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Events Registered in Newtownards

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Magee~Malone~Mateer~McBlain~McClure~McConnell~McCullough~McKibben~McMullen~Morrow~Mullen~Murphy
Orr~Rankin~Rea~Shiels/Shields~Skillen~Steenson~Strain~Thompson~Whitlaw/Whitlay~Wilson

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Sheels, David - c1829 - see 1851 Census in OTHER

Sheals, Peter - c1833

Shields, Jane - 21st. April 1834 - {Father Patrick Shields} - {Mother Mary Rankin}

Shields, Ann - 13th. July 1836 - {Father Samuel Shields of Ballyskeagh then Tullynagardy} - {Mother Ann Mateer}
Shields, William - 26th. July 1837 - {Father Samuel Shields of Ballyskeagh then Tullynagardy} - {Mother Ann Mateer}
Shields, Robert Martin - 9th. February 1842 - {Father Samuel Shields of Ballyskeagh then Tullynagardy} - {Mother Ann Mateer}

arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Sheals, Eliza - 13th. May 1851 - {Wife to John McKisock} - Mother of Samuel McKisock

Shields, Jane - 25th. August 1864 - {Father Robert Shields a stonemason} - {Mother Mary Brown}
Shields, Samuel - 16th. January 1866 - Twin - {Father Robert Shields a stonemason} - {Mother Mary Brown}
Shields, Robert - 16th. January 1866 - Twin - {Father Robert Shields a stonemason} - {Mother Mary Brown}

Shields, Mary - 2nd. March 1865 - {Father John Shields} - {Mother Mary Ann McConnell}

Shiels, Ann Jane - 12th. March 1866 - {Father Hugh Shiels} - {Mother Ann Whitlaw}
Shiels, Margaret - 17th. November 1870 - {Father Hugh Shiels} - {Mother Ann Whitley}
Shiels, Samuel - 9th. November 1872 - {Father Hugh Shiels} - {Mother Ann Whitlaw}
Shiels, Andrew - 10th. January 1876 - {Father Hugh Shiels of Greenwell Street} - {Mother Ann Whitlay}
Shiels, Margaret - 22nd. September 1878 - {Father Hugh Shiels} - {Mother Ann Whitlaw}

Shiels, Margaret Kerr - 18th. September 1866 - {Father Henery Shields} - {Mother Margaret Kerr}

Shields, James - 23rd. March 1870 - {Father John Shields} - {Mother Martha McClure}
Shields, Sarah - 14th. November 1876 - {Father John Shields} - {Mother Martha McClure}

arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Shields, Margaret - 14th. November 1876 - {Wife toJohn Rea} - Mother of James Rea

Shields, Mary Dickson Gourley - 9th. November 1903 - Twin - {Father James Shields} - {Mother Jane Gourley}
Shields, James Dickson Gourley - 9th. November 1903 - Twin - {Father James Shields} - {Mother Jane Gourley}
Members of Greenwell Street Presbyterian

Sheals, Patrick - 15th. March 1906 - {Father Samuel Sheals a cabinet maker b.c1874} - {Mother Catherine Lynch}
Sheals, Annie - 1907 - {Father Samuel Sheals} - {Mother Catherine Lynch}
Sheals, Samuel - 1908 - {Father Samuel Sheals} - {Mother Catherine Lynch}
Sheals, Hugh - 1910 - {Father Samuel Sheals} - {Mother Catherine Lynch}
Sheals, Kathleen - c1912 - {Father Samuel Sheals} - {Mother Catherine Lynch}

Shields, Maggie - 5th. January 1908 - {Wife to Stewart McBlain} - Mother of James McBlain

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Sheals, Samuel Snr. - 26th. January 1942 - A joiner of 22 John Street Lane
18th. June 1942 - Sheals senior, Samuel of 22 John Street Lane Newtownards Co.Down joiner died 26 January 1942 Administration Belfast 18 June to Catherine Sheals the widow. Effects £385.

