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Ethel Eliza Buttfield SHEPHERD
1905 Ethel Eliza Buttfield Shepherd
Ethel Eliza Buttfield SHEPHERD  ‎(I4838)‎
Given Names: Ethel Eliza Buttfield
Surname: SHEPHERD
Married Name: Ethel Eliza Buttfield HORWOOD

Gender: FemaleFemale
      

Birth: 6 February 1879 28 19 Port Augusta West, South Australia, Australia
Death: 6 July 1976 ‎(Age 97)‎ Illoura Baptist Nursing Home, Norwood, South Australia, Australia
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 6 February 1879 28 19 Port Augusta West, South Australia, Australia

Marriage Edgar Stanbridge HORWOOD - 15 April 1911 ‎(Age 32)‎ Flinders Street Baptist Church, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Biographical Notes

Hide Details Note: Ethel, second child and first daughter in the Shepherd family, was only thirteen months older than her sister Carey, which means that they may have been very close. When Carey died of diphtheria in October 1889, Ethel was only ten years old.

She then became the only girl in a family of five boys until her sister Lily was born in 1890. Being the only girl, and a bright sensible girl at that, Ethel became "Sissy Mummy" to her brothers and sister. One can imagine what a great help to her mother she was.

Biographical Notes

Note: At the time of her marriage, Ethel was living at Park Terrace, Parkside ‎(so were Beth and Alma Strauss)‎. The witnesses of her marriage to Edgar Horwood were F. William Collmo, Student, Kapunda and ‎[her sister]‎ Lily Shepherd, Nurse, Port Pirie. ‎[Lily spelled her surname Shephard!]‎
Death Notice


Hide Details Source: Adelaide Advertiser

Citation Details:  10 Jul 1976


Note: Horwood. Ethel E.B. - On July 6, at Illoura Baptist Home, loved wife of the late Edgar and beloved mother of Flo, Lauren ‎(Mrs. Carpenter)‎ and Rupert also Ev and Murray ‎(deceased)‎. Fond mother-in-law of Mary, Doug and Dorothy. Aged 97 years. At rest in God's care.
Memories


Hide Details Source: Ethel Shepherd Horwood

Citation Details:  From a tape recording made about 1970


Hide Details Note: "I was born in Port Augusta. Father was managing the Young & Gordon store on the west side of the gulf. It has all changed now. There was a ferry boat from the jetty on the west side to the east. We lived above the store. It was there that I saw the camels brought to Australia, bound for Beltana. They had slings around them. The poor things were all necks and legs. They kicked and some broke their legs.

Uncle Felix Buttfield, mother's brother, had a store in Beltana. We were to take over his business, as Uncle Felix was opening a store near the Ediacara Mine, close to a pastoral station which was several hundred miles north of Port Augusta. The store in Beltana was right in the town opposite the post office. The school was up the hill from the post office. The post master was Mr. Bee. His wife was a real lady. One of their sons later came to Adelaide and for a living played his piccolo in Rundle Street and King William Street ‎[Beehive Corner]‎. He was well known as Piccolo Pete.

The school was up near the police station. It had a galvanised iron shed. One day is was 117 degrees F. There were other days like this. One the way home one day a lady called me to come and see something. Her little baby had died, and she had it in a rack wrapped in a sheet on the side of the room.

We had some great experiences up there. The cattle: we had 20,000 through one day. Uncle ‎[Monty Buttfield]‎ was a drover; and as the cattle came down, a very wild one ran up and ripped his horse's side. There were wild things altogether like that.

One night when we went to bed at night there was no rain, nothing, dry. We were awakened by a crash and another crash as the trees were washed over. The creek ‎[Warioota Creek]‎ was half a mile wide. The water came down from the mountains, and it flooded. There were two wells in the middle of the creek. They were never seen again, and the train line was washed away.

One the other side of the creek, Father had a magazine right on the banks where he put all the explosives so that no one would ever go near. Of course we were inquisitive and poked about.

Father got all his goods from the town directly the train got in, as men on the train would open the cases of fruit and vegetables and eat them, and we wouldn't get a full case.

