Hi Carolyn, FreeBMD has http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ Marriages Dec 1852 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAPWORTH Betsy Caxton 3b 1027 ? Shephard George Caxton 3b 1027 SIBLEY Charles Caxton 3b 1027 ? TOSELAND Charlotte Caxton 3b 1027 This may be them?? counties of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire ??? following births Births Mar 1853 Shephard Louisa Caxton 3b 437 Births Mar 1855 (>99%) Shephard Hannah Elizabeth Ledbury 6a 406 Births Jun 1858 (>99%) Shephard Sarah Ann Sheffield 9c 295 > George's DC says he was married at age 25, England to Charlotte SHEPHARD > (= > abt 1854) and Charlotte's DC says she was 21 at marriage (= abt 1853) and > place of marriage was Sheffield, England. who was the informant, if Sarah, there is the above birth for a Sarah Ann, in Sheffield. >From this she may have thought that they were from there??? Kind regards, Lynne. Sydney, AUSTRALIA. > > It confuses me though, (not difficult!) because George SHEPHARD's DC of > 1879 > states he was in N.S.W. for 20 years and Charlotte's DC of 1915-16 says > she > was in N.S.W. for 57 years. > > This tallies with the BC of their 3rd daughter (I think) at Summerhill, > Rockley on 3 Jun, 1859 (registered at Bathurst 1 Aug, 1859.) > > As yet, I do not have the BCs of their first 2 daughters (presumably born > in > England) and on 3 Jun, 1859 they are listed as "Previous Issue" - Hannah > Elizabeth 4, and Sarah Ann 2. >