Maisie Shepherd was the second child of Florence and jean Brennan.
She was born in 1877.
Maisie was an affectionate, pleasant-natured person.
She married James Shepherd, an immigrant from the Torres Strait Islands, in 1905.
They had 4 children:
James b. 1907
John b. 1909
Ernest b. 1910
Molly b. 1913.
She was born in 1877.
Maisie was an affectionate, pleasant-natured person.
She married James Shepherd, an immigrant from the Torres Strait Islands, in 1905.
They had 4 children:
James b. 1907
John b. 1909
Ernest b. 1910
Molly b. 1913.
For reflection ...
Maisie married a man from a different ethnic group.
What issues could arise from inter-marriage?
How would they, and their children, have been treated?
Maisie married a man from a different ethnic group.
What issues could arise from inter-marriage?
How would they, and their children, have been treated?