Father was an artist. We were great chums, and we'd go out and sketch Sliding Rock. I would help him. ‎[That was when the Shepherds were in between living in Beltana and Blinman. They stayed in Aunt Eva Davies' house.]‎

On the way back to Blinman we stayed overnight on the way, sleeping by the side of the road. Next day we had to go down a very steep road. Mother had one conveyance with two wild horses. It was as much as she could do to hold them up. She held on with all of her might. The wagon was laden with all our furniture,as we had to take everything with us. One of the horses was a very wild colt. She had to have a strong hold on it. At one place we had to go down a big hill. There were three gates to go through, so Father went first to open them. Our dog, a mag mastiff, was tied on behind. Father stood at the gate and put up his hand for us to stop, but Mother couldn't. The horses were too headstrong. Our poor old dog Prince died. He was a beautiful old dog, a faithful dog.

Bullock carts were mostly use, or else people walked. Mr. Middleton, the minister, used to walk from Blinman to Beltana. He had a bad leg and walked with a limp; but he got there. He'd cut across the way the crow flies.

Father's store was in Blinman, but we lived in Blinman South which was three miles away. We walked to school in Blinman. I was sitting in school one day looking out of the window, of course. I saw Fred Williams chop another boy's finger off. He put it on the block and said, "You chop him," and he did; and there was the boy with his finger hanging. I don't know what happened after that."

Memories


Hide Details Source: Alan Gordon Shepherd

Citation Details:  17 June 1980


Hide Details Note: From nephew Alan Shepherd: "She was an old-fashioned lovely, lovely lady, tall and thin and reasonably out-going. She married against her will. ‎[This may be something of an overstatement!]‎ Married Horwood of Horwood and Bagshaw. She was very methodical; the bedroom were always cleaned on Thursday. She was very proud of Florence. Ethel had wanted to be a missionary, too."

Alan's comment about Ethel's marriage may have something to do with Ethel's attachment, when young, to her second cousin Bertram "Bert" Fidler. They were in love, but family opposition to cousins marrying prevented their marriage. Bert was the grandson of Elizabeth Shepherd Fidler, who was Henry's aunt.

Death 6 July 1976 ‎(Age 97)‎ Illoura Baptist Nursing Home, Norwood, South Australia, Australia

Burial Brighton Cemetery, North Brighton, South Australia, Australia

Last Change 27 November 2008 - 22:14:48
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Parents Family  (F11)
Henry SHEPHERD
1850 - 1930
Florence Clara BUTTFIELD
1860 - 1935
Arthur Buttfield SHEPHERD
1877 - 1949
Ethel Eliza Buttfield SHEPHERD
1879 - 1976
Florence Carey Carey SHEPHERD
1880 - 1889
Rupert Henry Eustace Rupe SHEPHERD
1881 - 1915
Clement John Marsom Clem SHEPHERD
1883 - 1956
Frank Gerald Lancelot SHEPHERD
1886 - 1957
Leonard Victor Albert Leo SHEPHERD
1887 - 1925
Lily Harriette SHEPHERD
1890 - 1982
Wilfred Cameron SHEPHERD
1893 - 1973
Edmund Payne SHEPHERD
1894 - 1972

Immediate Family  (F1686)
Edgar Stanbridge HORWOOD
1883 -
Edgar Everard Ev HORWOOD
1912 - 1970
Florence Ethel Carey HORWOOD
1915 - 1998
Murray HORWOOD
1917 - 1941
Private
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Rupert Stanbridge HORWOOD
1922 - 1987


Notes
Biographical Notes Ethel, second child and first daughter in the Shepherd family, was only thirteen months older than her sister Carey, which means that they may have been very close. When Carey died of diphtheria in October 1889, Ethel was only ten years old.

She then became the only girl in a family of five boys until her sister Lily was born in 1890. Being the only girl, and a bright sensible girl at that, Ethel became "Sissy Mummy" to her brothers and sister. One can imagine what a great help to her mother she was.
Biographical Notes At the time of her marriage, Ethel was living at Park Terrace, Parkside ‎(so were Beth and Alma Strauss)‎. The witnesses of her marriage to Edgar Horwood were F. William Collmo, Student, Kapunda and ‎[her sister]‎ Lily Shepherd, Nurse, Port Pirie. ‎[Lily spelled her surname Shephard!]‎
Death Notice Horwood. Ethel E.B. - On July 6, at Illoura Baptist Home, loved wife of the late Edgar and beloved mother of Flo, Lauren ‎(Mrs. Carpenter)‎ and Rupert also Ev and Murray ‎(deceased)‎. Fond mother-in-law of Mary, Doug and Dorothy. Aged 97 years. At rest in God's care.
Memories "I was born in Port Augusta. Father was managing the Young & Gordon store on the west side of the gulf. It has all changed now. There was a ferry boat from the jetty on the west side to the east. We lived above the store. It was there that I saw the camels brought to Australia, bound for Beltana. They had slings around them. The poor things were all necks and legs. They kicked and some broke their legs.

Uncle Felix Buttfield, mother's brother, had a store in Beltana. We were to take over his business, as Uncle Felix was opening a store near the Ediacara Mine, close to a pastoral station which was several hundred miles north of Port Augusta. The store in Beltana was right in the town opposite the post office. The school was up the hill from the post office. The post master was Mr. Bee. His wife was a real lady. One of their sons later came to Adelaide and for a living played his piccolo in Rundle Street and King William Street ‎[Beehive Corner]‎. He was well known as Piccolo Pete.

The school was up near the police station. It had a galvanised iron shed. One day is was 117 degrees F. There were other days like this. One the way home one day a lady called me to come and see something. Her little baby had died, and she had it in a rack wrapped in a sheet on the side of the room.

We had some great experiences up there. The cattle: we had 20,000 through one day. Uncle ‎[Monty Buttfield]‎ was a drover; and as the cattle came down, a very wild one ran up and ripped his horse's side. There were wild things altogether like that.

One night when we went to bed at night there was no rain, nothing, dry. We were awakened by a crash and another crash as the trees were washed over. The creek ‎[Warioota Creek]‎ was half a mile wide. The water came down from the mountains, and it flooded. There were two wells in the middle of the creek. They were never seen again, and the train line was washed away.

One the other side of the creek, Father had a magazine right on the banks where he put all the explosives so that no one would ever go near. Of course we were inquisitive and poked about.

Father got all his goods from the town directly the train got in, as men on the train would open the cases of fruit and vegetables and eat them, and we wouldn't get a full case.

Father was an artist. We were great chums, and we'd go out and sketch Sliding Rock. I would help him. ‎[That was when the Shepherds were in between living in Beltana and Blinman. They stayed in Aunt Eva Davies' house.]‎

On the way back to Blinman we stayed overnight on the way, sleeping by the side of the road. Next day we had to go down a very steep road. Mother had one conveyance with two wild horses. It was as much as she could do to hold them up. She held on with all of her might. The wagon was laden with all our furniture,as we had to take everything with us. One of the horses was a very wild colt. She had to have a strong hold on it. At one place we had to go down a big hill. There were three gates to go through, so Father went first to open them. Our dog, a mag mastiff, was tied on behind. Father stood at the gate and put up his hand for us to stop, but Mother couldn't. The horses were too headstrong. Our poor old dog Prince died. He was a beautiful old dog, a faithful dog.

Bullock carts were mostly use, or else people walked. Mr. Middleton, the minister, used to walk from Blinman to Beltana. He had a bad leg and walked with a limp; but he got there. He'd cut across the way the crow flies.

Father's store was in Blinman, but we lived in Blinman South which was three miles away. We walked to school in Blinman. I was sitting in school one day looking out of the window, of course. I saw Fred Williams chop another boy's finger off. He put it on the block and said, "You chop him," and he did; and there was the boy with his finger hanging. I don't know what happened after that."
Memories From nephew Alan Shepherd: "She was an old-fashioned lovely, lovely lady, tall and thin and reasonably out-going. She married against her will. ‎[This may be something of an overstatement!]‎ Married Horwood of Horwood and Bagshaw. She was very methodical; the bedroom were always cleaned on Thursday. She was very proud of Florence. Ethel had wanted to be a missionary, too."

Alan's comment about Ethel's marriage may have something to do with Ethel's attachment, when young, to her second cousin Bertram "Bert" Fidler. They were in love, but family opposition to cousins marrying prevented their marriage. Bert was the grandson of Elizabeth Shepherd Fidler, who was Henry's aunt.

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Sources

Source
Martha Brown Shepherd & Judy Shepherd Peters

Source
A Family Named Buttfield
Publication: South Australia, Buttfield Family Committee, ISBN 0 646 03208 9, 1991
Citation Details:  Page 151

Source
Ethel Shepherd Horwood
Citation Details:  Photographs, family bible, letters, Shepherd death album
Death Notice Adelaide Advertiser
Citation Details:  10 Jul 1976
Memories Ethel Shepherd Horwood
Citation Details:  From a tape recording made about 1970
Memories Alan Gordon Shepherd
Citation Details:  17 June 1980

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Family with Parents
Father
Henry SHEPHERD ‎(I20)‎
Birth 25 December 1850 39 35 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Death 15 April 1930 ‎(Age 79)‎ Torrensville, South Australia, Australia
9 years
Mother
 
Florence Clara BUTTFIELD ‎(I21)‎
Birth 24 January 1860 37 34 Uley, One Tree Hill, South Australia, Australia
Death 11 August 1935 ‎(Age 75)‎ Torrensville, South Australia, Australia

Marriage: 23 September 1876 -- Blinman, South Australia, Australia
1 year
#1
Brother
Arthur Buttfield SHEPHERD ‎(I22)‎
Birth 17 September 1877 26 17 Gladstone, South Australia, Australia
Death 21 September 1949 ‎(Age 72)‎ Stirling Hospital, Stirling, South Australia, Australia
17 months
#2
Ethel Eliza Buttfield SHEPHERD ‎(I4838)‎
Birth 6 February 1879 28 19 Port Augusta West, South Australia, Australia
Death 6 July 1976 ‎(Age 97)‎ Illoura Baptist Nursing Home, Norwood, South Australia, Australia
15 months
#3
Sister
Florence Carey Carey SHEPHERD ‎(I4840)‎
Birth 23 April 1880 29 20 Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia
Death 19 October 1889 ‎(Age 9)‎ Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia
17 months
#4
Brother
Rupert Henry Eustace Rupe SHEPHERD ‎(I4842)‎
Birth 13 September 1881 30 21 Port Augusta East, South Australia, Australia
Death 10 April 1915 ‎(Age 33)‎ Mareeba Hospital, Woodville, South Australia, Australia
19 months
#5
Brother
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
3 years
#6
Brother
Frank Gerald Lancelot SHEPHERD ‎(I4852)‎
Birth 4 January 1886 35 25 Port Augusta West, South Australia, Australia
Death 31 December 1957 ‎(Age 71)‎ Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
20 months
#7
Brother
Leonard Victor Albert Leo SHEPHERD ‎(I4860)‎
Birth 13 September 1887 36 27 Beltana, South Australia, Australia
Death 25 June 1925 ‎(Age 37)‎ Narma Hospital South Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
3 years
#8
Sister
Lily Harriette SHEPHERD ‎(I4865)‎
Birth 30 September 1890 39 30 Blinman, South Australia, Australia
Death 16 September 1982 ‎(Age 91)‎ Austral Nursing Home, Morphettville, South Australia, Australia
2 years
#9
Brother
Wilfred Cameron SHEPHERD ‎(I4870)‎
Birth 13 January 1893 42 32 Blinman, South Australia, Australia
Death 28 January 1973 ‎(Age 80)‎ Repatriation Hospital, Daw Park, South Australia, Australia
14 months
#10
Brother
Edmund Payne SHEPHERD ‎(I4876)‎
Birth 11 March 1894 43 34 Blinman, South Australia, Australia
Death 13 April 1972 ‎(Age 78)‎ Home of Peace, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Family with Edgar Stanbridge HORWOOD
Husband
Edgar Stanbridge HORWOOD ‎(I4839)‎
Birth 5 November 1883 42 38 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Burial Brighton Cemetery, North Brighton, South Australia, Australia
-5 years

 
Ethel Eliza Buttfield SHEPHERD ‎(I4838)‎
Birth 6 February 1879 28 19 Port Augusta West, South Australia, Australia
Death 6 July 1976 ‎(Age 97)‎ Illoura Baptist Nursing Home, Norwood, South Australia, Australia

Marriage: 15 April 1911 -- Flinders Street Baptist Church, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
20 months
#1
Son
Edgar Everard Ev HORWOOD ‎(I5116)‎
Birth 20 December 1912 29 33 South Australia, Australia
Death 1970 ‎(Age 57)‎
3 years
#2
Daughter
Florence Ethel Carey HORWOOD ‎(I5118)‎
Birth 26 June 1915 31 36 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Death 3 February 1998 ‎(Age 82)‎ Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
2 years
#3
Son
Murray HORWOOD ‎(I5119)‎
Birth 30 June 1917 33 38 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Death 8 March 1941 ‎(Age 23)‎ Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia
#4
Daughter
#5
Son
Rupert Stanbridge HORWOOD ‎(I5122)‎
Birth 24 August 1922 38 43 South Australia, Australia
Death 1987 ‎(Age 64)‎ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia