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Reginald Andrew Shepherd               1881-1921     (1st Husband)
Reginald was born about 1881, the son of Andrew Thomas Shepherd and Alice Robinson, in Sunderland, County Durham. He married May Allen Havergal Adamson.
May Allen Havergal Adamson         1881-1971
May was born on 15 May 1881, the daughter of John Adamson and Mary Burnop Mail, at Sunderland, County Durham. .
I have identified the following children:
  Reginald Alastair Born 13 Jun 1913   Killed in action 5 Apr 1945
John Adamson
Andrew Fraser		 Twins Born 10 Nov 1915   Killed in action 5 Jun 1940
Married Colette Brennand

Birth of Parents
Reginald Andrew Shepherd b: abt 1881           County Durham       1881 2Q Sunderland 10a 588
son of Andrew Thomas Shepherd and Alice Robinson, Solicitor

May Allen Havergal Adamson b: 15 May 1881           County Durham       1881 2Q Sunderland 10a 669
daughter of John Adamson and Mary Burnop Mail

Marriage
abt 1912
Reginald Andrew Shepherd
May Allen Havergal Adamson		 Sunderland       1912 3Q Sunderland 10a 1167

Children
Reginald Alastair Shepherd b: 13 Jun 1913       County Durham       1914 1Q Sunderland 10a 1581
son of Reginald Andrew Shepherd and May Allen Havergal Adamson
Killed in action 5 Apr 1945
John Adamson Shepherd b: 10 Nov 1915       County Durham       1915 4Q Sunderland 10a 1239
Twin son of Reginald Andrew Shepherd and May Allen Havergal Adamson
Killed in action 5 Jun 1940
Andrew Fraser Shepherd b: 10 Nov 1915       County Durham       1915 4Q Sunderland 10a 1239
Twin son of Reginald Andrew Shepherd and May Allen Havergal Adamson

IN MEMORY OF
Pilot Officer
JOHN ADAMSON SHEPHERD
1 Sqdn., Royal Air Force
WHO DIED
ON WEDNESDAY, 5 June 1940

REMEMBERED WITH HONOR
ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN ,
Seine-Maritime, France

COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION


Death
Reginald Andrew Shepherd abt 1921, Age 45,       1921 3Q Teesdale 10a 250

LONDON   18 Aug 1921                         Probate
SHEPHERD, Reginald, Andrew, of 36 Roker Park-road, Sunderland, died 10 July 1921, at Winston-on-Tees, county Durham, Probate London, 18 August, to May Allen Havergal Shepherd, widow.   Effects £6,348 4s. 8d.


Charles Corbett          (2nd Husband)
I have no information on Charles.
I have no knowledge of any children.

Birth of New Husband
Charles Corbett No Date           Canada

Marriage
1925
Charles Corbett
May Allen Havergal Shepherd		           Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


Moved to Victoria, B.C. about 1929


Death
Charles Corbett No Date, Victoria, British Columbia

May Allen Havergal (Shepherd) Corbett Died abt 1971, Victoria, British Columbia

SPECIAL THANKS  to M. Jorgensen, of Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada, a descendant of John Adamson (1852-1933), for many of the details provided above.