SHEPPARD – Henry 35th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	SHEPPARD – Henry
Regiment (s)	35th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	614
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	14th February 1831 / 18 years 11 months / London Middlesex England Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 9½ in Fair / Grey / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Mauritius – 10 years 328 days
Length of Service	21 years 105 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 20th April 1852/ Dublin Ireland
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Manchester
Pension Districts	1852 1st Manchester 1855 Plymouth 1856 – 1870 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	5th January 1856 Plymouth Devon England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	WILLIAM HAMMOND 29th March 1856
Date/Place of Birth	March 1812 St Johns Middlesex London England
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	UNKNOWN Margaret B 1818 unknown location (tentative)
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	John B 1840 unknown location M NERNEY Margaret 1867 Fremantle WA D 1895 Perth Western Australia William B Not yet known M SLAVIN Mary 24th December 1873 Greenough Western Australia daughter EPG James Slavin
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
2nd Wife	WALKER Martha Jane B Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	10th April 1860 Perth Western Australia
Land Grants Western Australia	Perth Town Lot Y113 3 roods Application 17 January 1865 Title 2033 Between Roe and Hardinge streets Perth WA 20th February 1857 agreed to pay 1/0d per day from 11th July 1857 to 28th February 1858 off cost of cottage on Perth Town Lot 1855
Occupation after Arrival	17th May 1867 Mentioned as a consignee of goods (20 Hhd of Tar) per the Kestrel
Newspaper Articles	References to contributions to relief funds in Perth Gazette Perth Gazette 17th May 1867
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	1870 Perth Western Australia 13th January 1870 Wesleyan Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife	12th March 1859 Pensioner Village Perth Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Henry Sheppard 614 Private 35th Foot location Mauritius 1851 As above Location Enniskillen Ireland Discharge due to chronic rheumatism and general debility Subscribed to Indian Relief Fund 1858, Lancashire Relief Fund (1863) and Greenough Relief Fund (1864): listed as member of Perth District of the Pensioner Force on each occasion John and William would have been born at Mauritius as the 35th regiment was posted to Mauritius in 1837 returning to Plymouth England in 1847/8. They were then sent to Ireland stationed in Dublin Mullingar, Tullamore, Trin, Phillipstown, Enniskillen and Dublin in 1851. Henry Sheppard was one of the pensioners who had their cottage built under a scheme authorised by Staff Officer Bruce where by the amount available to pensioners was not enough to cover the cost of the cottage (£47) and they agreed to pay 1/- per day towards the extra expense. They formed an enclave at the rear of Perth and were enclosed by a fence After Henry’s death in 1870 William advertised on 25th March for sale the contents of his house, a cow, a horse and a quantity of aged manure. The same advertisement appeared on 26th March was signed M. Sheppard. Martha Sheppard married Henry Cave at Perth in 1875 and after his demise at Roebourne in 1881 married Robert Thompson in 1883 also at Roebourne Western Australia.