Shields, William John Jnr. - 18th. April 1942 aged 27 - {b.c1915} - Fusilier 3129613 1st. Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Son of William John and Jane Shields - Rangoon Memorial
Shields, William John Snr. - 26th. August 1955
Shields, Margaret - 10th. November 1979 - Daughter of William John and Jane

Sheals, Patrick - 5th. July 1970 aged 64 - {b.c1906} - Son of Samuel Sheals and Catherine Lynch

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Shields, David - 29th. September 1846 - Married Sarah Corbitt

Shields, James - 13th. April 1847 - {Father William Shields} - Married Anne Brown - {Father Alexander Brown}

Shiels, Ellen - 16th. January 1851 aged 19 - {b.c1832} - {Father Hugh Shiels} - Married Thomas Cassidy aged 22 - {Father Connolly Cassidy}

Shields, Ellenor - 31st. October 1851 - {Father Samuel Shields} - Married James Carry - {Father Samuel Carry}

Shields, Adam - 9th April 1853 - {Father Adam Shields} - Married Susanna Lauther/Lawder - {Father Savage Lauther/Lawder}

Shields, Jane - 7th. May 1855 aged 25 - {b.c1830} - {Father John Shields} - Married Robert Morrow aged 23 - {Father James Morrow}

Shields, Jane - 13th. May 1855 aged 17 - {b.c1838} - {Father Hugh Shields} - Married William Steenson aged 20 - {Father Robert Steenson}

Shields, John - 11th. August 1856 aged 30 - {b.c1826} - {Father Hugh Shields} - Married Martha McClure aged 22 - {Father James McClure}

Shields, John - 11th. May 1857 aged 18 - {b.c1839} - {Father Samuel Shields} - Married Mary Ann McConnell aged 19 - {Father John McConnell}

arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Shields, Mary - 19th. April 1859 - {Father Patrick Shields} - Married John Cooper - {Father Gawn Cooper}
arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Shields, Agnes - 20th. June 1859 aged 22 - {b.c1837} - {Father Hugh Shields} - Married John Hosey aged 27 - {Father John Hosey}

Shields, Samuel - 10th. December 1861 aged 28 - {b.c1833} - {Father Samuel Shields} - Married Mary Jane Wilson aged 26 - {Father John Wilson}

Shields, Robert a stonemason - 6th. May 1862 - {Father Samuel Shields a stonemason} - Married Mary Brown - {Father William Brown}
Witnesses were James Skillen and Isabella Magee

Shields, Hugh - 6th. July 1863 - Married Anne Whitlaw

arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Shields, Susanna "Susan" - 1865 - Married Hugh Gray
arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Shields, Margaret - 15th. February 1865 aged 22 - {b.c1843} - {Father Hugh Shields} - Married Robert Lyndsay aged 23 - {Father Robert Lyndsay}

Shields, Henry - 8th. June 1866 - {Father Samuel Shields} - Married Margaret Kerr aged 19 - {Father George Kerr}

Shields, Jane - 5th. April 1867 - {Father William Shields} - Married Alexander ___Herry

arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Shields, Catherine - 1st. February 1868 - {Father Hugh Shields a labourer} - Married John Brown
Witnesses were James Malone and Sarah Magee

Shields, Agnes - 1st. June 1886 - Married James Johnston

arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Shields, Anna - 5th. February 1897 - Married John Connolly

Sheals, Andrew - 2nd. March 1897 - Married Ann Doherty stop.jpg (990 bytes)

Shields, Maggie - 9th. September 1898 - Married Stewart McBlain
@ Greenwell Street Presbyterian

Shields, Maggie - 29th. March 1899 - Married James McKibben stop.jpg (990 bytes)

arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Shields, Mary - 2nd. April 1902 - Married Thomas James Orr

Shields, James - 17th. October 1902 - Married Jane Gourley

Sheals, Samuel - 1905 - Married Katherine "Kate" Lynch - {Father Peter Lynch a retired soldier of Co. Roscommon} - Kate was born in Workington, Cumberland, England

Shields, Ellen Jane - 13th. July 1908 - Married William Mullen

arrow-red-right.jpg (648 bytes) Shields, Annie - 29th. October 1909 - Married John Canning Dunlop

Shields, Roden of Crossgar - 22nd. May 1912 - Married Emily McMurray of Bangor stop.jpg (990 bytes)

Sheals, Sarah of Court Street - 14th. August 1913 - Married Andrew Crawford

Shields, William John - 11th. July 1914 - Married Jane Hyles

Shields, Joseph - 11th. July 1919 - Married Hessie Kenny stop.jpg (990 bytes)

Shields, Elizabeth - 14th. August 1919 - Married David John Atcheson stop.jpg (990 bytes)

Shields, Charles - 15th. May 1920 - Married Dorothy Strain of Donaghadee stop.jpg (990 bytes)

Sheals, Patrick - August 1939 aged 33 - Son of Samuel Sheals and Catherine Lynch - Married Margaret Ellen Murphy @ Monmouth Wales

