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Ronald William SHEPHERD
1917 Ronald, Keith Shepherd
Ronald William SHEPHERD  ‎(I32)‎
Given Names: Ronald William
Surname: SHEPHERD

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 4 January 1909 25 25 Turton Street, Semaphore, South Australia, Australia
Death: 26 October 1917 ‎(Age 8)‎ Wilpena Terrace, Kilkenny, South Australia, Australia
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 4 January 1909 25 25 Turton Street, Semaphore, South Australia, Australia

Biographical Notes

Note: Ronald had nephritis at a time when there was not an effective treatment for it. The doctor advised his parents to give him a kind of shock therapy to try to stimulate the kidneys. They put him in a hot bath, then a cold bath. His brother Alan Shepherd remembered how distressing it was for him ‎(and for his mother, I'm sure)‎.
Death 26 October 1917 ‎(Age 8)‎ Wilpena Terrace, Kilkenny, South Australia, Australia

Cause of death: Bright's Disease: "Chronic Nephritis; Uraemia"
Burial Cheltenham Cemetery, Cheltenham, South Australia, Australia


Note: Ronald is buried along with his grandfather Walker and uncle Gilbert Walker in the Cheltenham Cemetery, Gate C #26.
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Parents Family  (F10)
Clement John Marsom Clem SHEPHERD
1883 - 1956
Mabel Agnes Dot WALKER
1883 - 1973
Ronald William SHEPHERD
1909 - 1917
Clement Keith SHEPHERD
1910 - 1993
Alan Gordon SHEPHERD
1912 - 1998
Florence Jean SHEPHERD
1914 - 2003
Gilbert Edmund Bert SHEPHERD
1917 - 1982
Kenneth Walker Ken SHEPHERD
1922 - 2009


Notes
Biographical Notes Ronald had nephritis at a time when there was not an effective treatment for it. The doctor advised his parents to give him a kind of shock therapy to try to stimulate the kidneys. They put him in a hot bath, then a cold bath. His brother Alan Shepherd remembered how distressing it was for him ‎(and for his mother, I'm sure)‎.
Burial Ronald is buried along with his grandfather Walker and uncle Gilbert Walker in the Cheltenham Cemetery, Gate C #26.

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Alan Gordon Shepherd
Citation Details:  Brother

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Jean Shepherd Sargent
Citation Details:  Sister

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Cemetery Records
Citation Details:  Cheltenham C #26

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Family with Parents
Father
Clement John Marsom Clem SHEPHERD ‎(I19)‎
Birth 14 April 1883 32 23 Port Augusta West, South Australia, Australia
Death 28 September 1956 ‎(Age 73)‎ 101 Grant Avenue, Toorak Gardens, South Australia, Australia
1 month
Mother
 
Mabel Agnes Dot WALKER ‎(I31)‎
Birth 12 May 1883 26 25 High Green, Yorkshire, England
Death February 1973 ‎(Age 89)‎ Ridgehaven Nursing Home, Ridgehaven, South Australia, Australia

Marriage: 1 August 1907 -- Semaphore, South Australia, Australia
17 months
#1
Ronald William SHEPHERD ‎(I32)‎
Birth 4 January 1909 25 25 Turton Street, Semaphore, South Australia, Australia
Death 26 October 1917 ‎(Age 8)‎ Wilpena Terrace, Kilkenny, South Australia, Australia
2 years
#2
Brother
Clement Keith SHEPHERD ‎(I33)‎
Birth 8 November 1910 27 27 Kilkenny, South Australia, Australia
Death 5 December 1993 ‎(Age 83)‎ Lucindale, South Australia, Australia
2 years
#3
Brother
Alan Gordon SHEPHERD ‎(I15)‎
Birth 29 September 1912 29 29 Kilkenny, South Australia, Australia
Death 10 October 1998 ‎(Age 86)‎ Resthaven, Marion, South Australia, Australia
2 years
#4
Sister
Florence Jean SHEPHERD ‎(I4935)‎
Birth 26 November 1914 31 31 Kilkenny, South Australia, Australia
Death 9 October 2003 ‎(Age 88)‎ Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
2 years
#5
Brother
Gilbert Edmund Bert SHEPHERD ‎(I34)‎
Birth 1 April 1917 33 33 Semaphore, South Australia, Australia
Death 26 August 1982 ‎(Age 65)‎ Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia
5 years
#6
Brother
Kenneth Walker Ken SHEPHERD ‎(I35)‎
Birth 24 March 1922 38 38 Semaphore, South Australia, Australia
Death 29 December 2009 ‎(Age 87)‎ Adelaide, South Australia, Australia