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SHEPHERD

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that part of the Shepherd family connected with the Durham and Smith families

THE SHEPHERD FAMILY, GREENWICH, KENT

including THE BELL FAMILY, BIRMINGHAM, WARKS

THE MONTGOMERY FAMILY, SURRY

that part of the Shepherd family that is most connected with the Durham family, the children of CHARLES MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD I (1823-87), is descended from the Smith family, but the whole of the Shepherd family, as far back as it has been traced, has been included as so much information about it exists – most of the research was done by a Shepherd descendant, Cayman Islands

A POTTED HISTORY OF THE SHEPHERD FAMILY

(by a Shepherd descendant, Cayman Islands)

· the first known ancestor was ROBERT SHEPHERD, joiner, of St Clement Danes, Westminster, Middx, died 1752, married 1718 at Greenwich, Kent, Elizabeth Tyrell, widow, née Messingham

· their son, MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD,1727-1783, joiner, then carpenter, married 1751 at Greenwich, Ann Adams

· their son ANTHONY SHEPHERD (I), 1752-1819, undertaker, married 1774 at Greenwich, Mary Land – they do not appear to have had children

· the undertaking business was taken over by his wife Mary on Anthony’s death

· after Mary’s death the undertaking business seems to have passed to Anthony's brother Jesse's son JOHN ANTHONY SHEPHERD (I) 1785–1841 (Jesse is described as a Broker)

· it then passed to John Anthony’s son, ANTHONY SHEPHERD (II), 1817–1881 - unmarried, no issue, he committed suicide

· it then passed to his brother, CHARLES MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD (I), 1823–1887, who lists himself as assistant undertaker (1851), undertaker (1853), coal merchant (1861,64,71,81), gentleman (1884 ), and on his death certificate is described as retired coal merchant

· his great-granddaughter thinks the undertaking business, which was in London Street, Greenwich, closed down about the time the railways were being built in that area

· Messingham Shepherd owned properties in Church Street and Church Fields, Greenwich, Dogkennel Road, Deptford, and in Blackheath - he bought 23 perches of the Roan estate from Greenwich church for £350 pounds sometime after 1744 - he died at Church Fields in 1783

· houses built on some of this property, in today’s Roan Street, are still in the possession of the DURHAM FAMILY, presumably transmitted via John Anthony’s daughter Sarah Jane to her husband Alexander William James Durham, and thence to their descendants

· the name Messingham has been given to various males in the family up to the present

GENERATIONS ARE NUMBERED FROM THE FIRST TRACED ANCESTOR OF THE SMITH FAMILY (that part of the Shepherd family that is connected with the Durham family is descended from the Smiths), JOHN SMITH I (about 1757-1801), AND HAVE THE FOLLOWING BACKGROUND COLOUR:

THE COLE FAMILY, GREENWICH, KENT

JOHN COLE

GENERATION

-2

born ?

died ?

married SUSAN -- (no marriage found)

nothing more is known about John Cole or Susan --

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

MICHAEL COLE

3 AUG 1695, baptized 21 AUG 1695, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

nothing more is known about them

BENJAMIN COLE

11 MAR 1696/7?, baptized 28 MAR 1696/7, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

SUSAN(NAH) COLE

born 20 NOV 1700, baptized 21 NOV (sic) 1700, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

SEE BELOW

OTHERS?

JOHN COLE’s CHILDREN

SUSAN(NAH) COLE

GENERATION

-1

born 20 NOV 1700, baptized 21 NOV (sic) 1700, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

died ?

married 7 SEP 1714, St Peter Upon Cornhill, City of London, Middx, ANTHONY ADAMS, see below

baptized 4 MAY 1679, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

died ?

CHILDREN, see ADAMS FAMILY, below

THE ADAMS FAMILY, GREENWICH, KENT

EDWARD ADAMS

GENERATION

-2

born ?

died ?

married MARY -- (no marriage found)

nothing more is known about Edward Adams or Mary --

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

MARY ADAMS I

baptized 23 AUG 1675, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

nothing more is known about her

ANTHONY ADAMS

baptized 4 MAY 1679, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

SEE BELOW

EDWARD ADAMS I?

baptized 18 SEP 1681, St Alphege, Greenwich*, Kent^CERT

buried 31 AUG 1682, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, age 0^CERT

nothing more is known about them

EDWARD ADAMS II?

baptized 14 OCT 1683, St Alphege, Greenwich*, Kent^CERT

WILLIAM ADAMS I

baptized 13 JUN 1686, St Alphege, Greenwich*, Kent^CERT

NICHOLAS ADAMS

baptized 21 SEP 1692, St Alphege, Greenwich*, Kent^CERT

CONSTANT ADAMS

born 27 MAR 1695/6, baptized 27 MAR 1695/6 (sic), St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 15 DEC 1700, St Alfege, Greenwich, Kent, age 4^CERT

OTHERS?

* the page in the register is headed “Christenings in East Greenwich”

EDWARD ADAMS’ CHILDREN

ANTHONY ADAMS

GENERATION

-1

baptized 4 MAY 1679, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

died ?

married 7 SEP 1714, St Peter Upon Cornhill, City of London, Middx, SUSAN(NAH) COLE, see above

born 20 NOV 1700, baptized 21 NOV 1700 (sic), St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

died ?

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

these children, although all of an Anthony Adams, may be of 2 different families, in Greenwich and Deptford

MARY ADAMS II

7 SEP 1717, baptized 26 SEP 1717, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

yyy(daughter of Anthony, mariner, and Susanna(h))

nothing more is known about them

SESSEN? ADAMS (female)

baptized 9 JAN 1721, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

(daughter of Anthony and Susanna(h))

WILLIAM ADAMS II?

baptized 17 FEB 1722/3, St Nicholas, Deptford, Kent^CERT

(son of Anthony, shipwright, Frenches? Fields)

buried DEC 1723?, St Nicholas, Deptford, Kent?, age 0?^CERT

(son of Anthony, shipwright, Frenches? Fields)

ANNE ADAMS

baptized 4 AUG 1724, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

(daughter of Anthony and Susanna(h))

buried 11 MAR 1787, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age 62 yyyEAD1 28 FEB 1787

SEE BELOW

WILLIAM ADAMS III?

baptized FEB 1725/6, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

(son of Anthony, Frenches? Fields??)

yyyEAD2 LAST WORD?

buried 21 SEP 1734?, St Nicholas, Deptford, Kent?, age 12?^CERT

(son of Anthony, shipwright, FF [=Frenches? Fields?])

nothing more is known about him

OTHERS? there were further baptisms in Deptford from 1745 onwards, father Anthony Adams, no mother shown, but given Anthony and Susan’s date of marriage (1714), these are unlikely to be their children

ANTHONY ADAMS’ CHILDREN

ANNE ADAMS

GENERATION

baptized 4 AUG 1724, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 11 MAR 1787, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age 62 yyyEAD3 28 feb 1787

married 22 OCT 1751, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD I^CERT, see below

baptized 21 NOV 1700, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 26 JAN 1783, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age .. yyyEAD4 16 JAN

CHILDREN, see SHEPHERD FAMILY, below

JOIN

THE MESSINGHAM FAMILY, GREENWICH, KENT

SOME MISCELLANEAOUS MESSINGHAM RECORDS FOR ST ALPHEGE, GREENWICH, KENT FOUND ONLINE

some of these people may have been related to John Messingham I, who would have been born in about the 1620’s, as presumably most Messinghams in Greenwich at that time were

