Hi Geoff, I have two SHEPHERD in my tree. Jane SHEPHARD [602]: She was born in ABT. 1742 in (GSEST. Yorkshire), and she died on 30-SEP-1822 in Saint Sampson / York, England. She married David COX [576] on 21-AUG-1785 in Saint Sampson / York, England. I don't know where Jane was born AND Gladys Violet SHEPHERD [208]: She was born in GSEST. 1900 in WRY, Pudsey / Yorkshire, England, and she died in 1984 in WRY / Bradford, England. She married Harold WILSON [92] on GSEST. 1920, and had the following children: Colin [209] (1923), Audrey [210] (1928), Marjorie [211] (1933), and Shirley [302] (ABT. 1940). Cheers Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: eng-yorkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-yorkshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Geoff Nicolle Sent: Saturday, 26 May 2007 1:00 AM To: ENG-YORKSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: [YORKSHIRE] Shephard Hello Carolyn, My g grandfather was the youngest of the 11 children of John Shepherd and Ursula Emma (nee Sheppard) farmers of Raskelf ,Yorkshire on 1841 census. The 3 oldest children George, James and Ann were all recorded as 15 years of age. Ages were not always recorded exactly in 1841. The surnames of both parents vary in spelling between Shepherd, Shephard and Sheppard on different documents . A long shot I'm sure but any known connection? Geoff Nicolle No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/817 - Release Date: 24/05/2007 16:01 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-YORKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message