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Mary Sherwood nee Perry
(1813-1881)

Mary Sherwood's Bible
The bible was presented to Mary in 1876.

Stephen and Jane Sherwood nee Arnold 

How Mary Sherwood's Bible was passed on down through the family.  

When Stephen Sherwood and Jane Arnold married in Port MacDonnell, South Australia in 1876, they presented Mary Sherwood with a bible.
The first page inside the bible reads...

Presented to Mary Sherwood by her son and daughter Stephen and Jane Sherwood, February 28th 1876.

Mary and husband Charles were living at Mt. Arapiles/Natimuk, Victoria at the time. They would have more than likely attended the wedding in Port MacDonnell where the presentation was made.
When Charles Sherwood died in 1880  Mary went to live with her daughter Elizabeth Meek at Kiata.

When Mary died in 1881, the bible was passed on to her daughter Elizabeth. Elizabeth in turn left the bible to her daughter Maud Meek, later Sherwin.  The second page of the bible reads...

Presented to Maud Mary Meek by her affectionate mother.

From Maude the bible passed to her daughter May Ellen Sherwen.   From May Ellen the bible   went to her daughter Joan Richards. Joan was kind enough to let me photograph the bible when I visited her in 1996.

 Sherwood Family Bible

Family Register
  Parent’s Names

  Husband  
 Charles Sherwood 
Born December 5th 1812
Wife
Mary Sherwood
Born January 16th 1813.
Married
December 24th 1833  

 Sherwood Family Bible

The first page inside inside  the Sherwood Family Bible   reads...

Presented to Mary Sherwood by her son and daughter Stephen and Jane Sherwood, February 28th 1876.

 Sherwood Family Bible

Children’s Names

Alfred Sherwood  was born June 5th  1834
Charles Sherwood was born September 23rd  1835
William  Sherwood  was born  November 20th  1837
Harriet Sherwood was  born   May 9th 1839
Arthur Sherwood was born Feb. 1st 1841
Allen Sherwood was born Feb. 2nd 1843
Elizabeth Sherwood was born December 20th1845
Mary Ann Sherwood was born July 20th 1848
Stephen Sherwood was born August 12th 1850
Frederick Sherwood was born November 17th 1853

 Sherwood Family Bible
The   bible measures 34 centimetres by 26 centimetres.  It was published by William Collins, Sons and Co. Glasgow, London and Edinburgh. 

Arthur Sherwood senior's Bible
1841-1903

The bible was presented to Arthur by his mother Mary Sherwood nee Perry

Arthur Sherwood Snr. Reclining.
Photographed with Friends
c.1875

The bible is dated c.1860