John Messinghame Burial 28 Jan 1615

Alce/Alcey Messingham Burial 23 Jan 1615 wife of Raphe Messingham

Mary Messingham Burial 14 Jan 1633 widow

Alice Messingham Burial 27 Sep 1636 daughter of Richard Messingham

Thomas Messingham Burial 2 Aug 1709

John Messingham Burial 17 Sep 1712

Joseph Messingham Burial 29 Apr 1807

JOHN MESSINGHAM I

GENERATION

-3

born ?

buried 3 MAY 1651, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

married ?

nothing more is known about John Messingham

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

CLARCIUS? MESSINGHAM (female) .. yyyEAD5 ASK

baptized 16 AUG 1641, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

SEE BELOW

RALPH MESSINGHAM

baptized 19 AUG 1645, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 11 FEB 1694/5, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age .. yyyEAD6 ASK last word no other death found

SEE BELOW

ELIZABETH MESSINGHAM

1640’s?

● it is only assumed she might have been John’s daughter, as she married in 1665, so would have presumably been born in the 1640’s

● SEE BELOW

OTHERS?

JOHN MESSINGHAM I’s CHILDREN

RALPH MESSINGHAM

GENERATION

-2

baptized 19 AUG 1646, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 11 FEB 1694/5, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age .. yyyEAD7 ASK last word – wife?

married ELIZABETH – (no marriage found)

Ralph was a waterman

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

JOHN MESSINGHAM II

baptized 15 NOV 1674, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

(no death found)

nothing more is known about her

FRANCIS MESSINGHAM

baptized 18 MAR 1676, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

(no death found)

SEE BELOW

ELIZABETH MESSINGHAM I

(no birth found)

buried 30 NOV 1683, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent (daughter of Ralph)^CERT, age ?

nothing more is known about her

ELIZABETH MESSINGHAM II

baptized 17 JAN 1693/4, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT (the page in the register is headed “Christenings in East Greenwich”)

(no death found) yyyEAD8 Burial 2 JAN 1779 St Alfege, Kent [no age shown]

SEE BELOW

OTHERS? (no other children found)

ELIZABETH MESSINGHAM

GENERATION

-2

born 1640’s? (no birth found)

died ?

married 25 NOV 1665, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, ROBERT MITCHEL^CERT

born ?

died ?

it is only assumed Elizabeth might have been John’s daughter, as she married in 1665, so would have presumably been born in the 1640’s

nothing more is known about Robert Mitchel

CHILDREN? (no children found)

RALPH MESSINGHAM’s CHILDREN

FRANCIS MESSINGHAM

GENERATION

-1

baptized 18 MAR 1676, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

(no death found)

married ? (no marriage found)

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

MARY MESSINGHAM I?

baptized 2 JUL 1701, St Nicholas, Deptford, Kent^CERT

(no death found – presumably she died before Mary II was born)

● it is only assumed they were this Francis’ children, as his age would be right

● nothing more is known about them

MARY MESSINGHAM II?

baptized 5 APR 1703, St Nicholas, Deptford, Kent^CERT

(no death found)

OTHERS?

ELIZABETH MESSINGHAM II

GENERATION

-1

baptized 17 JAN 1693/4, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT (the page in the register is headed “Christenings in East Greenwich”)

(no death found) yyyEAD8 Burial 2 Jan 1779 St Alfege, Kent [no age shown]

married (1) 27 FEB 1714, St Gregory by St Paul, London, Middx, JOHN TYRELL, mariner

born ?

(no death found – in his son John’s baptism record 28 JAN 1716/7 there seems to be the word “deceased”, so he must have died before that) yyy ask for opinion yyyEAD9

married (2) 17 AUG 1718, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, ROBERT SHEPHERD I^CERT, see below

born ..yyy

buried 29 MAR 1752, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age ..

nothing more is known about John Tyrell

CHILDREN 1^st marriage

BORN

DIED

NOTES

JOHN TYRELL

born 28 JAN 1716/7, baptized 28 JAN (sic) 1716/7, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

(no death found)

OTHERS? no other records found

CHILDREN 2^nd marriage, see SHEPHERD FAMILY, below

THE SHEPHERD FAMILY

CITY OF LONDON, MIDDLESEX AND GREENWICH, KENT

ROBERT SHEPHERD I

GENERATION

-1

born ..yyyEAD10 Baptism Date 15 JAN 1695 Parish St Martin Outwich City of London Parent(s) Joseph Shepherd, Mary Shepherd Record Type Baptism Register Type Parish Register

buried 29 MAR 1752, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age ..

married 17 AUG 1718, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, ELIZABETH TYRELL, widow^CERT, née ELIZABETH MESSINGHAM II, daughter of John Messingham, waterman, and Elizabeth –^{BIRTH CERT}

baptized 17 JAN 1693/4, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT (the page in the register is headed “Christenings in East Greenwich”)

died ..

Robert is the first traced member of this family – he is described at his marriage as “of St Clement Danes [Westminster], Middx”, and as joiner in …..

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

ROBERT SHEPHERD II

born 3? yyyEAD1128 JUN 1719, baptized 28 JUN 1719, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

(no death found)

nothing more is known about them

MESSINGHAME SHEPHERD (female)

born 26 OCT 1720, baptized 11 NOV 1720, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD I

baptized 8 DEC 1727, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 26 JAN 1783, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age 0 yyyEAD12 16 JAN

SEE BELOW

? sarah bc 1738

m lic g/w 27 mar 1768 jn Hammond N/F yyyEAD13

OTHERS?

ROBERT SHEPHERD I’s CHILDREN

MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD I

GENERATION

baptized 8 DEC 1727, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 26 JAN 1783, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age about 55

married 22 OCT 1751, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, ANNE ADAMS^CERT, see above

baptized 4 Aug 1724, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 11 MAR 1787, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age .. yyyEAD14 28 FEB 1787

Messingham is described in ….. as joiner, then carpenter - Messingham Shepherd, shopkeeper, Greenwich, was appointed Constable by the West Kent Quarter Sessions in 1767

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

ANTHONY SHEPHERD I

born 1752 ?? yyyEAD15, baptized 22 OCT 1752, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 28 DEC 1819, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age 67 yyyEAD16 20 DEC

SEE BELOW

MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD II

baptized 18 MAR 1754, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERTyyyEAD17 28 FEB

buried 9 JUL 1754, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age 0 yyyEAD18 6 JUL

nothing more is known about him

JESSE SHEPHERD

baptized 9? JAN 1757, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERTyyyEAD19 18 DEC 1756

buried 4 DEC 1803, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age ..yyyEAD20 4 DEC 1819!!!!

CERT = 4 DEC 1803, EAD ANCESTORS TREE = 4 DEC 1803, EAD FULL TREE = 4 DEC 1819

SEE BELOW

ELIZABETH SHEPHERD

born .. JAN 1759, baptized 4 FEB 1759, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERTyyyEAD21 9 JAN

2 jun 1788, age yyyEAD22

nothing more is known about them

MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD III

born .. OCT 1761, baptized 25 OCT 1761, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERTyyyEAD23 2 OCT

buried 24 DEC 1761, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age 0 yyyEAD24 20 DEC

OTHERS?

MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD I’s CHILDREN

ANTHONY SHEPHERD I yyy undertaker

GENERATION

born 1752 ?? yyyEAD25, baptized 22 OCT 1752, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 28 DEC 1819, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age ..

married yyyEAD25 1774, yyyEAD25 Greenwich, Kent, MARY LAND yyy LMA MX

yyyEAD26 born c1753?

died after 1819^FAM YyyEAD27 1826GW?

nothing more is known about Mary Land

POSSIBLY NO CHILDREN

JESSE SHEPHERD

GENERATION

baptized 9? JAN 1757, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 4 DEC 1803, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age ..

married YYYEAD28 2 OCT 1781 LEE…., CATHERINE DANIEL yyy only found LIC

x 23 OCT 1752 Woolwich, Kent yyyEAD29 x LMA MX

buried 15 NOV 1825, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, age ..yyyEAD30 8 NOV

Catherine married (2) …yyyEAD31 MR BAYLEY OF WOOLWICH

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

MESSINGHAM HENRY ANTHONY SHEPHERD

born 22 JUL 1782, baptized 13 AUG 1782, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 10 SEP 1784, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, age 45^CERT, age ..

nothing more is known about him

CHARLES JESSE SHEPHERD I

born 17 DEC 1783, baptized 11 JAN 1784, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 24 AUG 1830, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, age 45^CERT yyyEAD32 15 AUG

SEE BELOW

JOHN ANTHONY SHEPHERD I

born 11 JUL 1785, baptized 13 JUL 1785, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

died 17 AUG 1841^CERT, Greenwich, Kent R/D^BMD, age 56, buried 24 AUG 1841, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, reburied JUL 1859, Nunhead, Surrey^CEMETERY^RECORD WILL

LOUISA ANN SHEPHERD

born 1 MAY 1787, baptized 19 MAY 1787, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

no death found

nothing more is known about her

OTHERS?

JESSE SHEPHERD’s CHILDREN

CHARLES JESSE SHEPHERD I

GENERATION

born 17 DEC 1783, baptized 11 JAN 1784, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

buried 24 AUG 1830, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, age 45^CERT

married (1) ANN – (no marriage found) yyyEAD33 SOURCE? Daughter’s birth??

born ?

8 JUN 1808?, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent?^CERT yyyEAD36 ASK OPINION

married (2) 15 OCT 1809, St Margaret, Lee, COULDN’T FIND AGAIN, yyy, CHARLOTTE CLARKE^CERTfound, redownloadyyy, LOST AGAIN – WHERE FOUND?

born about 1789^{BURIAL RECORD}

buried 23 OCT 1823, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, age 34^CERT

married (3) 8 NOV 1824, Chiswick, Middx, SARAH COOK^CERT

born

yyy

nothing more is known about Ann --, Charlotte Clarke or Sarah Cook

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

ELIZABETH ANN SHEPHERD

yyyEAD34 30 MAY 1808

yyy

nothing more is known about them

CHARLOTTE SUSANNA SHEPHERD

8 AUG 1811, baptized 1? SEP 1811, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERTyyyEAD35 4 AUG

(no death found)

CHARLES JESSE SHEPHERD II

21 JAN 1813, baptized 21 FEB 1813, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

Q2 1863, Greenwich, Kent R/D, age 50?^BMD

SEE BELOW

MARY SARAH SHEPHERD

13 JAN 1815, baptized 12 FEB 1815, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

MARIA CATHERINE SHEPHERD

16 APR 1817, baptized 25 MAY 1817, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

Q1 1908, Kingston, Surrey R/D^BMD, age 90

JOHN ANTHONY SHEPHERD III

10 APR 1819, baptized 9 MAY 1819, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

nothing more is known about them

HENRY ANTHONY SHEPHERD I

26? JUL 1821, baptized 19 AUG? 1821, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERTyyyEAD37 20 JUL

20(?) JUN 1843?, age 21?, buried 26 JUN 1843?, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent?^CERT

ANN JANE SHEPHERD

2 OCT? 1823, baptized 24 OCT 1823, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERTyyyEAD38 9 OCT

OTHERS?

JESSE SHEPHERD's CHILDREN (continued)

JOHN ANTHONY SHEPHERD I

GENERATION

born 11 JUL 1785, baptized 13 JUL 1785, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

died 17 AUG 1841^CERT, Greenwich, Kent R/D^BMD, age 56, buried 24 AUG 1841, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, reburied JUL 1859, Nunhead, Surrey^CEMETERY^RECORD WILL

married (1) 12 JAN 1812, St Margaret, Lee, Kent, MARY BROWN^CERT

born about 1793^{BURIAL RECORD}

buried 12 MAY 1813, age 20, buried St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

married (2) 29 JAN 1815^{SHEPHERD FAMILY BIBLE}, St James, Westminster, Middx, SARAH NORRIS, daughter of James Norris, carpenter, and his 1^st wife Sarah Simmons^BIRTH^CERT WILL

WILL SUMMARY

FULL WILL

born 5 FEB 1796, baptized 28 FEB 1796, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

died 4 JUN 1863, Hatcham, Surrey^WILL, age 67, buried 13 JUN 1863, Nunhead, Surrey^CERT^{,
CEMETERY RECORD} WILL

● the Shepherds were undertakers, but the business may have died out when Anthony died 14 MAR 1881

● his nephew, Charles Evan Durham, who was his assistant in the 1861 census, and is shown as an undertaker in the 1871 census, may have carried on the business, but he died in 1875, age 33, and his only son, Charles Samuel, became a clergyman

● nothing more is known about Mary Brown

Sarah Norris:

● James Norris and Sarah Simmons had 5 children of which the 3^rd was Sarah

● James and Sarah were married by Licence (not found)

● James left a pretty comprehensive will, of which his 3xgreat-granddaughter has a copy

● somewhere James married again after Sarah's death and produced at least another 6 children

● perhaps, but this is only the author’s speculation, her name was Sarah Morris, and she was related to Elizabeth (Morris?), William Smith I’s wife

● in her baptism record, her father’s name is definitely Norris

‡

the Greenwich churchyard inscription read:

Mary 12 May 1813 aged 20, [1^st] wife of John Anthony Shepherd [I]

John Anthony Shepherd [II] 5 June 1841, aged 29, son of the above

Lydia Matilda Shepherd 10 January 1842, aged 32, widow of the above [John Anthony Shepherd II]

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CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

JOHN ANTHONY SHEPHERD II

9 JUN 1812 yyyEAD39bis, baptized 10 AUG 1812, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^BMD

[LMAx, neither 1812 or 1813+]

5 JUN 1841^CERT, Greenwich, Kent R/D^BMD, age 28, buried 12 JUN 1841, in the family vault at St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT (see above), reburied to become the first internment at yyy Nunhead, Surrey yyy SOURCE? [died of phthisis pulmonalis]

● no will could be found

● SEE BELOW

ANTHONY SHEPHERD II

22 APR 1817, baptized 25 APR 1817, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, Greenwich, Kent^CENSUS

14 MAR 1881, Greenwich, Kent^WILL, age 63, buried Nunhead, Surrey WILL (no burial record found) [suicide]

● unmarried, no issue

● nothing more is known about him

W I L L

SARAH JANE SHEPHERD

24 DEC 1818, baptized 24 JAN 1819, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

1 SEP 1846^CERT, Greenwich, Kent R/D^BMD, age 27, buried 10 SEP 1846, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

