William James SHIELDS

1866 - 1942  (76 years)

• Name	William James SHIELDS
  Birth	16 Feb 1866	Fitzroy Twp, Carleton, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Lived	1901	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Gower LIne
  Census	1911	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lot 17, Con 9 Eml
  Origin	1911
  	Irish
  Occupation	1901-1911
  	Farmer
  Religion	1911
  	Presbyterian
  Death	4 Jun 1942	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I6886	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2019

  
  

  Father	Alexander SHIELDS,   b. 9 Mar 1840, , , , Ireland d. 12 Feb 1928, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann BURR,   b. 1843, Fitzroy Twp, Carleton, Ontario, Canada d. 24 Nov 1898, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1863	Methodist, Pakenham Circuit, Lanark Co., Ontario
  Family ID	F4251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine DAVIDSON,   b. 24 Oct 1878, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Apr 1903, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1899	Beachburg, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6]
  Children	1. Mary Jane SHIELDS,   b. 7 May 1898, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 26 Apr 1984, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years)   2. Clara Pearl SHIELDS,   b. 19 May 1901, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1961 (Age 59 years)   3. John Alexander SHIELDS,   b. 9 Apr 1903, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Jan 1977 (Age 73 years)   4. Male SHIELDS,   b. 22 Mar 1900, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah DAVIDSON,   b. 10 Jan 1883, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 9 Dec 1965, Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	8 Jun 1904	Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Children	1. Katherine Ellen SHIELDS,   b. 20 Aug 1905, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   2. Herbert James SHIELDS,   b. 7 May 1907, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Jan 1970 (Age 62 years)   3. Elsie Myrtle SHIELDS,   b. 24 Oct 1915, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 1994 (Age 78 years) + 4. Bradley David SHIELDS,   b. 1 Nov 1912, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 27 Jun 1960, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada (Age 47 years)   5. Verna Betty SHIELDS,   b. 15 Feb 1926, Westmeath Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 2001 (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F4256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2012

  
  

• Documents

  Shields, William James obituary Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of Viola Price, provided by Nancy England

  
  

• Sources

  [S596] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html). [S395] LDS, Family History Resource Fil e, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1881 Canadian Census, (2002). [S515] Presbyterian (Beachburg and Westmeath, Ontario, Canada), Church Record - Baptisms,Beachburg and Westmeath Presbyterian 1899-1927. [S668] Library and Archives of Canada, Archivia Net On-Line Research Tool, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Westmeath Twp., - 1911, (Database, http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/index-e.html). [S779] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca), 014077 Westmeath Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario (Reliability: 3). Wm James Shields age 32, res: Westmeath b. Ftzroy, farmer; s/o Alexander Shields and Mary Ann Burr; to Catherine Davidson age 20 res & b. Westmeath; d/o John Davidson and Catherine Dixon Marriage Date: 22 Feb 1899 Marriage Location: Beachburg, Marriage County: Renfrew Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_99 [S416] Marriage Register Presbyterian Church of Canada in Connection with the Church of Scotlan (Ross and Westmeath Townships, Ontario, Canada), Church Record - Marriage Register Presbyterian Church of Canada in Connection with the Church of Scotland Assembling at Ross and Westmeath, County of Renfrew, 1863 - 1902 (Reliability: 3). at Manse, Beachburg;  by R MacNabb Wit: R H Graham & Sarah J Mullen, Westemath, Gower Line [S722] Presbyterian Marriages 1902-1938 (Beachburg, Ontario, Canada), Church Record - Presbyterian Marriages, Beachburg, 1902-1938 (Reliability: 3). witness:  John J Davidson & Miney Davidson, Westmeath at: resJ D. ,   Westmeath on: Jun 8 1904  by AD Menzies