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Topic: Astronaut Alan Shepard's family and decendents
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paul prendergast
Member Posts: 429
From: crawley west sussex UK
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 01-11-2005 04:45 AM
   
Did Alan Shepard have any children or is his wife still alive? I am trying to get info on him and I am not having a lot of luck. |
Scott
Member Posts: 3307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: May 2001
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posted 01-11-2005 09:07 AM
His wife Louise tragically died of a heart attack only one month after Admiral Shepard passed away. He and Louise were survived by daughters Julie, Laura and Alice, and six grandchildren. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 08-13-2013 08:39 AM
Apparently, I have read that he was a descendent of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren. |
413 is in
Member Posts: 628
From: Alexandria, VA USA
Registered: May 2006
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posted 08-13-2013 01:20 PM
It's worth noting that Shepard's daughter Alice is his wife Louise's niece, raised from an early age as their daughter. I don't know if she was formally adopted. |
golddog
Member Posts: 210
From: australia
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 08-14-2013 03:18 AM
Try the book "Light This Candle" by Neal Thompson. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 08-15-2013 01:37 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Tykeanaut:
Apparently, I have read that he was a descendent of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren.
If you go to the Plimouth Plantation just south of Boston, you can ask him yourself. Richard Warren that is, not Al Shepard.  On edit: Richard and Elizabeth had six children and these produced 55 grandchildren. It's possible that everyone in the States can trace their ancestry back to the Foundling Fathers!!! |
Rick
Member Posts: 379
From: Yadkinville, NC
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 09-10-2013 10:36 AM
I understand that Alan Shepard's brother served in Vietnam. If that's in fact the case, would anybody around these parts know the brother's name and in what capacity he served? |
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