John Sheppard 1816 - 1890 b: Abt. 1816 in Harbour Grace, Nf d: September 10, 1890 in Fort Amherst, St John's, Nf
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married Mary Ann Oke 1819 - 1896 b: April 03, 1819 in Harbour Grace, Nf d: August 28, 1896 in St John's, Nf.
John moved to Fort Amherst after his children were born in Harbour Grace to run the lighthouse there.
Children of John and Mary Sheppard were:
1) Ann Amelia Sheppard 1855 - 1929 b: March 18, 1855 in St John's, Nf d: December 16, 1929
. She married Benjamin Earle 1851 - 1916 b: Abt. 1851 d: October 28, 1916 in 137 Southside, St John's, Nf
2) Austin Oke Sheppard 1844 - 1927 b: May 22, 1844 in Harbour Grace, Nf d: January 26, 1927 married Susannah Hicks - 1919 d: December 03, 1919 in Fort Amherst, St John's, Nf
3) Mary Ann Sheppard 1860 - b: May 14, 1860 in St John's, Nf married John Tune b: in Poole, England
4) 2 Elizabeth Ann Sheppard 1846 - b: March 22, 1846 in Harbour Grace, Nf married first George Frederick A Williams and second James H Curtis
5) John Oke Sheppard 1850 - b: June 11, 1850 in Harbour Grace, Nf
2) Frederick Amherst Earle 1875 - b: October 1875 in Fort Amherst, St John's, Nf married Katherine (Kate) Wakeham 1875 - b: Abt. 1875
Their children were
Harry Earle
Jennie May Earle 1901 - b: July 16, 1901 married Hubert Feltham
Georgina Earle 1904 - 1907 b: April 04, 1904 d: Bef. 1907
John Sheppard (Jack) Earle 1906 - b: January 08, 1906
Georgina Earle 1907 - 1909 b: November 19, 1907 in Southside, St John's, Nf d: October 11, 1909 in Southside, St John's, Nf
James Earle 1907 - 1907 b: November 19, 1907 in Southside, St John's, Nf d: November 19, 1907 in Southside, St John's, Nf
Elizabeth Amelia Earle 1910 - b: May 15, 1910
Ada Earle 1914 - 1914 b: February 13, 1914 d: June 06, 1914 in 59 Southside Rd, St John's, Nf
Frederick Amherst Earle 1914 - 1914 b: February 13, 1914 d: May 31, 1914 in 59 Southside Rd, St John's, Nf
Able Seaman Albert Benjamin Earle Royal Navy, H.M.S. Grove - b: March 01, 1919 d: 12/06/1942
3) Emma Jane Earle 1877 - 1886 b: Abt. 1877 d: September 1886 in St John's, Nf
4) Mary Ann Oke Sheppard Earle 1879 - 1881 b: 1879 d: 1881
5) Mary Ann E Earle 1881 - 1883 b: Abt. March 1881 d: August 14, 1883 in St John's, Nf
6) Albert Joseph Earle 1889 - 1921 b: November 30, 1889 in Southside, St John's, Nf d: November 03, 1921 in St John's, Nf married Alice Burry 1893 - b: Abt. 1893 in Greenspond, Nf
Their child
Gladys May Earle 1917 - b: October 18, 1917
This family seems to have moved possibly to the US after the death of Albert.
1) Robert Austin Sheppard 1865 - 1910 b: July 02, 1865 in St John's, NL d: 1910 married Anna Laura Davis 1871 - 1935 b: Abt. 1871 d: November 08, 1935 in Fort Amherst LIghthouse, St John's, NL
their children were
Maxwell Wakeham Sheppard 1895 - 1901 b: 1895 d: November 02, 1901
Louis Wakeham Sheppard 1905 - b: 1905
Robert Carl Sheppard married Sadie Kean
2) Mary Ann Harriet Oke Sheppard 1866 - b: December 31, 1866 in St John's, Nf married Robert Wakeham - 1922 b: in Brixham, England d: April 12, 1922
3) Edith Oke Sheppard 1875 - b: Abt. 1875 married William Henry Ebsary 1874 - b: Abt. 1874 last known to be in Cape Breton
4) 3 Elizabeth Ann Williams Sheppard 1871 - 1881 b: 1871 d: May 20, 1881
5) Margaret Jane Sheppard 1869 - 1925 b: May 1869 d: October 22, 1925 in Southside, St John's, Nf married George Charles Whitten 1867 - 1926 b: April 18, 1867 d: September 25, 1926 in Southside, St John's, Nf
6) John Oke Sheppard 1877 - 1903 b: October 18, 1877 in Burin, Nf d: September 27, 1903 in Lighthouse, Fort Amherst, St John's, Nf
7) Aaron Crossman Sheppard 1880 - 1881 b: 1880 d: October 05, 1881 in Cape Spear
1) Mary Ann Tune - 1891 d: 1891
2) Austin Oke Tune
1) Georgina Williams married Arthur Ebsary and remained on the South side. Before they married they witnessed the 2nd marriage of Elizabeth to James Curtis, an engineer from Harbour Grace, on May 29 1887.