Charles Shepherd ^{3 4}

   Another name for Charles was Charles Shephard (Vic BDM).

   User ID: 1471.

  General Notes:

The "Otago" sailed from Plymouth 18 March 1886, arriving at Fremantle on 4 June 1886. The passenger list includes:
SHEPHERD Charles, SHEPHERD Mary, SHEPHERD Adelaide, SHEPHERD Charles, SHEPHERD George, SHEPHERD Frederick, SHEPHERD Harry, SHEPHERD Frank, SHEPHERD Bert, See <a href="http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/shipping/mig-wa.htm">WA Shipping</a> and scroll down to Otago, 1886.
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The family appears to have remained in WA for about six months. Ella Maud was born in WA in 1886. I have discovered that WA began major railway constructions prior to the Shepherds arrival. The WA government actively sought experienced railway workers by offering them assisted passage. Around this time an economic recession/depression occurred, and funding for the railway was cut, possibly explaining the next move. The family continued on to Tasmania aboard the Chollerton. The Chollerton was operated by William Milburn & Co (London). She was 2650 ton, and visited Hobart in 1886. Note that there was a Robert Chollerton Shepherd born in 1887 at sea to Charles Shepherd and Emily Howard.
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Mervyn Percy Shepherd was born in Launceston in 1888.
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The next child (Leonard) is born in Footscray, Victoria in 1891.
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28/10/2001:-- Note that Charles' brother George arrived in Tasmania 11 April 1886, and George was in charge of laying rails on the North Eastern Line on 4 January, 1887. This may explain why Charles and family travelled from Western Australia to Tasmania, arriving in Hobart on 9 April 1887. George's nephew Charles Walter appears to have stayed in Tasmania, possibly gaining a railways job when the family were passing through. Note that Charles (senior) son Mervyn Percy was born 23 Nov 1888 at Launceston, when Charles Walter was 17 years old.
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One of the brothers of Charles Walter Shepherd is said to have moved to the United States. This could in fact be his uncle Fred (ID=359).
8 March 2002: Death certificate of Frederick Shepherd (ID=86) names his place of birth as Canada (1876) - placing the family there at that time, well before the move to Australia.
Note also that 2 children of Frederick Shepherd (ID=359) (Charles Walter's uncle) were born in the USA.
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Victorian Electoral Roll, 1908:
SHEPHERD, Charles, Leander St, Footscray, bricklayer
SHEPHERD, Mary, Leander St, Footscray, home duties
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Victorian Electoral Roll, 1913:
SHEPHERD, Albert, Barkly St, Footscray, weaver
SHEPHERD, Charles, Barkly St, Footscray, platelayer
SHEPHERD, Ethel May Mary, Barkly St, Footscray, home duties
SHEPHERD, Harry Morgan, 4 Ryan St, mat maker (Mary was Morgan)
SHEPHERD, Mary, Barkly St, Footscray, home duties
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THE AGE, Monday 2 October 1933 - Deaths:
SHEPHERD - On the 30th September, at the residence of his son, Mr Mervyn Shepherd, 23 Ballarat Rd, Maidstone, Charles, the dearly beloved husband of the late Mary Shepherd, and the father of Adelaide (Mrs Jones), Charles (deceased), George (deceased), Fred, Henry, Ella (deceased), Frank, Albert, Ella Maud (Mrs Bendelle), Mervyn, Leonard, Ida Mary (Mrs Lowe), Ethel (Mrs Moore, deceased) and Arthur. Aged 84 years. Mother and Father reunited.
A funeral notice also appeared, announcing the funeral at 3.30 pm.

  Birth Notes:

Birthplace noted from birth certificate of his son, Arthur Victor Shepherd, (Vic 1892/23309)

  Burial Notes:

Gravestone Inscription:
In Loving Memory of Our Loved Son George Son of C.& M.Shepherd Footscray Died on 12th Oct 1915 Aged 42 Years
Also
Ethel died 16th May 1931 Mother died 19th Oct 1931 Father died 30th Sept 1933 God will link the memory chain, As one by one we meet again
Until the day breaks.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism: 7 Nov 1856, St Mary, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. ¹⁰

• 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

• Whereabouts: 23 Nov 1888, Launceston, Tas, Australia. ¹¹ Address on registration of birth of Mervyn Percy Shepherd - Goderich St, Inveresk

• Whereabouts: 15 Sep 1892, Footscray, Vic, Australia. ¹² Anderson St, Footscray. Address on registration of Arthur Victor.

• Whereabouts: 1908, Footscray, Vic, Australia. ¹³ Leander St, Footscray

• Occupation: 1908, Footscray, Vic, Australia. ¹³ Bricklayer (Platelayer?)

• Occupation: 1913, Footscray, Vic, Australia. ¹⁴ Platelayer

• Whereabouts: 1913, Footscray, Vic, Australia. ¹⁴ Barkly St, Footscray

• Whereabouts: 12 Oct 1915, Footscray, Vic, Australia. ¹⁵ 223 Barkly St Footscray

• Whereabouts: 19 Oct 1931, Maidstone, Vic, Australia. ¹⁶ Brunswick St, Maidstone

• Whereabouts: 30 Sep 1933, Maidstone, Vic, Australia. ¹⁷ 23 Ballarat Rd, place of death

Charles married Mary A Morgan, daughter of George Morgan and Elizabeth Shelton, on 14 Jan 1869 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.^{1 2} (Mary A Morgan was born circa 1851 in Hertfordshire, England ¹⁸, died on 19 Oct 1931 in Footscray, Vic, Australia ^{8 19 20} and was buried on 21 Oct 1931 in Footscray Cemetery, Vic, Australia ⁹.)