Ethel Jessie Shepard was the daughter of Henry Dunkin Shepard (1845–1902) and Harriet Jessie Lee Shepard (1854–1890).
Ethel's parents moved in artistic circles - her father an architect, and her mothers' father, a watercolorist who was a member of the Royal Academy. The arts were encouraged and they lived an idyllic life in a happy home. Sadly, Ethel's mother died at 36, when Ethel was only 14 years old.
By 1891, Ethel, and her two younger brothers, Cyril Harry Shepard (1877-1916) and E. H. Shepard (1879-1976), along with her father, were living in St. Pancras, London with her maiden aunt. Alice Walker Shepard (1834-1901) was her father's elder sister.
Ethel studied music, along with her younger brothers and initially worked as a music teacher. In 1923, at age 48, Ethel Shepard became a missionary in India, and ultimately Head Deaconess of St Hilda's Society in Lahore.
Her life was effectively that of a Protestant nun, and she never married. She made very occasional trips home, staying with her surviving brother Ernest.
Harry, with whom she had lived before the war, was killed in action on the Somme in 1916. She died in Nov 1941 at The Home of the Holy Rood, a convent in Findon, Sussex, after a long illness.
Stories and drawings of Ethel and her family's life can be found in her brother's book "Drawn from Life' by E. H. Shepard.
Ernest, an artist, illustrator, political cartoonist and author, was to become famous for his illustrations of 'Winnie the Pooh' by A.A. Milne and Kenneth Grahame's 'Wind in the Willows', among many other artistic endeavours. His children would go on to become illustrators, with Ernest's daughter Mary, becoming well known for her illustrations of Mary Poppins.
Ethel's parents moved in artistic circles - her father an architect, and her mothers' father, a watercolorist who was a member of the Royal Academy. The arts were encouraged and they lived an idyllic life in a happy home. Sadly, Ethel's mother died at 36, when Ethel was only 14 years old.
By 1891, Ethel, and her two younger brothers, Cyril Harry Shepard (1877-1916) and E. H. Shepard (1879-1976), along with her father, were living in St. Pancras, London with her maiden aunt. Alice Walker Shepard (1834-1901) was her father's elder sister.
Ethel studied music, along with her younger brothers and initially worked as a music teacher. In 1923, at age 48, Ethel Shepard became a missionary in India, and ultimately Head Deaconess of St Hilda's Society in Lahore.
Her life was effectively that of a Protestant nun, and she never married. She made very occasional trips home, staying with her surviving brother Ernest.
Harry, with whom she had lived before the war, was killed in action on the Somme in 1916. She died in Nov 1941 at The Home of the Holy Rood, a convent in Findon, Sussex, after a long illness.
Stories and drawings of Ethel and her family's life can be found in her brother's book "Drawn from Life' by E. H. Shepard.
Ernest, an artist, illustrator, political cartoonist and author, was to become famous for his illustrations of 'Winnie the Pooh' by A.A. Milne and Kenneth Grahame's 'Wind in the Willows', among many other artistic endeavours. His children would go on to become illustrators, with Ernest's daughter Mary, becoming well known for her illustrations of Mary Poppins.
Ethel Jessie Shepard was the daughter of Henry Dunkin Shepard (1845–1902) and Harriet Jessie Lee Shepard (1854–1890).
Ethel's parents moved in artistic circles - her father an architect, and her mothers' father, a watercolorist who was a member of the Royal Academy. The arts were encouraged and they lived an idyllic life in a happy home. Sadly, Ethel's mother died at 36, when Ethel was only 14 years old.
By 1891, Ethel, and her two younger brothers, Cyril Harry Shepard (1877-1916) and E. H. Shepard (1879-1976), along with her father, were living in St. Pancras, London with her maiden aunt. Alice Walker Shepard (1834-1901) was her father's elder sister.
Ethel studied music, along with her younger brothers and initially worked as a music teacher. In 1923, at age 48, Ethel Shepard became a missionary in India, and ultimately Head Deaconess of St Hilda's Society in Lahore.
Her life was effectively that of a Protestant nun, and she never married. She made very occasional trips home, staying with her surviving brother Ernest.
Harry, with whom she had lived before the war, was killed in action on the Somme in 1916. She died in Nov 1941 at The Home of the Holy Rood, a convent in Findon, Sussex, after a long illness.
Stories and drawings of Ethel and her family's life can be found in her brother's book "Drawn from Life' by E. H. Shepard.
Ernest, an artist, illustrator, political cartoonist and author, was to become famous for his illustrations of 'Winnie the Pooh' by A.A. Milne and Kenneth Grahame's 'Wind in the Willows', among many other artistic endeavours. His children would go on to become illustrators, with Ernest's daughter Mary, becoming well known for her illustrations of Mary Poppins.
Ethel's parents moved in artistic circles - her father an architect, and her mothers' father, a watercolorist who was a member of the Royal Academy. The arts were encouraged and they lived an idyllic life in a happy home. Sadly, Ethel's mother died at 36, when Ethel was only 14 years old.
By 1891, Ethel, and her two younger brothers, Cyril Harry Shepard (1877-1916) and E. H. Shepard (1879-1976), along with her father, were living in St. Pancras, London with her maiden aunt. Alice Walker Shepard (1834-1901) was her father's elder sister.
Ethel studied music, along with her younger brothers and initially worked as a music teacher. In 1923, at age 48, Ethel Shepard became a missionary in India, and ultimately Head Deaconess of St Hilda's Society in Lahore.
Her life was effectively that of a Protestant nun, and she never married. She made very occasional trips home, staying with her surviving brother Ernest.
Harry, with whom she had lived before the war, was killed in action on the Somme in 1916. She died in Nov 1941 at The Home of the Holy Rood, a convent in Findon, Sussex, after a long illness.
Stories and drawings of Ethel and her family's life can be found in her brother's book "Drawn from Life' by E. H. Shepard.
Ernest, an artist, illustrator, political cartoonist and author, was to become famous for his illustrations of 'Winnie the Pooh' by A.A. Milne and Kenneth Grahame's 'Wind in the Willows', among many other artistic endeavours. His children would go on to become illustrators, with Ernest's daughter Mary, becoming well known for her illustrations of Mary Poppins.
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