This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sharp, Holt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eej.2ACIB/2075.1.2.1 Message Board Post: The story that I heard from my Mother who was told by my Dad that my great-grandparents died in a flood and that the Sharps raised my grandfather. It is interesting that you have had a similar incident in your family. I do know that my grandmother's name was Eliza.........that is about it........oh, and Dad came from Illinois to CA.