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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/William Sherring
		William D. "Billy" Sherring (September 18, 1878 - September 5, 1964) was a Canadian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Summer Olympics.
		Sherring managed to collect an amount claimed to be between $45 and $90 (a clearly insufficient amount to travel to Athens), which he then bet on a horse named Cicely which luckily won with good odds.
		Sherring received a live lamb and a statue of Athena as a reward.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/William_Sherring (347 words)

	William Sherring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William D. "Billy" Sherring (September 18, 1878 - September 5, 1964) was a Canadian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Summer Olympics.
		Sherring managed to collect an amount claimed to be between $45 and $90 (a clearly insufficient amount to travel to Athens), which he then bet on a horse named Cicely which luckily won with good odds.
		Sherring received a live lamb and a statue of Athena as a reward.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Sherring (325 words)

	F.C.max.
		Desesperado, Sherring le dio los 75 dólares a un barman amigo, quien apostó el dinero a un caballo llamado Cicely, que ganó y pagó 6 contra 1.
		Sherring observó la carrera con satisfacción, sabiendo que el había cubierto el mismo trayecto, secretamente, 20 minutos más rápido.
		Sherring no recibió los regalos que habían sido ofrecidos al ganador en caso de ser griego, pero le fue entregada una estatua de Atenea de 90 centimetros y un cordero.
	www.fcmax.com /jolimpicos/juegos.asp?bol=36 (1076 words)

	Canadian Marathon History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sherring was born in Hamilton on 10 September 1878.
		Sherring was delighted upon hearing that he would not have to wait the two extra years to compete in the Olympic Marathon.
		Sherring took his 75 dollars down to the race track and bet the whole thing on "Cicely." The horse won and Sherring was on a third class cattle boat to Athens in February of 1906.
	www.canadianmarathoning.bc.ca /history.htm (1448 words)

	william sherring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William D. "Billy" Sherring (1877 - 1964) was a Canadian athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1906 Summer Olympics.
		Sherring managed to collect 90$ (clearly insufficient amount to travel to Athens), which he then bet on a horse which luckily won with good odds.
		At the marathon race, Sherring led almost all the distace.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /william_sherring.html (270 words)

	The Beaver: This Issue's Feature Article
		Sherring called it "a living wall." The weather was 27º C and sunny on the first day of May and the race began promptly at 3 p.m.
		Sherring was at Frank's heels, and with Frank labouring, the Hamiltonian made his move, getting so much clearance from the rest of the pack that at times he slowed to a walk.
		Sherring was further rewarded with an appointment to the Department of Customs and Excise, from which he retired at 65.
	www.historysociety.ca /bea.asp?subsection=fea (1785 words)

	William Sherring - Track & Field - Sporting Lives: Images of Canadian Athletes - Exhibitions - Library and Archives ...
		William Sherring, winner of the marathon race, 27 August 1906, by Alexander McKenzie Cunningham
		One of the memorable moments of the 1906 “interim” Olympic Games in Athens was the sight of Prince George of Greece running the last 50 metres of the marathon alongside the surprise winner, Canadian William Sherring (1877-1954).
		Representing the St. Patrick’s Athletic Club of Hamilton, Ontario, Sherring received a live goat or lamb (the history books are uncertain) from the Greeks and $5,000 from Hamilton City Council upon his triumphant return to Canada.
	www.lac-bac.gc.ca /sporting-lives/05270410_e.html (119 words)

	Sheridan
		At the turn of the century, William (Billy) Sherring was acknowledged to be the world premier marathoner.
		Sherring began by winning local races including the Round-the-Bay marathon, and in 1906, Sherring was chosen to represent Canada in the Athens Olympic Games.
		Sherring's victory focused international attention on Hamilton as a centre for amateur athletics and most particularly, running.The Globe wrote on 2 May 1906 that, "Sherring is one of the tribe of long distance runners that have made Hamilton noted throughout America, and have now spread their fame throughout the wide world.
	www.irishhamilton.ca /s-z-people.htm (1640 words)

	Dorset Surnames Interest List - S
		William was born in 1803 in Batcombe, Dorset.
		William SCAMMELL was born at East Knoyle, Wiltshire in 1857.
		William Watts b 1812 Bere Regis Weymouth Dorset marr.Francis Symes b 1810 Melcome regis Weymouth Dorset.....need marr date....Chn.William John b 1840 Weymouth (he is my line of research) Morgan, Sarah Jane, James these names were taken from Census and may not be exactly right.
	www.thedorsetpage.com /genealogy/Names/names_s.htm (6423 words)

	TSN.ca - MLB - Canada's Sports Leader
		Billy Sherring, one of three Canadian athletes at the Intermediary Games, almost didn't make it to the competition.
		With the winnings, Sherring is off to Athens, where he lives and trains for two months prior to the Games.
		Sherring's reward for winning the race in Greece included a statue of Athena and a young lamb.
	www.tsn.ca /tools/print_feature.asp?fid=9341 (311 words)

