George Sheppeard, 18111881 (aged 70 years)

Name
George /Sheppeard/
Given names
George
Surname
Sheppeard
Name
George /Shepherd/
Given names
George
Surname
Shepherd
Birth
Immigration
Citation details: Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 272
Text:

George Shepherd, one of 399 convicts transported on the ship Moffatt, 05 May 1836.
Sentence details: Convicted at Suffolk Quarter Session for a term of 7 years.
Vessel: Moffatt.
Date of Departure: 05 May 1836.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Text:

Arrived in NSW 31 Aug 1836

Citation details: The Ipswich Journal Sat 9 Jan 1836 p. 3
Text:

At Woodbridge Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday last...George Sheppeard, for stealing ten pigs, the property of Mr. John Turner, of Pettaugh. Mr William Page, who had for the last three months managed the prosecutor's business in consequence of his ill health, deposed that the correct number of pigs were upon the premises on the 27th ult., and that on the following morning ten were gone; witness went that day to Hadleigh market, in search of the lost pigs, and found eight of them there in a pen; the prisoner was then pointed out to witness by David Beer, of Hintlesham, who had bought seven of the pigs, the other had been sold to another man, and the prisoner, in the presence of the witness voluntarily returned the money he had received for the eight; the other two (making up the number lost) were found, under a search warrant, on the prisoner's premises, and the whole identified as the prosecutor's property. David Beer identified prisoner as being the person of whom he bought seven of the hogs claimed and taken away by the last witness. Guilty - transported for 7 years.

Text:

age 25 at trial

Religious marriage
Text:

George Shepherd 31, Moffatt, 7 years
Margaret Stephenson, 16, free
The consent in writing of Stephenson's parents or guardians must ne furnished to this Office she being under age.

Citation details: Vol 04, 1839-1856 (No 1-345)
Text:

George Shepherd of this parish a widower
and Margaret Stephenson of this parish a spinster
were married in this church by banns with consent of the Governor
this 16th day of Jul 1841
George and Margaret both made their X marks in the register in the presence of Philip Stephenson and Mary McCabe who both signed the register

Religious marriage
Text:

Name: Caroline Whittle
Spouse Name: George Shepherd
Marriage Date: 1841
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Parramatta, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1841
Volume Number: V C

Text:

George Shepherd, 31, Moffatt (2), 7 years, ticket of leave
Caroline Whittle, 31, Victoria: arrived free
granted permission to marry 17 Dec 1841 by Rev. H.H. Bobart at Parramatta

Citation details: Vol 04, 1839-1856 (No 1-345)
Text:

George Shepherd of this parish a widower
and Caroline Whittle of this parish a spinster
were married in this church by banns with consent of the Governor
this 24th day of Dec 1841

Certificate of Freedom
March 1843 (aged 32 years)
Text:

No 43/432 16 [or 18] March 1843
Prisoner No: 36/1698
Name: George Shepherd
Ship: Moffat 2, master Bolton, year 1836
Native place: Suffolk
Trade: labourer
Offence: pig stealing
Place of trial: Suffolk quarter sessions 6 Jan 1836
Sentence: 7 years
Year of birth: 1810
Height: 5 feet ten inches
Complexion: ruddy
Hair: brown
Eyes: light brown
General remarks: Lost a front tooth right side of upper jaw. Scar on right eyebrow and the left side of upper lip. Sandy whiskers. Two scars back of forefinger of right hand and one on back of forefingers of left hand

Marriage
Text:

Name: Amelia Arrobus
Spouse Name: George Sheppard
Marriage Date: 1857
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Hartley, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1857
Registration Number: 1835

Death
Text:

Name: George Sheppeard
Death Date: 1881
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's Name: Epraim
Mother's Name: Sarah
Registration Year: 1881
Registration Place: Hartley, New South Wales
Registration Number: 7711

Burial
Text:

George Sheppeard died 7 Sep 1881 age 73 born Suffolk England, husband of Amelia, father

