Thomas Joseph Shepherd Tollit^{[1, 2, 3]}

1857 - 1931  (74 years)

• Name	Thomas Joseph Shepherd Tollit  [2]
  Birth	10 Mar 1857	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   [2]
  Baptism	31 May 1857	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 May 1931	Acton, London, England   [2]
  Person ID	I15899	DBH Twigs
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas Joseph Price Tollit,   b. 1829, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England d. 18 Apr 1880, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Pettyfer,   b. 1836, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England d. 16 Feb 1890, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	9 Jul 1855	Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   [2, 4]
  Family ID	F1546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Ann Stevenson,   b. Est 1860  [2, 3]
  Marriage	23 Nov 1879	Hanley, Stoke on Trent, England   [2]
  Children	1. George Albert Tollit,   b. 10 Jun 1881, Shelton, Staffordshire, England d. 1881, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England   2. Elizabeth Tollit,   b. 1883, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England d. 1884, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 1 year)   3. Thomas Tollit,   b. 1885, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England d. 1886, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F6362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Caroline Jude,   b. 1865, Barrington, Cambridgeshire, England   [2, 3]
  Marriage	18 Jul 1887	Southsea, Hampshire, England   [2]
  	Married as Thomas Joseph SHEPHERD, Batchelor - by Banns
  Children	1. Thomas Shepherd,   b. 14 Nov 1886, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England   2. Albert Joseph Shepherd,   b. 31 Jul 1888, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England   3. Gertrude Shepherd,   b. 28 Feb 1890, Derby, Derbyshire, England d. 10 Aug 1890, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England (Age 0 years)   4. William Shepherd,   b. 8 Mar 1891, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England   5. John Shepherd,   b. 28 Jul 1894, Southwark, London, England
  Family ID	F6369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family 3	Emily Richardson,   b. 7 Jul 1860, Lee, London, England d. 17 Jan 1932, Acton, London, England (Age 71 years)  [2, 3]
  Marriage	7 Feb 1895	Greenwich, Kent, England   [2]
  	Married as Thomas Joseph SHEPHERD, Widower
  Children	1. John Frederick Shepherd,   b. 8 Feb 1895, Blackheath, Kent, England d. Epsom, Surrey, England   2. Ernest Shepherd,   b. 1899, Croydon, Surrey, England   3. Emily Pearl Shepherd,   b. 10 Jan 1901, Croydon, Surrey, England
  Family ID	F6370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Thomas Tollit - 1871 Census Media Date: 1871 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas Tollit - 1871 Census Media Date: 1871 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas Joseph Shepherd - bigamy South London Observer Media Date: 14 SEP 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas Joseph Shepherd - bigamy Media Date: 14 SEP 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas Joseph Shepherd - bigamy The Star Media Date: 12 SEP 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas Joseph Shepherd - bigamy Media Date: 12 SEP 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas Joseph Shepherd - maintaining two wives Lincolnshire Echo Media Date: 12 AUG 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas Joseph Shepherd - maintaining two wives Media Date: 12 AUG 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas Joseph Shepherd - maintaining two wives Sheffield Evening Telegraph Media Date: 12 AUG 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas Joseph Shepherd - maintaining two wives Media Date: 12 AUG 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas Joseph Shepherd - trial Warwickshire Herald Media Date: 15 AUG 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas Joseph Shepherd - trial Media Date: 15 AUG 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas J S Tollit - a bigamy case Morning_Advertiser_12_August_1895 Media Date: 12 AUG 1895 Keywords: Newspaper
  		Thomas J S Tollit - a bigamy case Media Date: 12 AUG 1895 Keywords: Newspaper
  		Thomas S J Shepherd - charge of bigamy Greenwich and Deptford Observer Media Date: 16 AUG 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas S J Shepherd - charge of bigamy Media Date: 16 AUG 1895 Keywords: Picture
  		Thomas J S Tollit - Bigamy Hampshire Post and Southsea Observer Media Date: 16 AUG 1895 Keywords: Newspaper
  		Thomas J S Tollit - Bigamy Media Date: 16 AUG 1895 Keywords: Newspaper

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Joseph Shepherd TOLLIT appears to have changed his name to Thomas Joseph SHEPHERD in order to disguise the fact that his marriage to Caroline JUDE was bigamous. In August 1895 he was charged on two counts of bigamy: Marrying Emily Richardson, his wife being still alive Marrying Caroline Jude, his wife being still alive He pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey Sessions in September 1895, and was sentenced to 6 months in prison with hard labour.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] 1901 Census, RG13; Piece: 639; Folio: 19; Page: 30. [S24] Pauline Kennedy. [S797] DBHT (exported from Ancestry).ged. Record originated in... [S7] Find My Past, Sep 1855, Oxford 3A 671.