RSM Henry Thomas Shepherd MBE (1895-1960)
John Shepherd and Sarah Hartley
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IntroductionJohn Shepherd and Sarah HartleyHenry's Early LifeService during WWIService during WWIIHenry's Family LifeGeorgetown Volunteer FiremenRoyal Canadian Legion, Lorne Rifles and Lorne ScotsHonours and RecognitionNewspaper Clippings of the Shepherd FamilyIn Henry's Own Words (audio)External Links
CBC News: Remembering a black soldier in a 'white man's war'Lorne Scots Museum Blog on Henry ShepherdNewmarket Today: Black veteran of both world wars 'one of finest men to don King's uniform'Henry’s story begins in the 1850’s when his grandmother (known only as Mrs. Shepherd) escaped slavery and fled to Canada with her infant son, John Henry (Henry’s father) via the Underground Railroad.
Mrs. Shepherd and John Henry were welcomed on a local Stewarttown farm owned by Colonel John Murray. Living in a small cabin in Georgetown Park, Mrs. Shepherd and John walked daily to the Murray farm in Stewarttown where she worked as a housekeeper up until her passing sometime before 1871. After her death, young John was taken to live on the farm where he was raised by Colonel John Murray and his family and worked as a farmhand.
Sarah Hartley was a 16-year-old British Home Child sent to Canada in 1886 and assigned to the Murray farm as an indentured servant. John Shepherd and Sarah Hartley were married at St. George’s Anglican Church in Georgetown in December 1887. John and Sarah would go on to have six children; Violet, Jessie, Flora, Johnetta, Henry and John.
Henry, the second youngest, was born August 18, 1895.
Mrs. Shepherd and John Henry were welcomed on a local Stewarttown farm owned by Colonel John Murray. Living in a small cabin in Georgetown Park, Mrs. Shepherd and John walked daily to the Murray farm in Stewarttown where she worked as a housekeeper up until her passing sometime before 1871. After her death, young John was taken to live on the farm where he was raised by Colonel John Murray and his family and worked as a farmhand.
Sarah Hartley was a 16-year-old British Home Child sent to Canada in 1886 and assigned to the Murray farm as an indentured servant. John Shepherd and Sarah Hartley were married at St. George’s Anglican Church in Georgetown in December 1887. John and Sarah would go on to have six children; Violet, Jessie, Flora, Johnetta, Henry and John.
Henry, the second youngest, was born August 18, 1895.
John Henry Shepherd Portrait [View More]
Sarah Hartley Portrait [View More]
Marriage Certificate of John Henry Shepherd and Sarah Hartley [View More]
Sarah Hartley Shepherd and three daughters [View More]
Portraits of Johnetta, Henry, and John Shepherd [View More]
John Henry Shepherd Standing with Car [View More]
Sarah Shepherd in Garden [View More]
Sarah Hartley Shepherd and Grandchildren [View More]
Sarah Shepherd (Hartley) Obituary [View More]
John Henry Shepherd Was Long District Resident [View More]
