Hi All.
I am researching my SHEPHERD family from Dundee.
Looking for any relations in Scotland, Australia and New Zealand.
The information I have starts with
William Shepherd born 19th December 1777 Dundee.
Married Agnes Martin 5th Feburary 1777.
Children
William 1777 Dundee
John 1779 Dundee
Barbara 1781 Dundee
Geroge 1784 Dundee
Andrew 1787 Dundee
Agnes 1789 Dundee
I descend for William Shepherd 1777
William Shepherd married Maraget Laing 29 June 1799 in Dundee.
Margaret Laing born 1779 in Perthshire.
They had the following children.
Robert 1800 Dundee
James 1800 Dundee
John 1804 Dundee
William 1806 Dundee
Charles 1808 Dundee
Elizabeth Haliburton 1810 Dundee
Isabell 1812 Dundee
Jane 1814 Dundee
Patrick Nimmo SHEPHERD 29th October 1816
David 1819 Dundee
Accoding to the Scottish census the lived for a very long time in Blackcoft Dundee. Weavers, Flax, Tailors and Dressmakers
Patrick Nimmo Shepherd is my Great Great Great Grandfather.
Patrick Nimmo Shepherd. married
Jane Bell on the 24th June 1836 Jane Bell born 17 March 1816 Dundee.
Patrick Nimmo Shepherd and Jane ( Bell) Shepherd emigrated to Victoria Australia on the ship CONWAY
They had the following children.
Elizabeth 1837 Dundee
William 1839 Dundee
Margaret 1841 Newcastle England ( 3x G Grabdmother)
David Bell 1846 Dundee
Jane 1852 Dundee
Patrick Nimmo 1854 Geelong Victoria Australia
Thomas Muir 1856 Geelong Victoria Australia.
Patrick Nimmo Shepherd and Jane Shepherd took the youngest children then onto Dunedin New Zealand.
The older children stayed in Geelong and Melbourne Australia .
James Shepherd born 1800 Dundee also came to Geelong Australia.
He married Janet Littlejohn 26 June 1824. Janet Littlejohn was born 19 May 1798 Dundee.
If you have any enquires or relations in my SHEPHERD family please contact me on here or on
hallidayfamilyresearch@yahoo.com.au
Thank you and G'day from Australia
Jane Halliday.