SEE BELOW

JAMES JESSE SHEPHERD

29 SEP 1820, baptized 28 JAN 1821, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

15 APR 1842^CERT / 15? APR 1842^{SHEPHERD FAMILY BIBLE}, Greenwich, Kent R/D^BMD, age 21, buried 23 APR 1842, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT [re?]buried Nunhead, Surrey yyyEAD40 forget

● unmarried

● no will

● nothing more is known about him

CHARLES MESSINGHAM I

[illegible, possibly 27] APR 1823^CERT / 7 APR 1823^{SHEPHERD FAMILY BIBLE}, baptized 1 JUN 1823, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, Greenwich, Kent^CENSUS

30 AUG 1887, Deptford, Kent^CERT, age 64, buried 5 SEP 1887, Nunhead, Surrey [died of intestinal obstruction] WILL

SEE BELOW

MESSINGHAM FREDERICK SHEPHERD

4 JUN 1824, baptized 18 JUN 1824, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

25 JUN 1824^{SHEPHERD FAMILY BIBLE}, buried 30 JUN 1824, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, age 3 weeks^CERTyyyEAD41 25 JAN

nothing more is known about him

ELIZA CATHERINE SHEPHERD

1 JUN 1826, baptized 22 SEP 1826, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT, Greenwich, Kent^CENSUS

29 JAN 1881, Tunbridge Wells, Kent^WILL, age 54, buried Nunhead, Surrey [died of apoplexy] WILL

● unmarried

● nothing more is known about her

W I L L

MESSINGHAM HENRY SHEPHERD

3 FEB 1828, baptized 2 MAR 1828, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

6 AUG 1828^{SHEPHERD FAMILY BIBLE}, buried 13 AUG 1828, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, age 6 months^CERT

nothing more is known about them

SAMUEL GEORGE SHEPHERD

born 20 SEP 1829, baptized 9 OCT 1829, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

10 OCT 1829^{SHEPHERD FAMILY BIBLE}, buried 16 OCT 1829, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, age 3 weeks^CERT yyyEAD42 10 AUG 1829

total 8 children yyyEAD43 or 1+8???

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KENTISH MERCURY - INQUEST REPORT – ANTHONY SHEPHERD

Found Monday a.m. by housekeeper (Mary Ann Read). Couldn't rouse him at 10.30. Room looked as usual. Door had to be broken down. Found in bed with throat cut. Razor was near his left hand though he was right handed. Doctor reports he was afraid as his sister (died 29th Jan 1881) had died of apoplexy. Doctor examined him, could find no sign of the disease, but suggested he gave up the business. Doctor was surprised to see a notice in window the following morning saying that he had retired from the business. [Was this the end of the undertaking business, about 14 MAR 1881?]. Doctor thought he had been dead 6 - 8 hrs when found. Verdict Deceased committed suicide whilst labouring under temporary derangement

● Anthony was an undertaker

● he left £20,813-17s-1d - there is a will – the residue of his estate went to his younger brother Charles Messingham Shepherd I

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THE TIMES – DEATHS - 3 FEB 1886 – ELIZA CATHERINE SHEPHERD

On Jan 29th while staying at Tunbridge Wells, Eliza Catharine Shepherd, in her 55th year

CHARLES JESSE SHEPHERD I’s CHILDREN

THE SENIOR LINE

CHARLES JESSE SHEPHERD II

GENERATION

born 21 JAN 1813, baptized 21 FEB 1813, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

died Q2 1863, Greenwich, Kent R/D, age 50?^BMD

married 16 NOV 1840, St George the Martyr, Southwark, Surrey, HANNAH DORRINGTON^CERT, daughter of William Dorrington, wine cooper, and presumably sister of Charles Jesse’s sister Maria Catherine’s husband, John Dorrington

born about 1813^{BURIAL CERT}

Q4 1848, Greenwich, Kent R/D^BMD? / 25 OCT 1848, buried 1 NOV 1848, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent, age 35?^CERT

● this is the only death in Greenwich, Kent R/D for a Charles Jesse Shepherd after the 1861 census, when he was definitely alive, and the 1871 census, where he cannot be found in St Alphege, Greenwich in 1863

● no burial record can be found in St Alphege, Greenwich in 1863

● no will record can be found

● 1 son evidently died as an infant, 1 in his twenties, and the 3^rd son and his father disappear after the 1861 census

● so it would appear that the family became extinct, and with them, the “Senior Line” of the Shepherd family

● Hannah definitely died before 1851, and this is the only death for a Hannah Shepherd in Greenwich, Kent R/D1841-51

● the address in the burial record is Roan Street: Charles Jesse’s addresses in the 1841-61 census were all adjacent to Roan Street

● nothing more is known about her

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

CHARLES JESSE SHEPHERD III

19 JUN 1841, baptized 9 JUL 1841, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

Q4 1867, Greenwich, Kent R/D^BMD, age 26

● no burial record can be found in St Alphege, Greenwich

● nothing

more is known about them

JOHN ANTHONY SHEPHERD IV

29 SEP 1843, baptized 13 OCT 1843, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

● he is found in the 1861 census, but cannot be found in the 1871 or 1911 census

● no death record can be found

HENRY ANTHONY SHEPHERD II

16 JUN 1847, baptized 7 JUL 1847, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

5 NOV 1847, buried 11 NOV 1847, St Alphege, Kent, age 4 months^CERT

OTHERS?

MARY SARAH SHEPHERD

GENERATION

born 13 JAN 1815, baptized 12 FEB 1815, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

died Q3 1847?, Kensington, Middx R/D?^BMD, age 32?

married 9 DEC 1838, St George in the East (Stepney), Middx, ABRAHAM WATSON, wine merchant, son of William Watson, wine merchant^CERT

born about 1810?, Dorton, Bucks?^CENSUS

died 19 FEB 1881?, Lee, Bucks?^WILL, age 71? WILL

● in the marriage certificate (1838) Abraham Watson is described as of “full age”, so born at least 21 years earlier, ie. 1817 or before (no birth found in London Metropolitan Archives)

● nothing more is known about him

● there is a charity called "The Harriet Day And Abraham Watson Trust" in Lee, Bucks, formerly named "The Harriet Day Charity", governed by a "will dated 15 MAY 1878"

● so perhaps, if this is the same man, he didn't leave any children, as probate was granted to a niece, Arabella Victoria Watson

CHILDREN? no baptisms for any children in London Metropolitan Archives

MARIA CATHERINE SHEPHERD

GENERATION

born 16 APR 1817, baptized 25 MAY 1817, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

died Q1 1908, Kingston, Surrey R/D^BMD, age 90

married 6 JUN 1838, St Nicholas, Deptford, Kent, JOHN DORRINGTON^CERT, and presumably brother of Maria Catherine’s brother Charles Jesse’s wife, Hannah Dorrington

born about 1810, Greenwich, Kent^CENSUS

died 1851~61^CENSUS

nothing more is known about John Dorrington

CHILDREN, see DORRINGTON FAMILY

JOHN ANTHONY SHEPHERD I’s CHILDREN

THE JUNIOR LINE

JOHN ANTHONY SHEPHERD II

GENERATION

born 9 JUN 1812 yyyEAD39bis baptized 10 AUG 1812, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^BMD

