I hope you are feeling better. I am sure a long and tedious recovery from a stroke.
I would love anything about where my family lived. I have fine tuned some of my tree with regards to the family. Below is what I now about the Shields family. Would love to see a photo of the house the resided. I will PM my email. Thank you- Kristin
Emily Shields, daughter of William Shields and Fanny Clark , was born on 25 Oct 1868 in Bilton, Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, England and died on 13 Feb 1967 in Staten Island, NY at age 98.
Emily married Thomas Tyson Nixon [41] [MRIN: 18], son of William Parkinson Nixon and Rebecca Hancock, on 25 Jan 1890 in Sculcoates, Hull, Yorkshire, England.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Emily Nixon was born on 18 Aug 1890 in Bilton, Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, England and died in Apr 1973 in Queens, NY at age 82.
ii. William Philip Nixon was born on 4 Aug 1898 in Bilton, Yorkshire, England.
iii. Olive Nixon was born on 18 May 1894 in Bilton, Yorkshire, England.
iv. Evelyn Nixon was born on 20 Sep 1893 in Bilton, Yorkshire, England.
v. Leonard Nixon was born on 16 Aug 1904 in Bilton, Yorkshire, England and died in 1998 in Conneticut at age 94.
Second Generation (Parents)
2. William Shields, son of William Shields and Frances Milner was born in 1836 in Preston, Yorkshire, England and died on 18 Oct 1905 in Bilton, Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, England at age 69.
* Census: 1851, Bilton, Skirlaugh, Holderness, Yorkshire. Servant
* Census: Ag. Laborer, 1861, Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, UK.
* Census: Farm Laborer, 1871, Bilton, England.
* Census: Agricultural Laborer, 1881, Bilton, Skirlaugh, Holderness,
Yorkshire.
* Census: Farm Laborer, 1891, Bilton, Skirlaugh, Holderness, Yorkshire.
* Census: Ag Laborer, 1901, Bilton, Skirlaugh, Holderness, Yorkshire.
William married Fanny Clark on 3 Jan 1857 in Garton, Yorkshire, England.
Children from this marriage were:
i. Emily Shields
ii. George Shields was born about 1873 in Bilton, Hull, Yorkshire, England.
iii. Thomas Edward Shields was christened on 22 Jul 1860 in Saint Peter, Bilton in Holdernes, Yorkshire.
iv. William Shields was christened on 7 May 1865 in Saint Peter, Bilton in Holdernes, Yorkshire.
v. Sophia Shields was christened on 26 Nov 1862 in Saint Peter, Bilton in Holdernes, Yorkshire.
vi. Annie Elizabeth Shields was born in 1857 in Preston, Yorkshire, England.
vii. Laura Mary Shields was born in Sep 1861 in Bilton, Yorkshire, England and died by 1871 at age 10.
3. Fanny Clark daughter of Thomas Clark and Ann Holmes was born on 15 Mar 1835 in Garton with Grimston, Yorkshire, England.
* Census: 1851, Great Hatfield, East Riding Yorkshire, England. Age 16
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