This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shields Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VlB.2ACE/965 Message Board Post: My grandfather, Charles Judson Shields, moved his family to Trinity from Hunt County in the early 1900's ( I think about 1905, but maybe as early as 1900). There were 4 children: Fred M Shields b. 1898 (my father), Bess Shields b. 1901, Minnie Fay Shields b. 1909, and C J Shields, jr b. 1912. Fred was born in Hunt County and I think Bess was as well. Fay and C J, Jr must have been born in Trinity. They all graduated from High School in Trinity. The house there was on a corner right in town. My grandmother was Minnie C (Maynor) Shields. She died about 1942, Grandfather died around 1950 and I think they are both burried at Cedar Grove Cenetery, just a few blocks from where they lived. I remember walking from the house to to Grandmother's grave with Grandfather and my Dad.. that must have been in the summer of 1947, but it might have been 1945. Grandfather was a very active Mason, and I have written to the Lodge in Trinity requesting information that they might have. I would love to be able to comfirn that cemetery location and the exact dates on their headstones. James R Shields Bellingham, WA