Paul Shepard
Honor Code SignatorySigned 18 Apr 2017 | 72,799 contributions | 1,205 thank-yous | 1,877 connections
Signed 18 Apr 2017 | 72,799 contributions | 1,205 thank-yous | 1,877 connections
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Paul F. Shepard
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Son of Frederick Louis Shepard
and Sylvia (Ellis) West
Brother of
Steve Shepard, [private sister (1960s - unknown)], [private sister (1960s - unknown)] and [private brother (1960s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Paul Shepard is an England Orphan Trailblazer
Paul Shepard has completed the England Project's Orphan Trail.
Paul Shepard was born in Essex, England.
Paul Shepard participated with Sandringham Strollers during the 2019 Scan-a-Thon, scanning and uploading 37 items to profiles.
Paul was a winner in the England Project GO GREEN Challenge.
Paul Shepard participated with The Mighty Oaks during the January 2022 Connect-a-Thon.
Birth
Paul Shepard was born at 11:40am in Oldchurch hospital, Romford, Essex to Frederick Shepard and Sylvia Ellis. [1]
Schooling
He went to South Park Jr. School, Seven Kings, Essex 1957-63 Mayfield Sec. Boys School, Seven Kings, Essex 1963-68 During his apprenticeship (1969-1972) as a GPO (now BT) telephone engineer he was educated at Holloway Tech College, London, England
Marriages
Paul married Susan Finigan in 1972 in Ilford, Essex.[2]
He then married Carol Steindl in 1975 in Clapham, South London. [3]
He proposed to and then married Susan (Ansell) Challis (while on holiday) in 2000 in Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA. [4]
Occupations
Telephone engineer 1968-72 London Underground Electronics Engineer 1977-80 Motor mechanic, Hotelier, Despatch Rider. Heating Engineer. 1991-2018,
2018, now retired & addicted to WikiTree!
Sources
- ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV7D-1V2Q : 1 October 2014), Paul F Shepard, 1952; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Romford, Essex, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV6T-MF8T : 8 October 2014), Paul F Shepard and null, 1972; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1972, quarter 2, vol. 5D, p. 1415, Redbridge, Essex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV6N-68MT : 8 October 2014), Paul F Shepard and null, 1975; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1975, quarter 4, vol. 14, p. 0019, Lambeth, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ "Florida Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNYT-681 : 28 November 2014), Paul Frederick Shepard and MM9.1.1/VNYT-6DM:, 18 Aug 2000; from "Florida, Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida; and Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research.
- Birth certificate obtained
- Marriage certificates obtained
- First-hand information. Entered by Paul himself
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Paul's formal name
- full middle name (F.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- personal memories about Paul (1)
- images (4)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (3)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Paul or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Paul:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Paul or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Paul:
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Paul Shepard:
23andMe, GEDmatch DJ1173939 [compare]
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100.00%
Sylvia (Ellis) West
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch UL1472104 [compare]
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Paul:
- Paul Shepard is a Wonderful WikiTreer Dec 2, 2022.
- Paul Shepard is a Wonderful WikiTreer Jan 23, 2022.
- Paul Shepard is a Wonderful WikiTreer Aug 13, 2020.
- Paul Shepard is a Wonderful WikiTreer Aug 13, 2020.
- Paul Shepard is a Wonderful WikiTreer Feb 9, 2020.
Featured National Park champion connections: Paul is 24 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 23 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 24 degrees from George Catlin, 24 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 30 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 24 degrees from George Grinnell, 29 degrees from Anton Kröller, 26 degrees from Stephen Mather, 21 degrees from Kara McKean, 25 degrees from John Muir, 22 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 34 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Categories: Romford, Essex (London)
Thank you for your commitment to the England Project and its goals in 2023! Together we are making English WikiTree profiles the best they can be!
I'd like to share our end-of-year 2023 Newsletter. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading about what we have achieved in 2023!
