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Record #15470
Name :
: Frank SHEPHERD (1903 - 1970)
  aka : Frank Shepherd-Crawley


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Jan 1903

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 28 Mar 1970   Notes : stroke
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Halifax
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 23 Jun 1906
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Siberian

Placement Family
: Crawley
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Middlemore
NotesMy grandfather Frank Shepherd, was an unwanted child by his mother.
He was sent to Canada in 1906 at the age of 3, and placed in the care and custody of Mary A. Crawley, of Longford Road, Halifax, NS. He was lucky to have been placed with a loving family.
He was never legally adopted but always used their last name along with his birth name. My father was his son. His children carried on the Shepherd-Crawley name, but not the grandchildren. Thats how became a Crawley.
He tried to find out information about his mother/family in Birmingham, in the 1920's, with no success, then his children tried again, in the 1970-80's, again with no success. I have been doing it for about 20 years off and on.
I would like to know what happened to his mother Clara Shepherd, who gave him up to the Salvation Army, who sent him to the Middlemore Homes, Middlemore Homes sent him to Canada. 
ContributorsCreated : 2011-12-04 17:32:24 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-01-03 16:09:04 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
11363 SHEPHERD, Albert1888ENG,    , Whitehaven, CUL Jul 1898 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
8829 SHEPHERD, Beatrice 1896ENG,     Sep 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
9885 SHEPHERD, Charles1894ENG,     Jul 1902 : New England CAN Barnardos  
20013 SHEPHERD, Charles1873ENG,     Jun 1886 : Lake Superior CAN Barnardos  
23977 SHEPHERD, Ethel1906ENG,     May 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
23978 SHEPHERD, Eunice1909ENG,     May 1920 : Minnedosa CAN Middlemore  
15470 SHEPHERD, Frank1903ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1906 : Siberian CAN Middlemore  
24441 SHEPHERD, George1854 May 1870 : Peruvian CAN   
23356 SHEPHERD, George Frederick1897ENG, LDN, London May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
22453 SHEPHERD, James Stanley1913ENG,     May 1929 : Pennland CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
19819 SHEPHERD, John1898ENG,     Apr 1908 : Victorian CAN Hurst House Training Home  
26838 SHEPHERD, Stanley1923ENG, OXF, Headington May 1934 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
20822 SHEPHERD, Stephen1886ENG,     May 1904 : Dominion CAN Unknown  
14025 SHEPHERD, Thomas1870ENG,     May 1881 : Brooklyn CAN National Childrens Home