Sheard Family History – Welcome

Thank you for visiting our Sheard Family History site. We hope you manage to find something of interest but even more we hope that you find a link to one of your own ancestors.

So far we have traced our lines back to:

• Francis SHEARD – who married in 1800 Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire to Rachel Sigsworth.
• John SIGSWORTH –  who was born about 1615 in Yorkshire.
• Matthew LIMBERT – who married Ann Hill 1750 Garforth, Yorkshire.
• Thomas TUTIN – whose son Thomas William was born 1804 Finsbury, London.
• Thomas WEATHERILL – who was born 1809 Hornsea, Yorkshire.
• Samuel MISSIN – who was born 1816 Leverington, Cambridgeshire.
• George William McPHERSON – whose son George William was born 1865 Frindsbury, Kent.
• James STEWART – who was born 1816 Halesworth, Suffolk.
• John ERB – whose son Henry was born in Manchester or Germany.
• Joel HERBERT – whose son Samuel was born 1802 Burwash, Sussex.

 

WWII V2 Rocket Attacks.

Our research into the World War II V2 rocket attack on 14th January 1945 on Panmure Road, Sydenham where 4 members of our Sheard family were killed continues. The information that we have been able to find regarding this rocket attack has been extended and moved to HERE. The site also includes a full transcription of The Ministry of Home Security data contained in document AIR 20/4126 titled “Big Ben”: Enemy long range rockets: list of incidents, September 1944 to March 1945  held at The National Archives, Kew. Also included is a full transcription of a copy of the Ministry of Home Security Bomb Census B.C.4. form containing the Damage Report held in document reference HO 192/728 also held at Kew.

 

Sheard Family Album.

We are also pleased to still host the web site created by the late Clive Sheard titled “Sheard Family Album” which can be found HERE.