Family with Margaret Stephenson
himself
18111881
Birth: about 1811Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Death: 1881Hartley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Religious marriage Religious marriageJuly 16, 1841Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
6 months
daughter
18411841
Birth: about 1841 30 16
Death: July 29, 1841Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Family with Caroline Victoria Whittle
himself
18111881
Birth: about 1811Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Death: 1881Hartley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
wife
1810
Birth: about 1810
Death:
Religious marriage Religious marriageDecember 24, 1841Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Family with Amelia Arrobus
himself
18111881
Birth: about 1811Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Death: 1881Hartley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Marriage Marriage1857Hartley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
-12 years
son
18441929
Birth: November 20, 1844 33 Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1929Burwood, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
14 months
daughter
18461933
Birth: January 17, 1846 35 Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1933Lithgow, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
18491869
Birth: February 4, 1849 38 Sydney City, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 13, 1869Hartley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
23 months
son
2 years
son
18511906
Birth: 1851 40 Bowenfels, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1906Lithgow, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
18531890
Birth: about 1853 42
Death: June 22, 1890Lithgow, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
18551936
Birth: 1855 44 Bowenfels, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 22, 1936Lithgow, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
son
18571863
Birth: 1857 46 Hartley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Death: September 29, 1863
3 years
daughter
18591865
Birth: December 25, 1859 48 Hartley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1865Hartley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Immigration
Citation details: Source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 272
Text:

George Shepherd, one of 399 convicts transported on the ship Moffatt, 05 May 1836.
Sentence details: Convicted at Suffolk Quarter Session for a term of 7 years.
Vessel: Moffatt.
Date of Departure: 05 May 1836.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Text:

Arrived in NSW 31 Aug 1836

Citation details: The Ipswich Journal Sat 9 Jan 1836 p. 3
Text:

At Woodbridge Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday last...George Sheppeard, for stealing ten pigs, the property of Mr. John Turner, of Pettaugh. Mr William Page, who had for the last three months managed the prosecutor's business in consequence of his ill health, deposed that the correct number of pigs were upon the premises on the 27th ult., and that on the following morning ten were gone; witness went that day to Hadleigh market, in search of the lost pigs, and found eight of them there in a pen; the prisoner was then pointed out to witness by David Beer, of Hintlesham, who had bought seven of the pigs, the other had been sold to another man, and the prisoner, in the presence of the witness voluntarily returned the money he had received for the eight; the other two (making up the number lost) were found, under a search warrant, on the prisoner's premises, and the whole identified as the prosecutor's property. David Beer identified prisoner as being the person of whom he bought seven of the hogs claimed and taken away by the last witness. Guilty - transported for 7 years.

Text:

age 25 at trial

Religious marriage
Text:

George Shepherd 31, Moffatt, 7 years
Margaret Stephenson, 16, free
The consent in writing of Stephenson's parents or guardians must ne furnished to this Office she being under age.

Citation details: Vol 04, 1839-1856 (No 1-345)
Text:

George Shepherd of this parish a widower
and Margaret Stephenson of this parish a spinster
were married in this church by banns with consent of the Governor
this 16th day of Jul 1841
George and Margaret both made their X marks in the register in the presence of Philip Stephenson and Mary McCabe who both signed the register

Religious marriage
Text:

Name: Caroline Whittle
Spouse Name: George Shepherd
Marriage Date: 1841
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Parramatta, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1841
Volume Number: V C

Text:

George Shepherd, 31, Moffatt (2), 7 years, ticket of leave
Caroline Whittle, 31, Victoria: arrived free
granted permission to marry 17 Dec 1841 by Rev. H.H. Bobart at Parramatta

Citation details: Vol 04, 1839-1856 (No 1-345)
Text:

George Shepherd of this parish a widower
and Caroline Whittle of this parish a spinster
were married in this church by banns with consent of the Governor
this 24th day of Dec 1841

Certificate of Freedom
Text:

No 43/432 16 [or 18] March 1843
Prisoner No: 36/1698
Name: George Shepherd
Ship: Moffat 2, master Bolton, year 1836
Native place: Suffolk
Trade: labourer
Offence: pig stealing
Place of trial: Suffolk quarter sessions 6 Jan 1836
Sentence: 7 years
Year of birth: 1810
Height: 5 feet ten inches
Complexion: ruddy
Hair: brown
Eyes: light brown
General remarks: Lost a front tooth right side of upper jaw. Scar on right eyebrow and the left side of upper lip. Sandy whiskers. Two scars back of forefinger of right hand and one on back of forefingers of left hand

Marriage
Text:

Name: Amelia Arrobus
Spouse Name: George Sheppard
Marriage Date: 1857
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Hartley, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1857
Registration Number: 1835

Death
Text:

Name: George Sheppeard
Death Date: 1881
Death Place: New South Wales
Father's Name: Epraim
Mother's Name: Sarah
Registration Year: 1881
Registration Place: Hartley, New South Wales
Registration Number: 7711

Burial
Text:

George Sheppeard died 7 Sep 1881 age 73 born Suffolk England, husband of Amelia, father