	Judy Webster's family: WEBSTER, HUDSON, STEINKE, RIENECKER etc.
		Their son William HUDSON was born 1806 at Harton (in the parish of Bossall where he was baptised).
		George HUDSON (son of William and Christiana of Barton-le-Willows, North Yorkshire ENG) mar. Mary PEACOCK at Stockton-on-Tees, Durham ENG in 1863.
		William LEAPER (saddler) and his wife Jane (nee MATTHEW or MATHEW), and children Sarah, Thomas, William and Catherine, were living at Barton-le-Willows NRY ENG at the time of the 1841 census.
	www.judywebster.gil.com.au /surnames.html (2671 words)

	Rooksbridge Connections
		Julius Wilhelm Eugene SCHULTZ or William as he was known was born in Prussia around 1846.
		In Adelaide on 28th June 1866 William married Charlotte MATTE, the eldest daughter of Carl Wilhelm and Mrs Caroline Wilhelmina MATTE nee KLETTNER.
		William established himself as a successful gardener on land at Summertown owned by his wife's father.
	www.rooksbridge.org.uk /RootsMagicStuff/b63.htm (911 words)

	The Beaver: This Issue's Feature Article
		Five men passed him, but Sherring recovered, got back on the road, and overtook four of them to finish second.
		With coaches or advisors almost unheard of, Sherring had to figure out his strategy by himself.
		Though he was still an amateur athlete of modest means, Sherring gained an odd series of prizes along with his Olympic gold medal: a baby goat (which ended up with his Greek landlady), a statue of Athena, citizenship of Greece and of the city of Marathon and a florist's shop worth of flowers.
	www.societehistoire.ca /bea.asp?subsection=fea (1782 words)

	Wincanton, Somerset - Marriages 1754 to 1800 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		William PITMAN of Shepton Montague to Elizabeth HUCHENS, otp - by banns - 28Jun
		William WILLIS to Sarah MULLET - botp - by banns - 23Jul
		William PITMAN of Shepton Montague to Martha SWEATMAN - otp - by banns - 03Nov
	www.westcountrygenealogy.com /ses/wincanton/marriages1754.htm (2097 words)

	[No title]
		William Arthur Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill
		William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham
		William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chattingham
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/w/wi/index.html (92 words)

	[No title]
		William “Billy” Sherring, a life-long resident of Hamilton, Canada, had been running competitively for eleven years, since the age of sixteen, before he won the Olympic marathon.
		Sherring was a brakeman with Grand Trunk Railway and of limited financial means.
		Sherring retired from competitive running after the 1906 Olympics, and worked in Hamilton as a customs officer until his retirement in 1942.
	www.eae.org.gr /olymp_Volos-02.htm (3192 words)

	[No title]
		The eldest son of William and Edna, another carpenter William, married Elizabeth Silley in 1858 and in C71 he is living in Back Street with his widowed mother Edna, his wife Elizabeth and daughters Annie Elizabeth (1 year) and Edna (7 days).
		Louisa (born c 1841) is included as 'daughter 9 years' with William and Edna's family in the 1851 Census but her baptism, as with the rest of this family has not been found in the Fordingbridge Parish Register.
		Her birth has not been traced in the GRO birth indexes ?1841, but registration at that time was not subject to a penalty for omitting to conform.
	www.genealogy.com /users/s/h/e/Brian-C-Shearing/FILE/0004text.txt (836 words)

	Dorset Surnames Interest List - D
		They probably married before 1831 when their son William was born in Stratton but no marriage record has been found yet.
		Their father's name was William and there may have been other siblings.
		England in early 1600's to the brothers, William and Richard, also born in the early 1600's.
	www.thedorsetpage.com /Genealogy/Names/names_d.htm (3068 words)

	Around the Bay
		The "Around the Bay Road Race" established Hamilton as a running Mecca for long distance runners, and it was not uncommon for thousands of spectators to line the route to watch their local favourites start the race from the front of the Herald Newspaper Offices at 17 King St. West Hamilton.
		To add insult to injury, Hamilton’s William Sherring and Fred Hughson placed second and third, behind Caffery, making it a Canadian sweep.
		Not to be outdone by Caffery, William Sherring went on to win the 1906 Olympic Marathon in Athens, Greece, making him a Canadian hero.
	www.aroundthebayroadrace.com /history.htm (482 words)

	Baptisms at Anglican Church Bonavista, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, 1834-1839
		Names of persons as written in many returns are very difficult to deciper.
		William M Thomas & Jane Samson May 18 King's Cv.
		Mary F George & Elizabeth Deer(?) Sept 15 Catalina John M Stephen & Elizabeth Jeans Sept 16 Catalina John M John & Mary Thomson Sept 17 Catalina Levi M John & Mary Diamond Mary Clouter, a young woman of 20 years of age was Baptised Sept. 14 1834.
	ngb.chebucto.org /Parish/bon-bap-07.shtml (271 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.07.80
		Louis (Grèce) -- M. Sherring (Canada)', and even without the help of those words the second runner's maple-leaf vest is a bit of a give-away.
		The mistaken description of the picture of Louis and Sherring is not the only instance of sloppy editing.
		The 1841 edition does contain a discussion of Marathon (with an appendix on the battle); part of the discussion is explicitly marked as an 'Additional Note of 1837', so presumably the rest is unaltered.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2005/2005-07-80.html (1632 words)

