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Have you found much info on the line post 1910?

All I have on your Alexander is a few addresses in Rochester NY up to 1928.. If I had to guess he left for Florida in 1928 or 29.. Maybe due to the Great Depression and no work..

I seem to think I read he came to the US from Scotland and then went back again and returned with his brother to Rochester in 1910.. I want to think he was in PA in 1909 and maybe with his future wife.. not sure..

But I'm not so sure.. because when I went to search this again years ago I couldn't find what I thought I previously seen on the ellis island website..

I also may have read prior to him living full time in Rochester in the 1920's he had some connection in Pennsylvania where he may have lived a few years.. This could be what I confused with the ellis island piece..


After awhile your brain goes to mush after researching and reading all this.. lol

None of this was possible without the help from the others here on rootschat

The link to Catherine Williams obit is amazing.. 100% connected.. What's amazing as listing of Blackie for Alexander's middle name which was actually his fathers Peters 1856 aprox given last name prior to taking the name Shields. Due to unwed birth..It appears also to be Shiells prior to Peter.. It's connected for sure peter was just the new branch

So if blackie is a middle name is Catherine's name Deary a middle name as well..

The obit seems very detailed like someone knows a great detail about the family so I'm thinking Deary is a maiden name.. But maybe not..

So the other question is a brother in law Hugh Reid in rochester ny .. It doesn't appear so far to be neither Catherine's or Winifred's so far..

I'm thinking a dead end or was to be a brother in law but maybe winifred won james over..

Or more likely alexander and james lived next door to Hugh Reid in Glasgow prior to coming over to USA and named Hugh Reid as a brother in law rather then a best friend..


Winifred's exact birthdate would be great... Then we can get her a headstone for proper burial..

I was told years ago I could probably get the arrest and homicide report from our local police on Winifred..

I'm just not ready to see what's in there.. I could open it up to see morgue pictures etc.. That's a little too much...

Thanks Jason

Hi Jason,

He must have stayed in Pennsylvana first then New York, before going to Miami, Florida.

Margaret Shields   F   20    Pennsylvania    
Mary Shields           F   17    New York    
Arthur J Shields           M   14    New York    
Catherine Shields   F   12    New York

Unless he was travelling to Miami but keeping his family in NY.

Tom

This above where is this from.. I look at kids age and different cities and think census prior to 1930.. Something is here .. I feel it..

Thanks Jason ..

Nope haven't tried hunting the marriage certificate .. I do all my searching through google.. No pay sites for me so far.. I like the hunt..

My computer broke so all my favorites etc are gone.. Doing everything through the iPhone..

Thanks and sorry... I may get another PC I love this stuff.. My new hobby might just do what all you nice people are doing for me.. It's fun to hunt and paint the picture ..

Thanks
Jason

I find it interesting that Catherine shields has two daughters named Mary and Margaret .. Same names as in Winifred's / Mary. Family..

I was told alexander went to Florida to help build the new cities.. I guess Florida was just starting to become what is now in the 1920s ...

Just like james I believe alexander was a carpenter.. Earned his degree in Scotland .. I have james parchment paper from Scotland like 1909 I believe ...

Here in rochester james obit noted he helped build some of the cities buildings..

Also based on Florida census know makes sense that Alexander was in Florida with Catherine in 1930 when tragedy struck my side of the family with James and winifred .. Or the kids might have stayed with alexander ..

Jason