Charles Walter Shepherd ^{2 3}

   Another name for Charles was Charles William Shepherd. ⁹

  General Notes:

Address of parents on registration of birth of Mervyn Percy Shepherd, 23 Nov 1888 - Goderich St, Inveresk. At that stage Charles would have been 17 years old, and might possibly have obtained work in Launceston, deciding to stay when the rest of the family moved to Footscray, Victoria.
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According to Bob Shepherd - travelled from Ireland via Michigan USA with first cousins Walter and Fred.
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NOTE: On the birth registry entry for Frederick Charles Shepherd (20 July 1894), informant: "According to information contained in the declaration of Charles Shepherd - cousin, Lisle Road". See the <a href="cs_obit.html">obituary</a> for Charles Shepherd of Wyena for a possible cousin Charles.
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PLATELAYER - Men who laid and maintained railway tracks. The word actually predates railways being derived from the very old "plateways" which existed hundreds of years ago, mainly for moving coal. (Definition from the Net).
Death notice from The Examiner, Tue 8 September 1925:
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SHEPHERD:--On the 7th September, 1925, at the Public Hosital, Launceston, Charles, the dearly beloved husband of Emma Shepherd, of 23 Cimitiere St, and formerly of Nabowla, aged 52 years.
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'In Memorium' - The Examiner 7 Sept 1926:
SHEPHERD--In loving memory of our dear husband and father Charles Shepherd, who passed away 7th September 1925.
'Ts only till the day breaks
And all the shadows flee
What our dearly loved ones
Face we cannot see
Then, O, the joy of meeting
To part again no more
To be henceforth together
Safe on the golden shore
-- Inserted by his loving wife E. Shepherd and family.

  Burial Notes:

Launceston Carr Villa Cemetery B10-14, 1 of 2, Religion recorded as "Ang". ¹⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• Emigration: 18 Mar 1886, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. ³ Departed for Australia on the Otago

• Emigration: 4 Jun 1886, Fremantle, WA, Australia. ³ Arrived in Australia on the Otago

• Occupation: Birth of Adelaide Maud Shepherd, 12 Jan 1896, Lisle Road, Tas, Australia. ¹¹ Railway Repairer

• Whereabouts: Birth of Daisy May Shepherd, 23 Jul 1898, Lietinna, Tas, Australia. ¹²

• Occupation: Plate Layer on Railway, 23 Jul 1898, Lietinna, Tas, Australia. ¹²

• Whereabouts: 7 Sep 1925, Launceston, Tas, Australia. ⁶ 23 Cimitiere St, Launcestom

• Newspaper Death Notice: 8 Sep 1925, Launceston, Tas, Australia. ¹³ SHEPHERD -- On the 7th September, 1925 at the Public Hospital, Launceston, Charles, the dearly beloved husband of Emma Shepherd, of 23 Cimitiere St, and formerly of Nabowla, aged 52 years.

• Cemetery: 9 Sep 1925, Launceston, Tas, Australia. ¹⁴ Launceston Carr Villa, Block B10/14

Charles married Emma Agnes Partridge, daughter of Charles Edward Partridge and Charlotte Elizabeth Murrell, on 16 Nov 1893 in Launceston, Tas, Australia.¹ (Emma Agnes Partridge was born on 31 Aug 1877 in Launceston, Tas, Australia ¹⁵, died on 20 Nov 1955 ¹⁶ and was buried on 22 Nov 1955 in Launceston, Tas, Australia ^{17 18}.)

  Marriage Notes:

At the Baptist Church, York St, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Witness: CE Partridge and Lillie Hughes ¹⁹