[LMAx, neither .1812 or 1813+]

died 5 JUN 1841, Greenwich, Kent R/D, age 28, buried 12 JUN 1841, in the family vault at St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT (see above), reburied to become the first internment at yyy Nunhead, Surrey yyy SOURCE? [died of phthisis pulmonalis]

married 1 MAR 1835, St Luke, Charlton, Kent^BMD, LYDIA MATILDA TAYLOR

born about 1810^{BURIAL RECORD}

died (illegible, the churchyard inscription reads 10) JAN 1842, Greenwich, Kent R/D^BMD, age 32, buried 21 JAN 1842, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT (see above) [died of typhus fever] yyyEAD died 14 JAN

● John Anthony was an undertaker

● no will could be found for him

nothing more is known about Lydia Matilda Taylor

‡

the Greenwich churchyard inscription read:

Mary 12 May 1813 aged 20, [1^st] wife of John Anthony Shepherd [I]

John Anthony Shepherd [II] 5 June 1841, aged 29, son of the above

Lydia Matilda Shepherd 10 January 1842, aged 32, widow of the above [John Anthony Shepherd II]

CHILDREN?

SARAH JANE SHEPHERD

GENERATION

born 24 DEC 1818, baptized 24 JAN 1819, St Alphege, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

died 1 SEP 1846^CERT, Greenwich, Kent R/D^BMD, age 27, buried 10 SEP 1846, Greenwich, Kent^CERT

married 2 OCT 1838, Lee, Kent, ALEXANDER WILLIAM JAMES DURHAM, son of Jacob Durham I and Sarah Witherington

born 6 SEP 1813, baptized 16 JAN 1814, St Laurence Jewry, City of London, Middx

died 11 APR 1848, Londonderry Road, North Brixton, Surrey^CERT, age 34, buried Greenwich, Kent, 20 APR 1848^CERT [died of TB]

₪

THE ERA - 7 OCT 1838 - MARRIAGES

At Lee Church, Kent, Mr. Alexander Durham, to Miss Sarah Sheppard [sic], the amiable daughter of Mr. Sheppard, of London-street, Greenwich, Kent

CHILDREN, see DURHAM FAMILY

CHARLES MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD I

W I L L [1-3] [4-5]

GENERATION

born (illegible, possibly 27) APR 1823^CERT(7 APR 1823^{SHEPHERD
FAMILY BIBLE}),Greenwich, Kent^CENSUS

died 30 AUG 1887, Deptford, Kent^CERT, age 64, buried 5 SEP 1887, Nunhead, Surrey [died of intestinal obstruction] WILL

married 7 JUN 1853, St Paul, Deptford, Kent, SARAH MORRIS SMITH, daughter of William Smith I^CERTand Elizabeth (Morris?), and sister of Ann Frances Smith, wife of Charles Jacob Durham

born 9 APR 1824^CERT, Deptford, Kent^CENSUS, baptized 4 JUL 1824, St Paul, Deptford, Kent^CERT

died 4 FEB 1874^NEWSPAPEREADyyy44 BETTER?, Greenwich, Kent R/D^BMD, age 49, buried 12 FEB 1874, Nunhead, Surrey yyy source???LMADx

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THE MORNING POST – DEATHS – 7 FEB 1874

SHEPHERD - On the 4^th inst., Sarah Morris, wife of Charles Messingham Shepherd, of Clifton Villa, Upper Lewisham-road, New-cross, in her fiftieth year

THE MORNING POST – DEATHS – 2 SEP 1887

SHEPHERD - On the 30^th ult., at Clifton Villa, 226, Lewisham High-road, St. John’s, Charles Messingham Shepherd, in his sixty-fifth year

LLOYD’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER – FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS – 23 DEC 1888

there is mention of an outbreak of fire on the previous Sunday at 226 Lewisham High Road at 7.20 pm, one of 4 in the metropolis that day – no further details are given

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

ELIZABETH SARAH SHEPHERD

30/1 MAR 1855^CERT, Deptford, Kent^CENSUS

18 FEB 1943, Stokefield Nursing Home, Great Malvern, Worcs^WILL, age 87 WILL

● unmarried

● nothing more is known about her

WILL SUMMARY

FULL WILL

ANN(I)E JANE SHEPHERD

3 AUG 1858^FAM, Deptford, Kent^CENSUS

28 DEC 1955, Calthorpe Nursing Home, Edgbaston Birmingham, Warks^WILL, age 97 WILL

SEE BELOW

JESSIE MORRIS SHEPHERD

18 JUL 1860yyy, Deptford, Kent^CENSUS

21 MAR 1936, Purley. Surrey^WILL, age 75 cremated ….., ashes at Bandon Hill Cemetery, Beddington, Surrey^WILLWILL

FLORENCE THOMASINE SHEPHERD

3 DEC 1862, New Cross, Kent/Surrey

14 DEC 1890, Herne Bay, Kent^WILL, age 27 WILL

CHARLES MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD II

19 JUN 1864, Deptford, Kent

5 DEC 1915, Regent Palace Hotel, Regent Street, Westminster, Middx^CERT, age 51, buried 10 DEC 1915, Nunhead, Surrey [died of arterial sclerosis, cerebral haemorrhages] WILL

CHARLES MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD I’s CHILDREN

ANN(I)E JANE SHEPHERD

GENERATION

born 3 AUG 1858^FAM, New Cross, Kent/Surrey^CENSUS

died 28 DEC 1955, Calthorpe Nursing Home, Edgbaston Birmingham, Warks^WILL, age 97 WILL

married 29 APR 1886, St Margaret, Westminster, Middx, JOHN RYAN BELL (no father shown in marriage certificate)^CERT

born about 1856, Leamington, Warks^CENSUS

died 1 FEB 1923, Moseley, Birmingham, Warks^WILL, age about 67, buried Warstone Lane Cemetery, Birmingham, Warks^BURIAL^RECORDSWILL

nothing more is known about John Ryan Bell

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

HUGH RANDOLPH RYAN BELL

Q3 1887^BMD, Birmingham/King's Heath?, Warks^CENSUS

29 AUG 1917, at 4th Casualty Clearing Station, near St Julien, France^WILL, age about 30 (WW1 casualty) WILL

SEE BELOW

RALPH JOHN RYAN BELL

11 DEC^CENSUS 1888^FAM, Birmingham/King's Heath?, Warks^CENSUS, baptized 25 Feb 1889, Christ Church, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warks^CERT

22 APR 1975^WILL, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^FAM, age 86 WILL

DOUGLAS HOWARD BELL

27 APR 1891^CENSUS, Birmingham, Warks^CENSUS

15 AUG 1940, Barnsley Hall Mental Asylum, Bromsgrove, Worcs^WILL, age 49 WILL

● possibly unmarried

● nothing more is known about him

EDGAR DAVID BELL

14 JUN 1894^{CENSUS, DEATH BMD}, Birmingham, Warks^CENSUS

28 FEB 1985^WILL, Solihull South, Warks R/D^BMD, age 90 WILL

SEE BELOW

MARJORIE ANNIE BELL

6 JUN 1897^{CENSUS, DEATH BMD} / Q4 1897^{BIRTH BMD}, Birmingham, Warks^CENSUS

29 NOV 1992^WILL, Northampton, Northants R/D^BMD, age 95 WILL

● the birth date of 6 JUN is given in the 1938 Register and in her death record, but disagrees with that given in her birth record

