Hi Carolyn, FreeBDM has http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ Births Mar 1855 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shephard Hannah Elizabeth Ledbury 6a 406 > 2 unnamed daughters were born at Bathurst in 1859 and 1861(to a George and > Charlotte SHEPPARD), (Source: N.S.W. BMD). There is also a birth of a > George SHEPHARD in Sydney in 1859 with just the mother's name of > Charlotte. Births NSW 593/1859 SHEPHARD GEORGE CHARLOTTE SYDNEY 5069/1862 SHEPHARD JAMES GEORGE CHARLOTTE BATHURST 5533/1866 SHEPHARD ELIZA GEORGE CHARLOTTE BATHURST 6557/1870 SHEPHARD WILLIAM GEORGE CHARLOTTE BATHURST 6729/1872 SHEPHARD GEORGE GEORGE CHARLOTTE BATHURST 7340/1874 SHEPHARD JOSEPH GEORGE CHARLOTTE BATHURST Deaths NSW 4712/1876 SHEPHARD JOSEPH GEORGE CHARLOTTE BATHURST 4187/1879 SHEPHARD GEORGE JAMES SARAH BATHURST 1872 Grevilles Directory NSW SHEPPARD George farmer Wallaby Joe's Ck. Rockley Kind regards, Lynne > Ancestors named SHEPHARD (SHEPPARD / SHEPHERD) arrived in Australia (more > than likely Sydney) in about 1859. They were George and Charlotte. > > > > I have tried every available source to find the possible name of the ship > or a ship listing them as passengers, to no avail. Would anyone know where > on earth I could look? > > When George came to Bathurst, he was a farmer. After he died in 1879, > Charlotte is listed as a Landholder of over 1,300 acres at "Summerhill", > Rockley in 1885. She died in 1916.

Hi, Lynne, I am very grateful for all this, especially for the Greville's Directory information. Am about to apply for some of those Birth Certificates. Hannah Elizabeth's Headstone in Rockley Cemetery says that she died on 2 Apr, 1936, aged 84. (She married Carl ASIMUS who was the 'acting undertaker' at George SHEPHARD's burial on 9 Mar, 1879 at Jumper's Flat: wherever that is?) That would put her birthdate as 1852. Found a marriage on the IGI this morning - an Extracted Entry - of a George SHEPHERD to a Charlotte WILLIS, 29 May, 1852, Claines, Worcester. Ledbury is Hereford and Worcester. Then checked the 1851 Census and found, at St Martin, Worcestershire a Charlotte WILLIS, dressmaker aged 29 with her widowed mother, Charlotte, 62 and 3 Lodgers, one an unmarried George SHEPPARD aged 26. (Too much to hope for?) That would make George b. abt 1825, which is 4 years out from his DC. The plot thickens................<g> So thankful for some help. One feels very alone with no-one else's input. except skewiff 'facts' ! Best wishes, Carolyn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Radford" <lynne_r@tpg.com.au> To: <aus-immigration-ships@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] NAMES OF SHIPS ARRIVING ABT 1859 > Hi Carolyn, > FreeBDM has http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Births Mar 1855 (>99%) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Shephard Hannah Elizabeth Ledbury 6a 406