	Canadian Expatriates: The Expat Blog
		This month's feature article, Marathon Man, tells the tale of William Sherring, a Hamilton man who overcame all of the odds and went on to win a gold medal at the 1906 Intercalated Games.
		Not having the money for the fare to the games, Sherring acted upon a tip at the horse track and defied the odds to win the finances that would allow him to travel to compete.
		Once in Athens, Sherring took on work to feed himself, slept on the floor of a barn, trained himself, and lost an incredible 20 lbs in the process.
	canadianexpatriatesblog.blogspot.com (2348 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Boston Marathon / 2005
		Caffery, Hamilton, ON Sherring, Hamilton, ON Hughson, Hamilton, ON Maguire, Cambridgeport, MA Fay, Roxbury, MA Hicks, Cambridge, MA Sullivan, Roxbury, MA Grant, Cambridgeport, MA As the first non-U.S. contingent, a 5-man Canadian team dominated the 4th Annual Boston Marathon, garnering the top three spots.
		The favorites to win, Grant and Brignolia, fell victim to severe cramps and stitches in the 70-degree weather.
		Caffery easily won, crossing the finish line 5 minutes faster than his Canadian counterpart William Sherring.
	www.boston.com /marathon/history/1900.shtml (253 words)

	hannam_marriages
		* Sherring is another family connection from nearby.
		William Hannam and Susannah Beazley 19 May 1770
		William Hannam and Elizabeth Hillier 29 Mar 1804
	pages.britishlibrary.net /eddie.bennett/hannam_marriages.htm (113 words)

	Canadian Expatriates: The Expat Blog: March 2006
		This month's feature article, Marathon Man, tells the tale of William Sherring, a Hamilton man who overcame all of the odds and went on to win a gold medal at the 1906 Intercalated Games.
		Not having the money for the fare to the games, Sherring acted upon a tip at the horse track and defied the odds to win the finances that would allow him to travel to compete.
		Once in Athens, Sherring took on work to feed himself, slept on the floor of a barn, trained himself, and lost an incredible 20 lbs in the process.
	canadianexpatriatesblog.blogspot.com /2006_03_01_canadianexpatriatesblog_archive.html (3822 words)

	Sturminster Newton directories
		Dorset Bank – (Robert and Herbert Williams) (William Colbourne, Esq., manager); draw on Williams, Deacon and Co.
		Union Workhouse – M. Williams, Esq., chairman; R. Stiby, Esq., vice chairman; Samuel Walter Long, Esq., clerk; William Kemp Clough, master; Mrs.
		Dorset Bank (branch of), (Robert and Herbert Williams), draw on Williams, Deacon and Co.
	www.sturminsternewton.net /directories (653 words)

	Historical Plaques of Hamilton-Wentworth
		One of Canada's greatest Marathon runners, "Billy" Sherring was born in Hamilton and began his athletic career as a member of the YMCA Boys Club.
		Architect William Thomas's use of historically correct ornament, superb interior woodwork, side porches and a tower with a striking stone spire also reflects such models.
		Begun in 1835 as a parish church, the frame building was expanded in 1852-54 with the addition of a stone chancel and nave extension designed by the renowned Toronto architect William Thomas.
	www.waynecook.com /ahamilton-wentworth.html (4971 words)

	CBC.ca - Athens 2004 - History: 1906 Athens
		Canada only sent four athletes to Athens, but they were pretty successful on a per capita basis, coming home with a gold and silver medal.
		Hamilton’s William Sherring, a brakeman for the Grand Trunk Railway, surprised a field of 52 runners by breezing to victory in the marathon with a winning margin of more than seven minutes.
		For the first time, the United States sent an official team, sanctioned by the U.S. Olympic Committee, rather than field individual entries or college athletic teams.
	www.cbc.ca /olympics/2004/1906.html (558 words)

	Boston: The Canadian Story - By David Blaikie
		At sixteen miles Sherring faltered suddenly and fell to the road.
		Sherring got to his feet unsteadily and Caffery dashed away into the lead again.
		Sherring was disoriented but recovered after a bath.
	www.davidblaikie.com /david_blaikie/boston/baa_1900.htm (2686 words)

	British Olympic Association > Summer Games > Athens 1906
		The team was of 40 led by British Olympic Association Chairman William Henry Grenfell Lord Desborough, who arrived on " The Branwen" a yacht owned by fellow Fencing competitor Lord Howard de Walden.
		The marathon was won by a Canadian William Sherring despite best efforts of Robert Bosanquet, Director of the British School at Athens, who despatched his cook to prepare food for the British team.
		John Matthews and Arthur Rushden won the tandem,and in the Nea Phaliron bay Henry Taylor made light of the choppy water conditions to win the one mile swimming event.
	www.olympics.org.uk /gamesabout.aspx?gt=S&ga=2 (373 words)

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