Thank you, Ruth. Well, that rules out that this Katherine (Carroll) Shields is not her as the children born later would not have been Shields since George died in 1891. Yes, the George Shields (Sr) who died June 21, 1891 is ours. I have his death record and it says he was born in Lockport, IL and he is buried in the family plot in Wheatland with his name and death date are on the stone. His death record says he is married and his son George (Jr) was born in January 1891, a few months before he died. He death record is listed on FHC site under George J. Shields....but it really is a T middle initial. Very difficult to read cause of death also. It seems this wife/mother and marriage are a mystery. Elaine
Just as a point of information - the current Ancestry.com weekly newsletter has an article on "13 Sources for Birth Information Beyond Civil Registration." http://learn.ancestry.com/LearnMore/Article.aspx?id=15626 Perhaps it will be helpful to readers here. Joseph Martin Romeoville, Illinois On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 11:17 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, Ruth. Well, that rules out that this Katherine (Carroll) Shields > is not her as the children born later would not have been Shields since > George died in 1891. Yes, the George Shields (Sr) who died June 21, 1891 is > ours. I have his death record and it says he was born in Lockport, IL and > he is buried in the family plot in Wheatland with his name and death date > are on the stone. His death record says he is married and his son George > (Jr) was born in January 1891, a few months before he died. He death record > is listed on FHC site under George J. Shields....but it really is a T > middle initial. Very difficult to read cause of death also. > > It seems this wife/mother and marriage are a mystery. > > Elaine > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "No two countries that have McDonald's have ever gone to war with one another." Thomas Friedman