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Sharpe, Geraldine Paige, 1924-

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Geraldine Paige Sharpe is an early Las Vegas, Nevada resident who also lived in St. Thomas, Nevada before the town was flooded. She was born January 11, 1924 to Roy Paige Chandler and Edith Frehner Chandler in Los Angeles, California. She moved to St. Thomas with her grandfather in 1930, then to Las Vegas after St. Thomas was flooded. She then moved to into her mother's home near 4th Street and Charleston Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada. She married Gordon Wallace Sharpe on January 11, 1942. Their daughter, Dianne Lee Menzel, was born October 29, 1948.

Source:

Geraldine Sharpe and Dianne Menzel oral history interview, 2016 May 23. OH-02700. [Cite format consulted: Audio recording or Transcript.] Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.