● unmarried

● nothing more is known about her

JOHN BELL

● based on a family source

● may be Ralph John Ryan

● nothing more is known about him

total 5 children by 1911 census, all alive

JESSIE MORRIS SHEPHERD

GENERATION

born 18 JUL 1860, Deptford, Kent

died 21 MAR 1936, Purley, Surrey^WILL, age 75 cremated ….., ashes at Bandon Hill Cemetery, Beddington, Surrey^WILLWILL

married 3 APR 1884, Parish Church, Marylebone, Middx, JAMES EDWARD DURHAM I, her cousin, son of Charles Jacob Durham and Ann Frances Smith, and brother of Henrietta Sarah Durham, wife of her brother Charles Messingham Shepherd II

born 6 MAY 1849, Camberwell, Surrey

died 10 MAY 1912^WILL, Purley, Surrey, age 63, cremated ….., ashes at Bandon Hill Cemetery, Beddington, Surrey^WIFE’S^WILL WILL

● one of the witnesses at the marriage was a J. Montgomery

● nothing more is known about him or her

● perhaps he/she was the reason they called their son, assuming that he was, Hugh Montgomery

● otherwise, the use of these names is interesting: Montgomery is the name of Jessie Morris’ FUTURE brother-in-law, as her sister Florence Thomasine Shepherd married Henry Greville MONTGOMERY in 1888

● however, HUGH MONTGOMERY was also the name of the latter’s father, so perhaps there is some connection with him or his family

CHILDREN, see DURHAM FAMILY

FLORENCE THOMASINE SHEPHERD

GENERATION

born 3 DEC 1862, New Cross, Kent/Surrey^CERT

died 14 DEC 1890, Herne Bay, Kent^WILL, age 28 WILL

married 31 JAN 1888, St Margaret, Westminster, Middx, HENRY GREVILLE MONTGOMERY, journalist, son of Hugh Montgomery^CERT, printer reader, and Susanna Longhurst

born 15 DEC 1863?, Lambeth, Surrey?

died 2 DEC 1951, Bacton, Norfolk^WILL, age 87 WILL

₪ OBITUARY

● if Florence Thomasine died in or as a result of childbirth, why did the birth take place in Dorking, Surrey, and her death in Herne Bay, Kent?

● Florence Thomasine’s sister, Jessie Morris Shepherd Durham, named her (possible) son HUGH MONTGOMERY DURHAM in 1886, before Florence Thomasine was even married

● however, HUGH MONTGOMERY was also the name of the Henry Greville’s father, so perhaps there is some connection with him

● Henry Greville married (2) 22 SEP 1892, Brixton, Surrey, Emily Caroline Wallbank Lewis, and had 4 daughters by the 1911 census

● a Henry Greville Montgomery, described as journalist in 1892, trained in the school of journalism founded by David Anderson in London, started organizing exhibitions in 1895, and was MP for Bridgwater, Somerset, 1906-10

● it is not definite that this was the same man

● the exhibition company still exists today – their site mentions “the fifth generation of this family business”, although Henry Greville, his son and grandson are only 3 generations, so perhaps there is some more descent

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THE TIMES – MARRIAGES - 3 FEB 1888

On the 31st Jan. At St. Margaret’s, S.W. [ie. S. W. London, actually Westminster] by the Venerable Archdeacon Farrar, D.D., HENRY GREVILLE, son of HUGH MONTGOMERY, of Westminster, to FLORENCE THOMASINE, youngest daughter of the late CHARLES M. SHEPHERD, of St. John’s, S.E. [London]

THE TIMES – DEATHS - 16 DEC 1890

On the 14th inst., at 12, Marine-terrace, Herne Bay, [Kent,] FLORENCE THOMASINE, age 28, beloved wife of H GREVILLE MONTGOMERY, of The Bungalow, Shere, near Guildford, [Surrey].

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

GLADYS JESSIE MONTGOMERY

6 MAR 1889^CERT, Richmond, Surrey^CENSUS

SEE BELOW

HUGH ROGER GREVILLE MONTGOMERY

Q4 1890^BMD, Dorking, Surrey^CENSUS

13 FEB 1952, Hospital da Misericordia, Funchal, Madeira^WILL, age 61 WILL

OTHERS?

CHARLES MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD II

GENERATION

born 19 JUN 1864, Deptford, Kent

died 5 DEC 1915, Regent Palace Hotel, Regent Street, Westminster, Middx^CERT, age 51, buried 10 DEC 1915, Nunhead, Surrey [died of arterial sclerosis, cerebral haemorrhages] WILL

married 21 JUL 1885, St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, Middx, HENRIETTA SARAH DURHAM “Hetty”, his cousin, daughter of Charles Jacob Durham and Ann Frances Smith, and sister of James Edward Durham I, husband of Jessie Morris Shepherd

born 3 APR 1861, Greenwich, Kent

died 29 JAN 1959, Croydon, Surrey^WILL, age 97, cremated, Nunhead, Surrey, ashes interred 8 APR 1959 WILL

● Henrietta Sarah married © (2) 24 SEP 1919, Holy Trinity, Upper Chelsea, Middx^CERT, Alfred Godfree, widower, son of Thomas Godfree, yoeman, and Elzabeth B. --, born about 1856, Combe Raleigh. Honiton, Devon^CENSUS, died 23 AUG 1928, Smedleys Hydro, Matlock, Derby^WILL, age about 72 WILL

● Alfred Godfree married (1) 1881~91, Kate Hatcher, born about 1861, Old Kent Road, Kent, died 1911~19, 6 children^CENSUS

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THE TIMES – MARRIAGES – 23 JUL 1885

On the 21^st inst., at St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields, Charing-cross, CHARLES MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD, Junior, son of Charles Messingham Shepherd, Esq., of Clifton Villa, Lewisham High-road, S.E. [London], to HENRIETTA SARAH DURHAM, niece of James Thomas Smith, Esq., of Fairby House, Eltham-road, Lee, S.E.

for Henrietta Sarah’s various homes before she married, see her father

1864

baptism

parents’ address 413 New Cross Road, Deptford, Kent

1871

census

Clifton Villa, Upper Lewisham Road, Deptford, Kent

the same address

1881

census

226 Lewisham High Road, Deptford, Kent

1885

marriage certificate

gave National Liberal Club, Northumberland Avenue, Westminster, Middx as address

father’s address Clifton Villa, Lewisham High Road, Deptford, Kent

1886-7

son’s births

St Andrew’s House, 5 Perry Vale, Forest Hill, Kent

1888

father’s will documents

1888

son’s baptism

Clifton Villa, 226 Lewisham High Road, Deptford, Kent

1889

son’s baptism

226 Lewisham High Road, Deptford, Kent

1891

census

1894

daughter’s baptism

1901

census, son’s birth

1911

census

1915

death

home address Clive House, The Orchard, Blackheath, Kent

(the death took place at the Regent Palace Hotel, Regent Street, Westminster, Middx)

1919

2^nd marriage certificate

widow

Toksowa House, Dulwich Common, Kent (Hambledon Place is there now)

