Posted on: Monterey County Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Monterey?read=293 Surname: Helm, Shrum, Berry, Sherwood, Hebbron, Burby ------------------------- Stansfeld Sherwood was the fourth child of Eugene (1827-1912) and Rhoda Jane (Upsher) Sherwood (1836-1919). In 1852 Eugene Sherwood's oldest sibling and sister, Mary Jane (1816-?) married Halton Hammer Stansfeld (1793-?) thus the name Stansfeld (notice the spelling..ends in feld, not field) Mrs Stansfeld Sherwood was born Nellie Cordelia Shrum ( 18Oct1878-13Dec1932) daughter of Susan Elizabeth (Helm) Shrum (1952-1922) and Andrew Jackson Shrum ( 1839-11Jul1878)in Round Valley, Mendocino County, CA. Andrew Jackson Shrum was murdered by James Anthony with complicity of Jesse Anthony and Mrs Shrum. Jesse Anthony and Mrs Shrum were not convicted due to inadmissable evidence. See "History of Mendocino County, California, pg 340. Susan Elizabeth (Helm) Shrum married Duncan Berry about 1881. Duncan Berry became the step-father of the three Shrum children: William Edward (Shrum) Berry (1871-1948), Mary Etta (Shrum) Berry (abt 1872-bef 1900), and Nellie Cordelia (Shrum) Berry (1878-1932) Mrs Stansfeld Sherwood divorced Stansfeld Sherwood about 1924. She died 13Dec1932 of Influensa-Pneunomia with myocarditis. She was employed as a nurse at the Monterey County Hospital. There is no Sherwood Theater in Salinas, California. Eugene Sherwood, father of Stansfeld, donated the land for the present California Rodeo grounds and the 60 acre Sherwood Park, the railroad station and right-of-way through Salinas as well as schools and churchs. The Sherwood Park and the Sherwood School are named after Eugene Sherwood, a founder of the City of Salinas and one of the chief movers to have the county seat transfered from Monterey to Salinas and the creation of San Benito County out of Monterey County. Thus we have in five generations the following line: Eugene Sherwood, Stansfeld Sherwood, Eugenia Bernice Sherwood, Wava Jean Hebbron, and Nancy Sue Burby (1952-). In retrospect, and with notice to the tendency of present day Salinas to revere John Steinbeck, also add that Eugenia Bernice Sherwood, Thomas Duncan Sherwood (1901-1985) (her brother), and John Steinbeck were all graduates of Salinas Union High School class of 1919.