FATHER OF TWENTYEIGHT CHILDREN
Man Who Was Friend of Tom Sayers Mr. William Brain Sheppard, of Cathays, Cardiff, is father of 28 children, the eldest of whom is a 65-year-old grandmother, and the youngest a schoolgirl of 13 years. Mr. Sheppard, now 82, has been twice married. The first marriage resulted in 20 children, ten boys and ten girls, while the second marriage was productive of eight children, four boys and four girls.
' The eldest child, now a woman of 65 years, is a<grandmother, while her youngest sister is a 13-year-old schoolgirl. In his young days Mr. Sheppard took part in many hectic, blood-stirring bare-knuckle contests. He was a close personal friend of Tom Sayers, greatest of all prizefighters.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 249, 17 July 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)
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119FATHER OF TWENTYEIGHT CHILDREN Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 249, 17 July 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)
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