When John SHEPHERD was born in 1844, in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James SHEPHERD, was 29 and his mother, Anne Bennett, was 23. He died on 28 September 1845, in Sutton, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 1, and was buried in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name from Middle English schepeherde ‘shepherd’ (Old English scēaphyrde, scēap‐weard).
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘shepherd’, for example German and Jewish Schäfer (see Schaefer ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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