Sheppards, Montreal

[BarryL]

I am unable to find any information other than immigration details. My aunt Catherine Lonsdale b. 10 Aug 1905, Coatbridge, Scotland arrived in Canada in 1923. she went to work for Agnes Fairweather, wife of Justice J.H.A.L. Fairweather, Rothesay, New Brunswick.
On 3 Feb 1929 my uncle Thomas Lonsdale arrived in Canada and his immigration record shows his passage was paid by his sister Mrs Anthony Passens, Stanley Street, Montreal (I am presuming that this is Catherine).
A daughter was born to Catherine in 1929. This daughter was known by the surname Sheppard. (An actress who married actor John Howe in Ottawa 1951). Catherine was married to Harry Sheppard but he was Mary's stepfather. Harry was a boxing promoter in Montreal (1940s) and London (1950s). I believe he was also Branch President of the BESL (lately Canadian Legion), Montreal in 1944. (A lot of newspaper archive about him)
Any information on Catherine, Anthony Passens, Harry Sheppard or Mary Sheppard appreciated.

[valeriec]

www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/index-e.html

you can check the passenger lists for Catherine, Thomas, and Anton at this site.

Anton Passens
age 21, nationality HOL
1927/04/08 Halifax
NIEUW Amsterdam - Holland American
1927 Vol 6, page 48, T-14809

click on the above webpage and then go to Immigration Records 1925-1935
under Search, put in Passens (surname)
this will bring up Anton Passens on a new page
you will see How to consult a Record or Order a Copy, click on that and then scroll down until you see Microform Digitization.
click on that and then on Passenger Lists Halifax, go to reel T-14809. there are several volumes on each reel so you can't just go by the page number listed above. He is on page 251.
Anton Passens
Rotterdam, Holland
destination - CNR Montreal
gives his fathers name

Catherine's arrival was listed as 1926, she is age 21. You can access the passenger lists for Catherine and Thomas in the same way as for Anton.

[BarryL]

Thank you Valerie. From your information I have been able to determine that Mary's surname was Passens. She appears on immigration lists with her mother, albeit on different pages. Harry is named as stepfather. All I need now are birth/marriage certs - but i may have to order them. your information has been a great help.

[valeriec]

As far as I know, there are only baptismal registrations for Montreal for that time period and no birth certificates or registrations. If you have access to Ancestry (through your local library as some subscribe) you may be able to find the birth, death and marriage through the Druin Collection. I must admit that I am not great at Quebec research. If you go to the resource board, you may find more sites for researching in Quebec and what is availabe on line

[valeriec]

http://stevemorse.org/montreal/montreal.html

Lovel Directory of Montreal
I checked years 1928-1929; 1929-1930; 1930-1931; 1931-1932

A. Passens, gardener, 827 Third Ave, Verdun
He only shows up in that one directory, year 1929-1930

[chinakay]

I had a look in Drouin. Couldn't find any of them

Cheers,
China

[JaapP]

Barry,
Anthony Passens was born as Anton Albert Passens in Rotterdam, Holland om October the 17th 1905. All we know about him was that he married a scottish lady and I presume that must be your aunt Catharine Lonsdale. Legend has it that they had many children and Anton was in the Canadian army in WW-II.
Mary must be one of his children.
Like to know more about this family.

[BarryL]

jaapP,
Interesting post from you re A.A. Passens and the Scottish lady. That is more than likely my aunt.
I have information re Catherine and would like to know more about her life in Canada. That information is currently unknown to me. The only spouse ever mentioned by family was Harry Sheppard.

[naomid]

I've only just seen this! I know exactly who Harry SHEPPARD was - my great uncle - but need to know more information about what happened to him in Canada! I have lots of photos.. Please contact me directly.