On behalf of all the England Project Leaders, we wish you a peaceful, productive and enjoyable 2024!
Best wishes,
Maddy, England Project Leader
They were divorced at some point before 1951 as Ethel remarried to William Pyett in the December 1/4 1951 and William Tullett remarried to Lilian Pesterfield in the March 1/4 1952. Ethel was born 15th November 1905, the daughter of Henry James Plumridge (11/03/1849-March 1/4 1937) & Ellen Brown (Circa June 1856-1935), Ellen was Christened @ St. Mary's, Bletchingly, 29th June 1856; they married in the same church, 29th March 1880 and their marriage was registered @ Godstone, March 1/4 1880. I share common ancestors with William Thomas John Tullett - his 5 x Great Grandparents, Peter Tullett (1675-1731) & Mary Locket (1678-1731) were m7 7 x Great Grandparents - my Mother's maiden name was Tullett. Chris Wakeling
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for your commitment to the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members periodically to make sure everything is going well. This is our formal annual check-in with you.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Would you like to join any other teams?
Also, we would really like to hear which team is currently your highest priority. If you are a member of more than one team, could you please rank them from highest priority to lowest? Thank you! If you don’t see yourself as being part of a team, please let us know.
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
On behalf of all the Leaders, thank you again for all you do and we look forward to you continuing to be a part of our collaborative and fun Project!
Kind regards,
Elizabeth, England Project Leader
Thanks for the help! You created some profiles for the King and Small family that were connected to the Sawkins-120 branch I have been trying to connect. Because of that, I managed to find a connection a lot quicker.
The profile manager who is also descendant of that profile has been unconnected for over a year since joining Wiki Tree.
Cheers Kylie
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals. Every single contribution you make helps improve English profiles!
I'd also like to share our annual Newsletter with you. You can read it here: England Project Newsletters. We hope you enjoy reading a bit about what has gone on in 2022 and what our Project has achieved.
The England Project Leaders like to touch base with each of our members every 6 months just to make sure everything is going well. There's no need to reply to this message unless you have something you'd like to let us know about (e.g. if you would like to change your team choices or provide other feedback). We will be in touch with you again in the middle of next year when we do our annual check-in with project members.
On behalf of all the Leaders, I wish you a peaceful and productive 2023.
Best wishes,
Ian, England Project Leader
We are conducting a check-in with the England Data Doctor Team, you have been a member for some time and we thank you for all the work you do, it is appreciated. Please let us know if you wish to remain with the team, so we can update our lists. Are you still happy to look after Essex?
Look forward to hearing from you
Janet and Derrick
On behalf of the England Project, I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the project's goals over the past year. Every English profile we improve helps!
The England Project Leaders are currently doing our six-monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy to with your current project team choices? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
We also welcome any feedback on things you would like to see the project do more of in the future.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message.
Many thanks!
Ian, England Project Leader
Well, the Connect A Thon was fun, we hope you enjoyed yourself and have fully recovered. Thank you for joining us The combined score of 13,284 - is 113 more than the last CAT so well done. The total overall figure was 85,839 profiles connected.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/ConnectAThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for next event)
We are a bit late with out thanks, but we appreciate all your help and we look forward to working with you again.
Joan and Maddy.
Well, it was a fun weekend, we hope you enjoyed yourself. Thank you for joining us. It is appreciated. The combined score for our teams was a fab 9,296 up 419 on last year, well done. The total overall figure was 56,972 profiles sourced.
Check your personal figures here - https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceaThon/TeamAndUser.htm (gives you a target for next year’s event)
Thanks again for this weekend, we look forward to working with you again
Joan & Maddy
I noticed you chose our Integrators Challenge again for this month (July 2021), thank you!
Could you go here: https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1262443/wikitreers-join-the-fun-join-integrators-challenge-july-2021 to sign up officially please. And if you can please add your question that you will be working on or the profile marked "needs profiles created" for the challenge, Thanks! Got a question, see this page: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Integrators_Challenge#How_the_Challenge_Works
Thank you and Good Luck!! Dorothy, Integrators Project Coordinator.
I wrote to you recently as part of the England Project's six-monthly check-in with our project members. I have not heard back from you. I hope you are well.
If you could please drop me a quick note to confirm whether you are still interested in the project and wish to remain an active member, that would be very helpful.
If we do not hear from you within the next 2 weeks, we will assume you are no longer active in the England Project and remove you from our list of project members. You would be most welcome to re-apply to join the project at a later time by signing-up on the project’s G2G welcome post.
Many thanks!
Amelia, England Project Leader
edited by Amelia Utting
I would like to thank you for all your contributions towards the goals of the England Project during the past six months. We've achieved a huge amount during this period and we couldn't have done it without you and our other project members.
As the England Project Leaders, we are completing our six monthly check-in with all project members.
Are you happy to stay in your current project teams? Which teams are you most active in? Are there other teams you would like to join or become more active in?
Also, do you have any feedback on what the project is doing well and anything we could do better in the future?
Please respond to this message by posting a reply below or sending me a private message. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks!
Amelia, England Project Leader
Hi Paul,
We would love to have you join the Mighty Oaks for the Spring Clean-A-Thon
If you are interested in joining us then sign up here Clean-A-Thon Registration please mention you would like to join the Mighty Oaks
Look forward to working with you again
Janet & Joan Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
edited by Janet (Langridge) Wild
I'm looking to contribute to/ connect to the Wallace/ Wallis Wikitree. I'm trying to verify and expand on data in London and hopefully back to Scotland. I saw your name on the Wallace group page. I am wondering what the next steps are? I am new to WikiTree. Thank you! -Katie
It's that time of the year again: check-in time! As England Project Leaders, we like to check in with you every six months or so to see how things are progressing. Back in May, we didn't ask for a response due to the rapid emergence of Covid-19 because we understood that people's lives were changing rapidly. While we are still living in a Covid world, we do need to hear back from you this time around
First of all, how are you doing? What are you currently working on? Are you happy with the team(s) you're in, or would you like to change things up?
Secondly, we're looking for some feedback on the Google Group and our Discord server. Do you use either or both of these? If you don't use either, why not? Do you have any suggestions on how we can improve participation and collaboration, either generally or for you personally?
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Lizzie, Amy, Joan
England Project Leaders
You're so right that our lives are changing and with elderly parents, my wife and I do have a few other considerations too, but I guess we just have to go with the flow.
I did once think when I had completed, best as possible, my own family tree my work on profiles would slow down. How silly of me. I do try to spread my self a bit thin over the many angles of Wiki that come my way. I do my best with the Essex team and DD help too. Having said that, my favourite jobs are sourcing and profile creation particularly on tree growth / connection.
I do dip into the Discord and Google Group and green help from both but as time is often short I don’t spend too much time there.
As a Trail Blazer I occasionally have a question but feel a bit silly asking as I should know the answers myself. like who should I turn to for help myself?
That aside, I am still a WikiTree addict,
Paul
Thank you for your participation in October 2020’s Source-a-thon. Your contributions helped us to clear over 57,000 profiles that needed sourcing. This makes our Shared Tree all that much better.
Keep up the great work!
Pippin Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
Hi Paul
We all did a great job this weekend, thank you for participating. A job well done the grand total for the event was 57,577 profiles sourced. The Mighty Oaks contributed 8,877 of those. Maddy lead all the way and ended with a fab score of 1,130. Making her no 6 on the individual scoreboard
See: https://wikitree.sdms.si/Challenges/SourceaThon/TeamAndUser.htmClick on tracking to open up your contribution list so you can review your work and possibly some tidying up.
Thanks again for this weekend, you rock
Joan & Janet
Thanks for all the work you accomplished during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree. You have every right to be pleased with your efforts!
