Herbert Shepherdson

  General Notes:

Montague & Marie Smith note:
Seaman, Pilot - Tweed River NSW

James Pierce notes:
I see I told you Herbert was on the Tyro as he was on that in 1881 but on the Pendle Hill (registered in Auckland) in 1883).

  Research Notes:

From the ships in Australian Waters, the Pendle Hill arrived in Sydney with Herbert Shepherdson as Boatswain from Mackay on 26th November 1883.

The ship was only 222 tons and a sailing ship so I can't see it carrying too many passengers, if at all. On the balance of probabilities I think that Lucy hitched a ride on the Pendle Hill departing Mackay about October 1883.

He married Lucy 3 days later (29 November). He was 23 and she 21. A shipboard romance??

Then they are listed as again arriving in Sydney from Mackay on 27 th February 1884. The crew list shows Lucy Shepherdson as Stewardess. Probably no time to find or afford land accommodation.

That makes a 3 month trip there & back as so I must assume that the ship did the trip North and maybe stopping at other ports, or slow loading.

Wilfred was born later that year (4th December 1894) so that put a stop to Lucy continuing to go to sea.

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection.

Herbert married Louisa (Lucy) Hickey, daughter of William Hickey and Brigid Scalan, on 29 Nov 1883 in Redfern, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Louisa (Lucy) Hickey was born on 30 Jun 1862 in Alnmouth, Northumberland England and died on 7 Oct 1955 in Marrickville, Sydney, NSW Australia.)