Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAlfred Sheppard 
, 575
, 575Birth22 Aug 1855, Chichester, Sussex, England
Christening30 Sep 1855, Chichester, Sussex, England
DeathJun 1917, , Trinidad
FatherJames Shepherd , 50000 (~1823->1891)
MotherElizabeth Ann Cole , 50001 (~1825-)
Spouses
1Virginia de Freitas , 576
, 576Birth24 Jan 1862, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Death21 Sep 1936, Port of Spain, Trinidad
FatherSebastian (Sebastião) de Freitas , 3937 (-1916)
MotherMaria Cairus (de Caires?) , 9385
Marriage25 Jun 1881, Port of Spain, Trinidad
ChildrenAlfred James , 49098 (1884-1910)
Charles Sebastian Theodore , 571 (1885-1931)
Amalia Elizabeth , 1572 (1887-1975)
Arthur Wybrow , 49099 (1888-1893)
Edward Albert James , 49100 (1890-1893)
Notes for Alfred Sheppard
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CIVIL REGISTRATION EVENT: BIRTH
Name: SHEPHERD, Alfred
Registration district: Chichester
County: Sussex
Year of registration: 1855
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume no: 2B
Page no: 272
I have this document.
I have Alfred’s baptism certificate, we were in Chichester on June 13 2018 and went to:
Record Office
3 Orchard Street
Chichester, Sussex
WWW.FINDMYPAST.CO.UK:
1861 CENSUS
Piece: 624
Folio: 14
Page: 21
Registration District: Chichester
Civil Parish: St Martin
Municipal Borough: Chichester
Address: St Martins Court, St Martin, Chichester
County: Sussex
Name: SHEPHERD, Alfred
Relation: Son
Sex: M
Age: 5
Birth Year: 1856
Occupation: Scholar
Where born: Chichester, Sussex
I have this document.
Source: family bible.
Alfred Sheppard & Virginia De Freitas were united in marriage in The Free Church of Scotland St. Ann's Road Trinidad B.W.I. on the 25th June 1881.
Source: family bible.
Alfred Sheppard died at 119 Edward St. Port of Spain at ------12th? June 1917 buried in private allotment at Lapeyrouse Cemetery.
Trinidad’s The Westerly is an Independent Community News and Views Magazine that is published 9 times annually.
The Police Service
Monday, 22 October 2012
Under the Spaniards, the Office of the Cabildo or Town Council controlled the Police Force. Duties were restricted to within town and, for nearly two hundred years, the size of the Police Force never exceeded six.
With the influx of new settlers to Trinidad between 1784 and 1797, Chacon, the last Spanish Governor of Trinidad, established a police department as part of his drive to improve the administration of the island.
After slavery was abolished in 1838 and over 22,000 men and women enjoyed their full civil rights, the responsibility of the police increased and a 'rural system of police' had to be extablished. By the end of 1842, there were twelve police stations and approximately one hundred (100) officers comprising inspectors, sergeants and constables.
In the mid 19th century, members of the British Police were brought to Trinidad on secondment and the Police Force had a very mixed racial composition. The Police Headquarters was housed at the corner of Abercromby and Hart Streets.
The only weapon the policeman carried was his truncheon which was four feet long. Then violence would be met with violence, and here a local tradition of the police "beating first and arresting after" was given birth. The general pattern of law enforcement in the 1840's was, once arrested, the police took the accused to the station or if he was recalcitrant, held him and sent to call the sergeant.
All police stations were Courthouses as Magistrates travelled from one Police Station to another. This was until 1844 when trial by jury and English statutes were introduced into Trinidad.
In 1851, the police was appointed the country's first postmen and mail carriers and the police stations were transformed into Post Offices. The Mounted Branch was established for this purpose. In 1860, the Police Force was relieved of some of these extra curricular duties.
The Police Headquarters at the corner of St. Vincent and Sackville Streets was completed in 1876, housing approximately four hundred and fifty-two (452) men. Over the years, other units were established, such as Traffic Branch in 1930 and Special Branch.
The St James Barracks, which had formerly been used to house troops of the British militia, became in 1890 a training school for the Police.
By 1955 the need for policewomen to deal with juveniles and female offenders had long been overdue and twelve members of the fairer sex were drafted into the Force.
Valerie Sheppard (ID 1547) visited this cemetery on November 12 2007 and took photos:
“In the register of the Lapeyrouse Cemetery I discovered that the Sheppard grave site was first used for the burial of ALFRED SHEPPARD in 1910. I copied the handwritten entry in the cemetery register. . . I wanted to take a photo but it was not allowed.
I found it interesting that Charles Sheppard's sister Amalia was buried in the Sheppard grave plot with her brother, instead of in the Mendes grave plot with her husband's family”.
CIVIL REGISTRATION EVENT: BIRTH
Name: SHEPHERD, Alfred
Registration district: Chichester
County: Sussex
Year of registration: 1855
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume no: 2B
Page no: 272
I have this document.
I have Alfred’s baptism certificate, we were in Chichester on June 13 2018 and went to:
Record Office
3 Orchard Street
Chichester, Sussex
WWW.FINDMYPAST.CO.UK:
1861 CENSUS
Piece: 624
Folio: 14
Page: 21
Registration District: Chichester
Civil Parish: St Martin
Municipal Borough: Chichester
Address: St Martins Court, St Martin, Chichester
County: Sussex
Name: SHEPHERD, Alfred
Relation: Son
Sex: M
Age: 5
Birth Year: 1856
Occupation: Scholar
Where born: Chichester, Sussex
I have this document.
Source: family bible.
Alfred Sheppard & Virginia De Freitas were united in marriage in The Free Church of Scotland St. Ann's Road Trinidad B.W.I. on the 25th June 1881.
Source: family bible.
Alfred Sheppard died at 119 Edward St. Port of Spain at ------12th? June 1917 buried in private allotment at Lapeyrouse Cemetery.
Trinidad’s The Westerly is an Independent Community News and Views Magazine that is published 9 times annually.
The Police Service
Monday, 22 October 2012
Under the Spaniards, the Office of the Cabildo or Town Council controlled the Police Force. Duties were restricted to within town and, for nearly two hundred years, the size of the Police Force never exceeded six.
With the influx of new settlers to Trinidad between 1784 and 1797, Chacon, the last Spanish Governor of Trinidad, established a police department as part of his drive to improve the administration of the island.
After slavery was abolished in 1838 and over 22,000 men and women enjoyed their full civil rights, the responsibility of the police increased and a 'rural system of police' had to be extablished. By the end of 1842, there were twelve police stations and approximately one hundred (100) officers comprising inspectors, sergeants and constables.
In the mid 19th century, members of the British Police were brought to Trinidad on secondment and the Police Force had a very mixed racial composition. The Police Headquarters was housed at the corner of Abercromby and Hart Streets.
The only weapon the policeman carried was his truncheon which was four feet long. Then violence would be met with violence, and here a local tradition of the police "beating first and arresting after" was given birth. The general pattern of law enforcement in the 1840's was, once arrested, the police took the accused to the station or if he was recalcitrant, held him and sent to call the sergeant.
All police stations were Courthouses as Magistrates travelled from one Police Station to another. This was until 1844 when trial by jury and English statutes were introduced into Trinidad.
In 1851, the police was appointed the country's first postmen and mail carriers and the police stations were transformed into Post Offices. The Mounted Branch was established for this purpose. In 1860, the Police Force was relieved of some of these extra curricular duties.
The Police Headquarters at the corner of St. Vincent and Sackville Streets was completed in 1876, housing approximately four hundred and fifty-two (452) men. Over the years, other units were established, such as Traffic Branch in 1930 and Special Branch.
The St James Barracks, which had formerly been used to house troops of the British militia, became in 1890 a training school for the Police.
By 1955 the need for policewomen to deal with juveniles and female offenders had long been overdue and twelve members of the fairer sex were drafted into the Force.
Valerie Sheppard (ID 1547) visited this cemetery on November 12 2007 and took photos:
“In the register of the Lapeyrouse Cemetery I discovered that the Sheppard grave site was first used for the burial of ALFRED SHEPPARD in 1910. I copied the handwritten entry in the cemetery register. . . I wanted to take a photo but it was not allowed.
I found it interesting that Charles Sheppard's sister Amalia was buried in the Sheppard grave plot with her brother, instead of in the Mendes grave plot with her husband's family”.