Individual Details

William arrived in Sydney about 1867 and married Ann Eva NEWTON on 30th September 1876.
Shown on George Ronald's marriage certificate as a draftsman.

Family 'hot gos' has it that relatives of Jane Fawcett were in Australia and that is why William came here in about 1871. He worked for several years as a teacher and then as a Draftsman in the New South Wales Lands Department. It was an excellent position and he built a substantial house named 'Lorna Doon' in Bexley, Sydney. It was later an Anglican Rectory. The site is now a large block of units.

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Birth	20 Oct 1842	Pancras, London, England, United Kingdom
Baptism	27 Aug 1852	Old Church, Saint Pancras, London England
Marriage	30 Sep 1876	St Patrick's Catholic Church, Parramatta, NSW, Australia - Ann Eva NEWTON
Death	6 Nov 1900	Lorna Doone, Bexley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australian Colonies

Spouse	Ann Eva NEWTON (1855 - 1938)
Child	Mable Catherine SHEPHERD (1878 - 1948)
Child	Ethel Margaret SHEPHERD (1879 - )
Child	James Edward SHEPHERD (1880 - 1940)
Child	Cerise Gertrude "Cherry" SHEPHERD (1881 - )
Child	Eva Louise SHEPHERD (1884 - 1967)
Child	George Ronald SHEPHERD (1886 - 1966)
Child	Alfred George SHEPHERD (1887 - 1944)
Child	Dudley William SHEPHERD (1894 - 1947)

Father	Robert SHEPHERD (1794 - 1895)
Mother	Jane Ann FAWCETT (1805 - 1885)
Sibling	Jane SHEPHERD (1835 - )
Sibling	James SHEPHERD (1836 - )
Sibling	Ann SHEPHERD (1836 - )
Sibling	Mary SHEPHERD (1837 - )
Sibling	Peter SHEPHERD (1840 - )
Sibling	Matilda SHEPHERD (1844 - )