I find your Charles SHIELS in the 13 July 1860 census for Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Macedonia Township: SHIELDS, Charles, age 30, b. Ireland, farmer SHIELDS, Mary, age 30, b. Ireland SHIELDS, Daniel, age 5, b. IL SHIELDS, Edward, age 2, b. IA SHIELDS, Sarah, age 1, b. IA In the 1900 census for Pottawattamie County, Iowa, Hardin Township is another SHIELS: Charles Shields, b. Dec 1862, age 37, single, b. IA, father b. Ireland, mother b. ? Ellen C. Shiels, sister-in-law, b. Mar 1881, age 29, widow, gave birth to 4 children, 3 survive, b. PA, father b. Germany, mother b. PA Edward C. Shiels, nephew, b. Mar 1893, age 7, b. Kansas, father b. IA, mother b. PA Evangeline Shiels, neice, b. Aug 1896, age 3, b. Iowa, father b. IA, mother b. PA Cecelia Shiels, neice, b. Sep 1898, age 1, b. Kansas, father b. IA, mother b. PA Also in this 1900 census in Hardin Township is: Thomas J. Shiels, age 40, b. IA, b. Jan 1861, single, farmer Sarah Shiels, age 41, b. May 1859, single, b. IA, sister Lee Ritzman, servant, b. Dec 1878, age 21, single, b. IN ----- Original Message ----- From: <PatUndrwd@aol.com> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 12:45 PM Subject: [IOWA] Iowa State census > Fellow searchers, > > I am looking for Mary [Shanley] and Charles Sheils. They came from Ireland > and married in Ct. The 1860 census shows a boy names Daneil born in 1855 in > Illinois. 1855 Ill. state census does not record the family. They do not appear > in the 1856 Iowa census in Pottawattamie Co. where they lived from 1858 on. > The following counties in the Iowa 1856 census have been transcribed: > Appanoose, Benton, Boone, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Davis, Franklin, Hardin, > Jasper,Jefferson, Kossuth, Lee, Lucas, Louisa, Monroe, Montgomery, Polk & Des Moines City, > Sac, Shelby, Story, Tama, Van Buren, Wapello, Washington, Wayne, Webster and > Wright. These are available in Des Moines. My family was not listed in any > of these counties. > > If any one has information it would be appreciated. > > Pat > > patundrwd@aol.com > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >