Hello! I am related to the Charles Sheppard who was the husband of Elizabeth Mary "Grubb" Sheppard.
They did land in Australia in 1855. All of their children went to Australia except his eldest son my GGG Grandfather John, John went to Ashland, Ohio.
I am wondering if Elizabeth is his second wife? She was born around 1806 or so, and John was born in 1821 She would have been barely 15, but who knows. I also have her parents as James and Sarah.
I know when John married in 1843 he married in Bromley Kent, England....So I believe they were in this area at the time of the 1841 census, Middlesex is close by.
Any help with these families would be very helpful. Thank you so much.
Janey Sheppard McIvor