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Transportation
George Shepherd was transported on the Moffatt, departing 5th May 1836 and arriving 31st Aug 1836 with 404 passengers.
Moffatt (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 272 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
The Ipswich Journal Saturday 9th January 1836 p. 3 At Woodbridge Quarter Sessions, on Wednesday last...George Sheppeard, for stealing ten pigs, the property of Mr. John Turner, of Pettaugh. Mr William Page, who had for the last three months managed the prosecutor's business in consequence of his ill health, deposed that the correct number of pigs were upon the premises on the 27th ult., and that on the following morning ten were gone; witness went that day to Hadleigh market, in search of the lost pigs, and found eight of them there in a pen; the prisoner was then pointed out to witness by David Beer, of Hintlesham, who had bought seven of the pigs, the other had been sold to another man, and the prisoner, in the presence of the witness voluntarily returned the money he had received for the eight; the other two (making up the number lost) were found, under a search warrant, on the prisoner's premises, and the whole identified as the prosecutor's property. David Beer identified prisoner as being the person of whom he bought seven of the hogs claimed and taken away by the last witness. Guilty - transported for 7 years.
Tried and convicted at the Suffolk Quarter Sessions on 6th January 1836 for stealing 10 pigs, he was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. Left England on 7th May 1836. Ship:- the 'Moffatt' sailed with 400 male convicts on board of which 4 died during the voyage. Arrived on 31st August 1836. George married free settler Caroline Victoria Whittle in 1841 at Parramatta, nothing more has been found regarding the couple, it is presumed that she died or left the Colony before 1844, as it appears George had met his next wife (Amelia Arrobus) and started a family with her. George married Amelia Arrobus in 1857 at Hartley, Central Tablelands, they had 9 children between 1844-1859. George died in 1887 at Hartley age 70. Amelia died in 1900 at Lithgow in the Central Tablelands.