The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameSylvia Evelyn Shephard
Birth26 Aug 1926
Death13 Dec 2020, New Zealand
Misc. Notes
Name from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.

Year of marriage of 1945 from Cynthia Glover (nee Coleman), whose great-great-grandfather was William Samuel Allen b.1843. (William's sister, Martha Allen, married Charles Oliver, youngest son of James and Ruth Oliver).

Date of birth and date and place of marriage of 20 February 1946 in an email dated 21 April 2017 from Tony Oliver, Grandson of Allen (Len) Ward Oliver b.1896 and great-great-grandson of Charles Oliver b.1843.

Year and country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in January 2021:
2020/33001. Oliver, Sylvia Evelyn. Date of birth: 26 August 1926

Full date of death of 13 December 2020 from further searching in January 2021 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

OLIVER, Sylvia Evelyn (nee Shepherd):
On 13th December 2020 at Reevedon Rest Home, Levin. Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of Lenette and Dennis Jeffs (Queensland), Ken and Lyn (Katikati) and the late Gary Eoin. Loved Nana of Michael and Rachel Lewis, Adrian and Kim Lewis, Tina and Andrew Oxley (all of Australia), Garry Alastair Oliver, and Debs, Chris and Ashleigh Oliver, and Rachel and Dennis Oliver (all of Tauranga), and her great-grandchildren, David and Paul, Ashonti, and Kaiya, Sam and Harry, Chloe and William, and Ciara. Loving partner for many years of the late Ted Gawler. Loved sister of the late Ray Shepherd, the late Len Shepherd and Vera Maclean. A service for Sylvia will be held at Harvey's Chapel, 284 Oxford St, Levin, at 11.00am on Wednesday 16th December, followed by private burial at Tiro Tiro Rd Cemetery, Levin. Tributes may be left at www.tributes.co.nz
Published in Dominion Post on Dec. 15, 2020
https://deaths.dompost.co.nz/obituaries/dominion-p...88590&fhid=12692

Different year of marriage from search on New Zealand BDM website in June 2023:
1945/3419. Bride: Sylvia Evelyn Shepherd. Groom: Ronald Allan Oliver

Full date of marriage of 22 February 1945 from further searching in June 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.
Spouses
Birth21 Sep 1920, New Zealand
Death31 Aug 2006, Tauranga, New Zealand
Marriage22 Feb 1945, Tauranga, New Zealand
 Gary Eoin (1952-1972)
Last Modified 30 Jun 2023Created 6 Aug 2025 using Reunion for Macintosh