1933

family sources

left "Melbury”, Southborough Road. Bickley, Kent – presumably she moved there after her 2^nd marriage

the house is still standing – over the years it has been nos. 16 and 28 Southborough Road, and is now no. 34, and is used as offices by a firm of chartered accountants, who have kindly provided much of this information (Edwin Messingham Shepherd was also a chartered accountant working at home when he lived there) – most of the back garden was sold in the early 1990’s for redevelopment, and the houses in Chadd Close stand on what was probably the tennis court – the house cannot be found in the 1911 census, yet the property includes stables, presumably putting its construction in the horse-drawn era

before WW2

up to 1939

1 Luga(r)no(?) Mansion(s), Campden Road, South Croydon, Surrey

Henrietta Sarah’s granddaughter says she thinks, with the war on and the blitz starting, it was very bad in the Croydon area because of the proximity of Croydon airport, so she sold her house and took her young granddaughter down to Cornwall out of harm’s way - they lived in boarding houses and hotels until her granddaughter started there at boarding school, and then Henrietta Sarah moved back to Croydon and lived in hotels – her granddaughter came back for the holidays – by then her son Edwin Messingham and his wife were in rented accommodation - at the end of the war they bought their own house and lived at 25 Nottingham Road, and later at 49 Upfield, both in Croydon - eventually Henrietta Sarah moved from the hotel where she was living to 49 Upfield, where she eventually died – her granddaughter can't remember the names of some of the hotels, nor when she moved from one to another - the name of the house at 49 Upfield was “'Melbury”, but they rarely bothered to use it!

during WW2

at various hotels in Newquay, Cornwall, Malvern, Worcs, and Croydon, Surrey

about 1950

Shirley Park Hotel, Shirley, Croydon, Surrey

about 1957/8

49 Upfield, Croydon, Surrey (her son’s home from 1949)

1959

death

for photos of the various homes ► PHOTOS

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

CHARLES ANTHONY SHEPHERD

13 AUG 1886, Forest Hill, Kent

16 APR 1945, Worthing, Sussex^WILL, age 58 WILL

SEE BELOW

HAROLD GORDON SHEPHERD

26/7 JUL 1887, Forest Hill, Kent

3 SEP 1959, Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, Kent^WILL, age 72, cremated, ashes interred 8 APR 1959, Nunhead, Surrey WILL

● both unmarried

● nothing more is known about them

CLIVE HORACE SHEPHERD

1/5 SEP 1888, Deptford, Kent yyyEAD45 1889

22 MAY 1911, Deptford, Kent^WILL, age 22, buried 26 MAY 1911, Nunhead, Surrey [died of congenital heart disease^FAM] WILL yyyEAD46 23 MAY

EDNA QUEENIE SHEPHERD

25 MAY 1894, Deptford, Kent

12 APR 1918, Blackheath, Kent^WILL, age 23, buried 18 APR 1918, Nunhead, Surrey WILL yyyEAD47 1917

SEE BELOW

EDWIN MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD “Eddie”

20 FEB 1901, Deptford, Kent

2 AUG 1958, Charing Cross Hospital, Westminster, Middx^WILL, age 57 [traffic accident] WILL

ANN(I)E JANE SHEPHERD’s CHILDREN

THE BELL FAMILY, BIRMINGHAM, WARKS

HUGH RANDOLPH RYAN BELL

GENERATION

born Q3 1887, Birmingham/King's Heath?, Warks

died 29 AUG 1917, at 4th Casualty Clearing Station, near St Julien, France^WILL, age about 30 (WW1 casualty) WILL

married Q4 1916, Aston, Warks R/D, MAUD MARIE CHAPMAN^BMD

born 14 FEB 1887^{DEATH BMD}

died 8 APR 1979^WILL, Birmingham, Warks R/D^BMD, age 92 WILL

● Hugh Randolph Ryan was a lieutenant in the 1/8th battalion Worcestershire regiment territorial force at his death

● Maud Marie married (2) 4 OCT 1922, Meriden, Warks R/D^BMD, Robert Cecil Wansbrough, born 9 MAR 1896^BMD, died Q2 1975, Birmingham, Warks R/D^BMD, mentioned online as “C. Eng FIEE FIERE Robert Cecil WANSBROUGH MA (Cantab)”

● they had a son Peter Tarlington Wansbrough, born 3 SEP 1924, died 26 APR 1945 (WW2 casualty), mentioned online as “Peter Tarlington WANSBROUGH, RAFVR”^FAM

● nothing more is known about her

NO CHILDREN^FAM

RALPH JOHN RYAN BELL

GENERATION

born 11 DEC^CENSUS 1888^FAM, Birmingham/King's Heath?, Warks^CENSUS, baptized 25 Feb 1889, Christ Church, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warks^CERT

died 22 APR 1975^WILL, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^FAM, age 86 WILL

married Q4 1915, Rochford, Essex R/D, EMILY FLORENCE VIOLET GARWOOD^BMD, daughter of Isaac Garwood, coachman, and Rebecca --^…..

born 23 MAY^CENSUS 1893^{DEATH BMD}, Edmonton, Middx R/D^BMD

died Q1 1971, Birmingham, Warks R/D^BMD, age 77

nothing more is known about Emily Florence Violet Garwood

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

FREDA V(IOLET?) BELL

Q1 1916, Rochford, Essex R/D^BMD

Q2 1916, Kings Norton, Worcs R/D^BMD, age 0, buried Warstone Lane Cemetery, Birmingham, Warks^BURIAL^RECORDS

nothing more is known about her

DOROTHEA KATHLEEN BELL

27 MAY 1920^CENSUS, Kings Norton, Worcs R/D^BMD

1 DEC 1978, Scotland^FAM, age 58

SEE BELOW

EDGAR DAVID BELL

GENERATION

born 14 JUN 1894^{CENSUS, DEATH BMD}, Birmingham, Warks^CENSUS

died 28 FEB 1985^WILL, Solihull South, Warks R/D^BMD, age 90 WILL

married Q3 1923, Kings Norton, Worcs R/D, DOROTHY McMICHAEL^BMD

born about 1901^{DEATH BMD}

died 1 JAN 1969^WILL, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks R/D^BMD, age about 68 WILL

● the death record is for Edgar David R. Bell, the R. being possibly Ryan

● nothing more is known about Dorothy McMichael

2 SONS, 5 GRANDCHILDREN, at least 4 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, including the ADAMS family^BMD

FLORENCE THOMASINE SHEPHERD’s CHILDREN

THE MONTGOMERY FAMILY, SURREY

GLADYS JESSIE MONTGOMERY

GENERATION

6 MAR 1889^CERT, Richmond, Surrey^CENSUS

died ?

married Q3 1923?, Kensington, Middx R/D?, CLARENCE JACKSON?

born ?

died ?

● a Gladys Jessie Montgomery was in the 1918 electoral register at Kensington, living alone, which could mean that this marriage is her

● no further trace of the couple can be found, children, emigration, deaths or wills

● a Gladys Jessie Jackson died SEP 1976, Barnet, Herts R/D, but was born FEB 1888, so that is not necessarily her

● nothing more is known about Clarence Jackson

CHILDREN?

