John SHEPHERD was born in 1833 in Seagrave, Loughborough, Leicestershire
He married Sarah Ann LONGBOTTOM who was born in 1837 in Louth Lincolnshire, the 1st of 12 children of Barnard Longbottom and Ann Andersn LARDER who, after the birth of all their 12 children, emigrated to Auckland. This dates their arrival as after 1856.

On May 29th 1862 the migrant ships "MATILDA WATTENBACH and `HANOVER` departed from London bound for the Albertland Settlement in New Zealand with the first of over 3000 settlers. They called themselves the Albertlanders, after Prince Albert, Queen Victoria`s consort.
Many of these settlers did not arrive at Port Albert - they moved further inland to more fertile areas. As a result Wellsford was founded. The ones who did stay found it difficult to make a living

Read the Albertland story, with ships and migrants list, genealogy, photos etc here Albertland Museum

John and Sarah met and married in Louth, Lincolnshire in 1858. They had 2 children and then emigrated to Auckland on the HANOVER, arriving 17 Sep 1862. There is no mention of these 2 children on the passenger list however.

the children of John & Sarah
.. 1 1859 - 1943 John Alfred Shepherd
born in Louth Lincolnshire
emigrated: at the age of 3
John married: Mary Jane COLEBROOKE in 1883
they had 9 children
* 1884 - Reginald Shepherd
* 1885 - Dora Shepherd
* 1886 - Daisy Shepherd
* 1888 - Claude Shepherd
* 1889 - Gordon Shepherd
* 1891 - Leonard Shepherd
* 1893 - Alfreda Shepherd
* 1894 - Josephine Shepherd
* 1897 - Ernest Karl Shepherd
John died: 21 Sep 1943 in Port Albert aged 84

.. 2 1861 - 1864 Henry Larder Shepherd
born in England
emigrated: when he was 1
Henry died 11 Nov 1864 aged 2

.. 3 1863 - 1951 Mildred Shepherd
the 1st born in Albertland NZ
Mildred married: George BENNETT in 1889
they had 7 children
* Clara Bennett
* Leonard Bennett
* Elsie Bennett
* Annie Bennett
* Constance Alice Bennett
* Harry Bennett
* Joy Bennett
Mildred died: 6 April 1951 aged 87

.. 4 1865 - 1943 Sarah Ann Shepherd
Sarah married: Frederic Clement UTTING in 1903
* Frederic was a widower. He 1st married Anna Maria Turner (1863-1900) in 1882
* they had 5 sons
* 1883 - Charles William Utting
* 1885 - Herbert Martin Utting
* 1887 - Frederic James Utting
* 1890 - William Christopher Utting
* 1893 - Walter Edwin Utting
Sarah & Frederick had 4 children
* 1904 - Harry Victor Utting
* 1905 - Emily Gertrude Utting
* 1907 - Clifford John Utting
* 1909 - Frank Percy Utting
Sarah died: 9 Nov 1943 aged 78

.. 5 1867 - 1942 Barnard Clarkson Shepherd
Barnard married: Annie LOOKER in 1896
* they had 4 children
* 1897 - John Williams Shepherd
* 1899 - Maud Winifred Shepher
* 1900 - Charles Leslie Shepherd
* 1900 - Henry Arthur Shepherd
* Annie died in 1902 aged 31
He next married: Nell LOUSLEY in 1903
* they had 3 children
* 1903 - Laurence Clarkson Shepherd
* 1905 - Edna May Shepherd
* 1908 - Ivy Cushla Shepherd
Barnard died: 18 Dec 1942 in Kihikihi aged 75

.. 6 1869 - 1947 Emily Shepherd
Emily married: George Edward THOMPSON in 1889
* they had 5 children
* 1890 - George Tinsley Thompson
* 1892 - Emily Elizabeth Thompson
* 1893 - Sarah Bertha Thompson
* 1895 - John Edward Thompson
* 1896 - Constance Evelyn Thompson
Emily died: 9 Oct 1947 in Auckland aged 78

.. 7 1870 - 1951 Edith Shepherd
Edith married: Charles William KAYES in 1895
* Charles was a painter decorator. He first married Frances Letitia Berry (1871-1893) in 1891
* they had a son
* 1892 - 1976 Arthur Raymond Kayes
* Edith & Charles had 7 children
* 1897 - 1903 Edith Frances Kayes
* 1898 - Florence Muriel Kayes
* 1900 - 1958 Charles Herbert Kayes
* 1902 - 1974 Helen Gertrude Kayes
* 1903 - Edward Francis Kayes
* 1906 - 1913 Daphne Grace Kayes
* 1911 - William James Kayes
Edith died: 25 April 1951 in Auckland aged 80

.. 8 1872 - 1853 William Draycott Shepherd
William married: Ellen Jane Godden (1874-1956)
* their children
* 1904 - Lillian Edna Shepherd
William died: 27 Feb 1953 aged 80

.. 9 1874 - 1961 Bertha Shepherd
Bertha married: Henry Robert FRENCH in 1899
* their known children
* 1900 - 1985 Kathleen French
* 1901 - 1968 Bertha Doris French
* 1904 - 1908 Arnold Wesley French
* 1907 - 1910 Harry Leslie French
* 1914 - 1922 Eric Wilbur French
Bertha died: 29 June 1961 aged 87

.. 10 1875 - 1959 Kate Shepherd
Kate never married
Kate died: 30 April 1959 aged 83

.. 11 1877 - 1970 Constance Shepherd
Constance married: Lorenzo Oakleigh STANTON in 1902
* he was a Minister of Religion
* they had 11 children
* 1903 - Albert Lorenzo Stanton
* 1904 - Dwight Lyman Moody Stanton
* 1905 - Percy Alexander Stanton
* 1907 - Lillian Constance Stanton
* 1908 - John Wesley Stanton
* 1909 - Florence Joy Stanton
* 1911 - Gordon Harris Stanton
* 1913 - Fletcher Bramwell Stanton
* 1914 - Eva Levinia Stanton
* 1916 - Norman Schofield Stanton
* 1917 - Edwin Carradine Stanton
Constance died: 27 Sep 1970 in Auckland aged 92

.. 12 1880 - 1975 Herbert Shepherd
Herbert married: Esther Colebrooke SADLER in 1902
* she was 1 of 11 children of Thomas Minshall Sadler & Esther COLEBROOKE. Her mother's sister, Mary Jane Colebrooke married, as her 2nd husband, John Alfred Shepherd, her husband Herbert's brother
* they had at least 6 children
* 1904 - Esther Doreen Shepherd
* 1905 - Leslie Shepherd
* 1907 - Edith Joyce Shepherd
* 1913 - Clarice Ruth Shepherd
* 1915 - Norma Elsie Shepherd
* 1917 - Herbert Wilfred Shepherd
Herbert died: 14 Dec 1975 aged 95

.. 13 1882 - 1968 Olive Shepherd
Olive married: William BLOMFIELD in 1906
* they had 2 known children
* 1909 - William Ernest Blomfield
* 1913 - James Stanley Blomfield
Olive died: 1968 in Auckland aged 86

PHOTO
The HANOVER left London 29 May 1862
Arrived Auckland 17 September 1862