrew Charby, I believe, and he said the family originated in Germany. If you want your own immediate ancestors, give me your grandfather's name and I can fill in the details.
Their ancestors lived in
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Re: Charby/Sharby family of Broome County
Derek: My name is Sandra Sharby and I live in Florida. I have been searching for many years for info about the Sharby name. My father in law was Eugene Sharby born in Vermont in 1917 and he had several brothers. His brother Robert has a son by that same name in Mass., he has two sons. Eugene had 6 children and they all live in the states. That's about all the info that we know. I'm very excited to read about all this family history. Please reply. Thanks, S.Sharby
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Re: Charby/Sharby family of Broome County
First of all, when I replied to a message from Derek Charby, I did something wrong and it appears the message I sent him is from him instead of to him. I'm Tom Sherby and have done research on the Sharby/Charby/Sherby family. Do you know Eugene's father's name? That would help link your Sharbys with my relatives. Do you know which town Eugene was born in?
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I believe his father was Joseph Sharby. One of his brothers was named Albert. I dont remmember the name of the town where he was born. Thanks, SSharby
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I will check through my notes and pass along any additional information I have which may be helpful. I do know that there was a Charby/Sharby family related to me which lived in Newport, Vermont toward the end of the 19th Century. The head of the household, Alexander Charby, did carriage repair and painting, if I remember right. I'll check to see if he had a son, Joseph(I'm at work now, away from my records).
There are about 6 or 7 Charby households around the town of Lac Brome, Quebec today, close to the Vermont border, all of them related to the rest of us. For awhile their descendants lived in Millbury,Springfield, and Grafton Massachusetts(1870-1900's) before many of them moved back to Quebec. In Massachusetts the name was spelled Sharby and Sherby.
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Re: Charby/Sharby family of Broome County
Eugene Sharby was the son of Joseph and Lorene(Smith) Sharby of Sutton, Quebec and St. Albans, Vermont. According to the 1920 US census Joseph was age 43, Lorene age 39, and there were 4 sons and 2 daughters in the home, at 227 Lake Street. Eugene was age 2, almost age 3, and Robert had just turned 2. Henry Albert was age 12. The parents are said to have emigrated to the US in 1896. The family is French-speaking and the father was a railroad foreman.
I havn't been able to find the couple's marriage record but I believe that Joseph was the son of Raoul Jean Charby and Pelegie Daudelin, a couple who married at Worcester, Massachusetts in 1869 and lived for some years in Millbury, Ma. before moving to Sutton, Quebec. Raoul Jean's father was Alexis, who in turn was the son of Andre Charby. Andre had a brother, Francois, and I am part of Francois' line, most of whom moved to the States. Andre and Francois were the sons of Michel, and Michel was the son of the mysterious William Chearby, married at St. Laurent, Isle d'Orleans in 1722, noted in the marriage record to be English-speaking, and of uncertain origin. He died at Lavaltrie in 1757. Hope this helps.
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