Hello I'm looking for any information I can find about Lilian Shields
Birth Jun 1897 in Shelburne Nova Scotia, Canada
Death in Nova Scotia, Canada
Spouse:
Gilbert DesChamp
Birth in Shelburne,Nova Scotia, Canada
Death 1886 in Shelburne Nova Scotia Canada

Children:
Owen Gilbert DesChamp
Birth 1918 in Shelbourn Nova Scotia, Canada
Death 1987 in Montreal Quebec Canada

parents:
Owen Shields,(1845 – 1927) and Sarah Ann Wilson(1847 – ?)

siblings:
James Shields(1871 –?),William Shields(1872 – 1914),Maud Shields(1873 –?),Purney Shields(1876 –?),Margaret Shields(1878 –?),Eveline Marion Shields(1882 – 1958),Jessie Shields(1885 –?),Gladys Shields(1901 – ?)


This she is my husbands great grandmother, any one has any information on her and any other living relatives you would like to share I would really appreciate it!

Thanks;
Theresa

This is not a family that I am researching but I am familiar with online resources and thought I’d see what I could find for you. The following information is all from primary sources as follows

Nova Scotia Vital Stats (birth, marriage, death records) are available online at
www.novascotiagenealogy.ca
This is a free and searchable site maintained by the Nova Scotia Archives. You will need to download a viewer program which is free onsite to see the actual record.

1901 and 1911 Canadian Census are available free at
www.automatedgenealogy.com

The 1881 Canadian Census can be accessed free at the LDS site
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp

1911 Canadian Census Shelburne Co. District 23, Shelburne, page 5/6
The family of Owen Shields in 1911 consisted of the following
Owen Shields, head, widower, born Oct 1845. Caulker in the shipbuilding industry
William Shields, son, single, born Apr 1873, janitor at school
Margaret Shields, daughter, single, born Jul 1882
Evelina Shields, daughter, single, born May 1884
Lillian Shields, granddaughter, single, born Jun 1897
Gladys Shields, granddaughter, single, born Aug 1901
Hazel Shields, granddaughter, single, born Jan 1905
Oliver Shields, grandson, single, born Dec 1906
Douglas Shields, grandson, single born May 1907 (William Douglas)

In 1901 the above family consisted of Owen and his wife Sarah (born Mar 1846); their adult children William, Margaret, Eveline, Jessie and granddaughter Lily.

Twenty years earlier the 1881 Census records the family as follows
Owen Shields, male, Irish, age 40, born NS, labourer
Sarah Shields, female, Scottish age 34, born NS
James Shields, age 10
William Shields, age 9
Maud Shields, age 8
Purney Shields, age 6
Maggie Shields, age 2
Frederick Skein, African, age 5, born NS, a pauper

The records available on the NS Vital Stat site add a bit of detail to the above. The marriage certificate of Lillian and Gilbert DesChamp can be see there and she lists only one parent; her mother Margaret. It would appear that the other grandchildren listed on the 1911 Census may have also been Margarets. At least William Douglas was, as his death certificate is also online and his mother is given as Margaret Shields. I can’t find any records on the other 3 grandchildren of Owen which is not unusual. Records were not mandatory until a little later. Because of Privacy Laws, records can only be made public to a certain date. With birth certificates I believe it is around 1910, marriage certificates to 1935.

The Marriage Record of Owen Shields and Sarah Wilson is also available on the NS Stat website

Thank you so much for you help!! That was so kind of you to take the time to look that up for me, and send me the link where I could find it my self. I'm new at this, but loving it!!

Thanks again;
Take care;
Theresa

Hi Theresa,

Owen Shields ,Lilian's father, is my great great grandfather. I am searching my family tree and read your post. So I guess that means your husband and I are related.If you are interested in knowing more you can let me know.

Thanks
Richard

Hello!! Thanks so much for taking the time to respond!
Yes I am very interested in knowing more! My husband in kind of interested, but my mother in law, which would you your cousin is very interested!! :)

Thanks so much!!

Take care;
Theresa

Hi Lilian,

Basically my tree research goes something like this perhaps your husband or mother in law can help me perhaps with further info on the Shields family. My great great grandfather was Owen Shields and he married Sarah Wilson.One of their children was Margaret Shields my great grandmother, now she had at least one child ,my grandfather,William Douglas Shields but I can't find out anywhere who William Douglas Shields' father is as there is no mention of Margaret ever being married and no mention of the fathers' name in regards to her child(ren).

Now my grandfather William Douglas Shields married Vera May Williams in May of 1932 and they had a least one child, a son , my father William Douglas (Allen) deceased 1999,he was adopted around the age of 5 by a couple in Charlesville who had the last name Allen. And there is a story that my father had a sister ,but she was raised by their mother Vera.So basically Vera gave my father up for adoption at age 5 and kept the daughter to raise.

My grandfather Wm Douglas Shields was an auto mechanic in Shelburne until his death in 1954 at the age of 46, he had TB most of his adult life.

Any info at all would be appreciated as I am planning a trip "down home "to the South Shore in May to do some more research , so I am trying to be as prepared as I can.

Thanks
Richard Allen(Shields)

Sorry Theresa.I addressed the previous to Lilian