Hello
I hope i havent confused the issue,
my great grandmother was mary ann middleton,born 1859..cookham berk...her father william middleton,...her mother ann shepherd....
mary ann (legal or not legal)we do not know for sure, first married thomas williamson,as there were williamson children..
mary ann then legally married john hunter in australia QLD BMD..there were.children to this marriage as well..her death 1935 CAIRNS QLD BMD.
we have not been able to establish when she left england or on which ship,but there were times we have found she used her mother's maiden sur- name,which was "shepherd"which she frequently would use... mary ann shepherd, for eg. when she had children...(not middleton as it should have been)
for a long time the family was to the understanding her maiden name was shepherd,it was only after death.her death cert showed ,her father as middleton and mother shepherd.obtained from other papers she had..
we now wonder what her reason was for doing this...
some family members have suggested maybe she was transported..for some reason
we are looking into this but so far have not been able to find anything..of this nature..but will continue to look..
thank you all for your help it is appreciated very much..cheers Lynne