Kind regards,
Pippin Sheppard ~ WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
Hi Paul
Thank you for joining the Mighty Oaks for the Connect-A-Thon (CAT). Congratulations on your work during the CAT what an amazing result for the Mighty Oaks we added 12,615. Altogether the teams add a grand total of 60,128 new profiles to wikitree. We hope you had fun while building the tree.
See you next year or before for the Source-A-Thon
Janet & Joan
Co-Leaders for the Mighty Oaks
Your England Leaders are completing the six monthly check in with all team members. I wanted to thank you for your work on English Profiles and particularly your work, as team leader for Essex and as a trailblazer, but also for the work you do with other England teams.
These are unprecedented and difficult times, and we understand as Project Leaders that your situation may have changed somewhat in the last few months. What we are all able to/ wish to contribute on Wikitree has changed. Please let me know if you are happy with your current role and team choice or if you wish to do something additional or different. Thank you again on behalf of all the project leaders for everything you do.
Joan
Thanks so very much for your participation in the spring Clean-a-thon! Every suggestion you cleared (over 200!) made our Tree that much better. The WikiTree community appreciates YOU!
Pip Sheppard WikiTree’s Appreciation Team
I am just checking in with you as a member of the Yorkshire Team. We are entering the last 8 days of the England regional go Green Challenge reducing the suggestions, unsourced and unconnected numbers. On the 13th the Northern Region were in the lead for the challenge with drop of 16,728!
As your regional cheer leader - I am encouraging everyone to go go go
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:England%2C_Regional_and_County_Statistics_Page
Good luck Janet :)
Happy New Year
We appreciate your being part of the England Data Doctor Team and all the work you have done during 2019.
With the New Year starting I am writing to ask if you wish to remain on the England DD Team for 2020. If you could let me know as I am updating the page DD Page]
If you wish too, you can adopt a suggestion or two and a county to work on this year.
Janet
England Data Doctor Team Leader
Just a quick note to introduce myself as your new Team leader for Greater London and Middlesex. I have been a Wikitree member for over two years but have been tracing my tree for over 30 years and many lines are from Middlesex and go back pre-1500. I look forward to working with you all to try and reduce the unsourced and unconnected and find more resources. Please don't hesitate to ask for assistance, I'll always try and help. Thank you for your help so far. Valerie Crowley. Team Leader
On behalf of the England Leaders, I wanted to say a huge thank you for all your contributions towards the project in the past six months as a Team Member for Essex, Middlesex, Yorkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Arborist Prep, Sourcerers, and as a Trailblazer. Wow! We've achieved a great deal during this time and we couldn't have done it without you.
Are you happy to stay in your current teams and the project as a whole? Are there any other teams you'd like to join? What are we doing well, and what would you like to see us doing differently moving forwards?
Please respond to this message via e-mail. I look forward to hearing from you.
Many thanks,
Susie, England Project Leader :-)
Pippin Sheppard
WikiTrees Appreciation Team
Pippin Sheppard
WikiTrees Appreciation Team
Hi Paul,
Wondered if you would like to join the Sandringham Strollers for the Source-A-Thon on the 4-7 October.
If you would sign up here Here
Look forward to working with you again.
Janet & Gillian
In July 2019, you made 1000+ (actually, over 1300!) contributions to our Shared Tree! I commend for your time and effort. Keep up the great work!
Pip Sheppard
WikiTree Appreciation Team
Just a note to say registration opens on Monday for a new challenge Connect-A-Thon. The G2G registration question will be asked on Monday so keep your eyes open for it.
If you are interested in working with the Sandringham Strollers again Gillian and I would be delighted to have you in the team.
Just drop me a line to say you plan on joining us or if you cannot make it
For information on the new challenge https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Connect-a-Thon
All the best
Janet
Congratulations on making more than 1,000 contributions to WikiTree for the Month of May. We all appreciate your efforts to make our Shared Tree the best it can be. Keep up the great work and THANK YOU!
Pip Sheppard
WikiTree Appreciation Team