I am just starting to research my 4x Great Grandfather Brabazon Disney Shiels (Shields) and I am so confused.
The name Brabazon I thought unusual even for back then, so googled and it states a Brabazon was Anglo-Norman, and many bearers were Mercenary soldiers from England, then spreading to Scotland, Ireland and Wales. So not sure what his actual name was.
I then notice that there is a Church record recorded both in the Catholic and COI Church records for Brabazon Disney Shiels, married Rose Rooney on 11 March 1850. His Father was William Shiels and Rose's Father Patrick Rooney (Roony). In the Catholic entry under the name it says 2 Priests?
They were married in Darver, Co. Louth. The COI record advises Dromiskin & Manfieldtown, Co. Louth. So to make it even more confusing, there is a baptismal record for a Henry Shiels, born 19 June 1814, parents Brabazon Disney Shiels and Rose Rooney?? My last ? came after I found a birth record for Brabazon Disney Shiels, father William Shiels, born in 1790, so in 1850 he would have been 60 years old.
I have no experience on how to sort out and I am way out of my elements in records this far back. Any help will greatly be appreciated!!.