Records of Donald Shepherd on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Donald Shepherd and the Shepherd Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shepherd Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Shepherd family tree.

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Some Famous People called Donald Shepherd

Donald Shepherd

Donald Arthur Shepherd (10 March 1916 – 29 May 1998) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1938.

Shepherd was born in Whitkirk, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Batting at number five, he scored a duck in his only innings and did not bowl his off breaks in the game against Oxford University, which ended in a high scoring draw after Oxford compiled 344 for 8 dec after following on. He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI (1937–1938).

He died in May 1998 in Norbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.

Source: Donald Shepherd, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Shepherd

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