HUGH ROGER GREVILLE MONTGOMERY

GENERATION

born Q4 1890^BMD, Dorking, Surrey^CENSUS

died 13 FEB 1952, Hospital da Misericordia, Funchal, Madeira^WILL, age 61 WILL

married 28 JUL 1927, St Margaret, Westminster, Middx, MOLLIE AUDREY NEELE, daughter of Charles Woodward Neele, gentleman^CERT

ž MARRIAGE

born 5 JUL 1903^{DEATH BMD}, Bucklow, Cheshire R/D^BMD

died 24 JAN 1990^WILL, Hammersmith, Middx R/D^BMD, age 86 WILL

● Mollie Audrey’s aunt was a Lady Stevenson

● nothing more is known about her

₪

THE TIMES – DEATHS - 16 FEB 1952

MONTGOMERY – On Feb. 13, 1952, very suddenly at Funchal, Madeira, HUGH ROGER GREVILLE MONTGOMERY, M.C., and Hon. A.R.I.B.A., beloved husband of Molly and dearly lived father of Bryan and Bridget

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

HUGH BRIAN GREVILLE MONTGOMERY

26 MAR 1929^{DEATH BMD}

^{http://www.world-traders.org/history/montgomery.php}

Amersham, Bucks R/D^BMD

14 DEC 2008^{LONDON GAZETTE 26 FEB 2009, WILL}, age 79

● described in the London Gazette of 26 FEB 2009 as of ….., Amersham Common, Buckinghamshire, Exhibition Organiser (Retired)

● nothing more is known about him

BRIDGET E. MONTGOMERY

Q2 1933, Amersham, Bucks R/D^BMD

nothing more is known about her

CHARLES MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD II’s CHILDREN

CHARLES ANTHONY SHEPHERD

SMITH GENERATION

DURHAM GENERATION

born 13 AUG 1886, Forest Hill, Kent

died 16 APR 1945, Worthing, Sussex^WILL, age 58 WILL

married NOV 1924^FAM, Wandsworth, Surrey R/D^BMD, WINIFRED GRACE COSTELLO, daughter of James Edward Costello, incorporated accountant?, and Alice Eliza Colbrook?^CENSUS

born 23 JUL 1892^{DEATH BMD}, Streatham, Surrey^CENSUS

died 5 NOV 1978^WILL, Sutton, Surrey R/D^BMD, age 86 WILL

nothing more is known about Winifred Grace Costello

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

ANTHONY CHARLES MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD

26 JUN 1928^{DEATH BMD}, Bromley, Kent R/D^BMD

24 OCT 1975^WILL, Sutton, Surrey R/D^BMD, age 47 WILL

● all unmarried

● nothing more is known about them

ROSEMARY WINIFRED ALICE SHEPHERD

19 JAN 1932^{DEATH BMD}, Bromley, Kent R/D^BMD

26 MAY 1986^WILL / AUG 1986, Surrey Southeastern R/D^BMD, age 54 WILL

JENNIFER MARY GRACE SHEPHERD

17 FEB 1933 SOURCE??? EADyyy48, Bromley, Kent R/D^BMD

4 APR 2015^WILL, age 82 WILL

EDNA QUEENIE SHEPHERD

SMITH GENERATION

DURHAM GENERATION

born 25 MAY 1894, Deptford, Kent

died 12 APR 1918, Blackheath, Kent^WILL, age 23, buried 18 APR 1918, Nunhead, Surrey WILL

married Q1 1915, Lewisham, Kent R/D, REGINALD HARRY KIRSTEIN^BMD, son of Heinrich/Henry Charles F. Kirstein, civil engineer, and Mary Louisa Bingham

born Q2 1888^BMD, Millwall, Middx

died 16 APR 1968^WILL, Greenwich, Kent R/D^BMD, age 80 WILL

● Reginald Harry changed his name to Bingham (his mother's maiden name) in 1915 (after his marriage Q1 1915)

● he married (2) Q3 1920, Woolwich, Kent R/D, Dorothy Winifred M. Sayers, and had 2-3 daughters

● The National Archives hold the following papers: Nationality and Naturalisation: Kirstein, Henry Charles Frederick, from Germany. Resident in Blackheath. Certificate 14796 issued 13 September 1904, possibly Reginald Harry’s father

CHILDREN

BORN

DIED

NOTES

RAYMOND CHARLES MESSINGHAM BINGHAM

Q4 1915, Woolwich, Kent R/D

6 MAR 1943, Epsom, Surrey^WILL, age 27, buried Brockley Cemetery, Surrey (WW2 casualty) WILL

● he was a Captain in the Royal Engineers, 14^th Bomb Disposal Company: perhaps this was the cause of his death, and of the place

● unmarried

● nothing more is known about him

MARGARITA MARY JOYCE BINGHAM “Rita”

28 DEC 1917, Woolwich, Kent R/D

9 JAN 2002^WILL, Colchester, Essex R/D^BMD, age 84

● unmarried

● nothing more is known about her

EDWIN MESSINGHAM SHEPHERD “Eddie”

SMITH GENERATION

DURHAM GENERATION

born 20 FEB 1901, Deptford, Kent

died 2 AUG 1958, Charing Cross Hospital, Westminster, Middx^WILL, age 57 [traffic accident] WILL

married 18 AUG 1934, St Peter, Eaton Square, Belgravia, Middx, (JEAN) BERTHA COLLEY, daughter of Benjamin Colley, mine manager^CERT, and Bertha Tomlinson^FAM

born 7 DEC 1912^{DEATH
BMD}, Bolsover, Derbyshire^FAM

died 1 JUL 1993^WILL, Blythburgh Hospital, Suffolk^FAM, age 80, cremated Ipswich, Suffolk, ashes interred Aldeburgh cemetery, Suffolk [died of bronchopneumonia]^FAM WILL

● Edwin Messingham was a Master of Arts, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and a Chartered Accountant, ACA

● his elder daughter (born 1935) comments: “my grandmother [Henrietta Sarah Durham Shepherd Godfree] 'evacuated' me at the beginning of the war, although what stage I cannot remember, but we went first to Fryett's family in Swindon (?) (Fryett was Granny's companion up to Fryett's death in early 1955) - I have no idea what their name was, whether they were Fryetts or had married - I know that happened but I remember none of it - we then moved on to Cornwall, near Newquay, where I went to a nursery school - by September 1940 we were up in Malvern [Worcs] and I started the term at Malvern Girls’ College – I really can't remember anything else. I have no idea who Henry Matten was or whether he might have been Fryett's brother-in-law”

● in the 1939 REGISTER (29 SEP 1939), Henrietta Sarah was staying in Crediton, Devon, in Horace Alfred Matten’s household, along with Isabella Victoria Fryett, while Edwin Messingham’s elder daughter was probably still at home with her parents

● Horace Alfred Matten was Isabella Victoria Fryett’s nephew

● nothing more is known about (Jean) Bertha Colley

2 DAUGHTERS, 3 GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, including the DIGBY, HAWKINS and WALTON families

CHILDREN

BORN

NOTES

ELIZABETH ANNE SHEPHERD

25 APR 1935^FAM, Croydon, Surrey R/D^BMD

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PHILIPPA CAROLYN DURHAM SHEPHERD

31 JUL 1944^FAM, Leeds, Yorks R/D?^BMD (see note)

RALPH JOHN RYAN BELL’s CHILDREN