Thank you, Ken. I did find that the Ryburn surname was spelled a few different ways including Raeburn. I also have sometimes seen the Shields surnames spelled Sheilds and a few other odd ones. All I know about our William Shields is that he is listed as a orphaned nephew in family letters to the children of John Wyllie/Janet Raeburn (1) John Wyllie/Marion Barclay (2) (I am not sure from which grandmother he was descended). Unfortunately, these letters do not give the names of William Shields parents and his US death, obit, marriage record do not give this info. In fact, it did not give where he was born in Scotland and thanks to a Wyllie family member I was given this information. So far, I have not found a daughter Elisabeth for this John Wyllie with either of his wives. The parents of John Wyllie are Matthew Wyllie and Janet Wyllie (same last name). Our William Shields came to the US ca 1849 following 2 of his Wyllie cousins here. Later the rest of this Wyllie family came to the US and lived in the same area as our William Shields. Using Scotlandspeople, the closest William Shields I can find to ours , and I believe it is him, was William Shields born Feb. 27, 1826, Stewarton, the son of William Shields and Elisabeth Wyllie. I have found a marriage record, 1824, for a William Shields, teacher, and Elisabeth Wyllie, who were living in Stewarton but looks like married in Dunlop (there is "Do" so I assume the same place couple above were married). I have spent the 10 pounds and ordered this record hoping it might show who Elisabeth's parents are as well as Williams parents and am awaiting this record. I have also spent the rest of my monthly genealogy budget obtaining other records from Scotlandspeople. Another interesting fact I found is a Margaret Shields dau. of Wm Shields was buried in Fenwick 12/28/1826, at age 15 months-- could she have been a sister of our William? Also found a Wm. Shields death in Upper Fenwick in 1835. Could this have been the father of our William. In the 1825-26 Pigot & Co's Directory? of Stewarton, there is listed under Schools - William Shields. I have checked the 1841 census, but I believe his both his parents were deceased at this time. I found a couple William Shields living with different families but I have no way of knowing which one is him. I have also checked FHC records. Elaine

Elaine Dunlop is about 3 or 4 kms from Stewarton. Do you know which Church they were married in Dunlop in 1824? I am THINKING that they may have been part/Sect of the Presbyterian Church which did not have a Church in Stewarton. Or lived between the two towns and for some reason - like liking the Minister at Dunlop compared to Stewarton - got married in Dunlop instead of their home town. Have you looked at those aspect? I have a copy of the "The Graves in Fenwich Church" but there are no Shields listed in the Index. So it would appear that these are unmarked graves of which there are plenty in this Churchyard. There are Wyllie's in the list but the Index only goes to the T's. Although there is an farm called Wyllieland which seems to have ahd a Gemmell family living there form the 1800's. Does anyone know if the Church has a list of "who owns what plot"?. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elaine Sharp" <bellemarco@gmail.com> To: <AYRSHIRE@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 3:28 AM Subject: [AYR] Wylliam Wyllie & Elisabeth Ryburn > Thank you, Ken. > Our William Shields came to the US ca 1849 following 2 of his Wyllie > cousins here. Later the rest of this Wyllie family came to the US and > lived in the same area as our William Shields. Using Scotlandspeople, > the closest William Shields I can find to ours , and I believe it is > him, was William Shields born Feb. 27, 1826, Stewarton, the son of > William Shields and Elisabeth Wyllie. I have found a marriage record, > 1824, for a William Shields, teacher, and Elisabeth Wyllie, who were > living in Stewarton but looks like married in Dunlop (there is "Do" so > I assume the same place couple above were married). I have spent the > 10 pounds and ordered this record hoping it might show who Elisabeth's > parents are as well as Williams parents and am awaiting this record. > I have also spent the rest of my monthly genealogy budget obtaining > other records from Scotlandspeople. Another interesting fact I found > is a Margaret Shields dau. of Wm Shields was buried in Fenwick 12/28/1826, > at age 15 months-- could she have been a sister of our William? Also > found > a Wm. Shields death in Upper Fenwick in 1835. Could this have been the > father of our William. In the 1825-26 Pigot & Co's Directory? of > Stewarton, there is listed under Schools - William Shields. > > Elaine > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message