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Sheals, Peter - 31st. October 1842 - Picked the pocket of Ann Sheals and was charged and found guilty February 1843 (See happenings 1843)

Sheils, Rebecca Jane - 1846 - A straw bonnet maker of Mary Street

flag-england.gif (7647 bytes) 1851 Census of England and Wales David Sheels
Surname Forename Age Born Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Sheels David 22 c1829 Male     Newtownards Royal Artillery Gunner Married
Name David Sheels
Event Type Census
Event Date 1851
Event Place Gillingham, Kent, England
Registration District Medway
Gender Male
Age 22
Marital Status Married
Occupation Gunner Royal Artillery
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Institution Brompton Barracks
Birth Year (Estimated) 1829
Birthplace Down Newtonards

Shiels, Hugh - 1863 - Of Shuttlefield Lane - Leased a house and yard from Elizabeth Thompson

Shields, John - 1863 - Of North Street - Leased a house and yard from Hugh McMullen

Shields, Adam - 1894 - Tennant at 11+12 William Street

1901 Census - Residents of a house 13 in Church Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Born Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Shields Mary Jane 70 c1831 Female Head Presbyterian Co.Armagh Shopkeeper Widow

1901 Census - Residents of a house 17 in Conway Square (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Born Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Apperson Isabella 78   Female Mother Presbyterian Co Down - Widow
Apperson James 41   Male Head Presbyterian Co Down Quilt Manufacturer Married
Apperson Agnes 31   Female Wife Presbyterian Co Down - Married
Apperson Francis 8   Male Son Presbyterian Co Down Scholar Single
Shields Walter 21 c1880 Male Boarder Non Subscribing Presbyterian Co Down Mill Wright Single
Close Lizzie 20   Female Servant Presbyterian Episcopalian Co Down Domestic Single

1901 Census - Residents of a house 3 in Corporation South (Rural) (Newtownards, Down)

Surname Forename Age Born Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Connolly John 24   Male Head Presbyterian Co Down Agri.Labourer Married
Connolly Anna "Annie" nee Shields 20 c1881 Female Wife Presbyterian Co Down - Married
Connolly Robert Job 3   Male Son Presbyterian Co Down - Single
Shields Jane 10 c1901 Female Sister-in-Law Presbyterian Co Down Scholar Single

1901 Census - Residents of a house 15 in Court Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Born Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Sheals Hugh 61 c1840 Male Head R.C. Co.Down Wool Weaver Married
Sheals Anne 54 c1847 Female Wife Presbyterian Co.Down - Married
Sheals Samuel 24 c1877 Male Son R.C. Co.Down Cabinet Maker Single
Sheals Sarah 14 1887 Female Daughter R.C. Co.Down Knitter in Factory Single
Sheals Lizzie 3 c1898 Female Grand Daughter R.C. Ballymacarrett, Belfast - Single

1901 Census - Residents of a house 51 in Mark Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Daugherty George 46 Male Head R.C. Arkeen, Co Down General Labourer Married
Daugherty Mary Jane 50 Female Wife R.C. Claughey, Co Down House Wife Married
Sheals Annie 23 Female Daughter R.C. Claughey, Co Down Seamstress Married
Sheals Mary Jane 1 Female Grand Child R.C. Belfast City - Single
Daugherty Mary Jane 20 Female Daughter R.C. Claughey, Co Down Seamstress Single
Daugherty Teresa 17 Female Daughter R.C. England, Co Down Seamstress Single
Daugherty Christena 15 Female Daughter R.C. England Seamstress Single

1901 Census - Residents of a house 58 in Victoria Avenue (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
McBlain Stewart 25 Male Head Presbyterian Down General Labourer Married
McBlain Maggie 23 Female Wife Presbyterian Down Spinner Married
Shields Ellen Jane 21 Female Sister Presbyterian Down Spinner Single

1901 Census - Residents of a house 84 in William Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status
Shields Sarah 70 Female Head Presbyterian Co.Down Seamstress Widow

1911 Census - Residents of a house 6 in Church Terrace (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Sheilds James 38 Male Head Presbyterian Co.Antrim General Labourer Married - - -
Sheilds Jane 38 Female Wife Presbyterian Yorkshire - Married 9 - c1901 1 1
Sheilds James 7 Male Son Presbyterian Co.Down Scholar Single - - -
Gourley Jane 67 Female Aunt Presbyterian Co.Down Seamstress Single - - -

1911 Census - Residents of a house 8 in Court Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Sheals Ann 69 Female Head Presbyterian Co.Down Hand Serwer Widow 41 - c1870 9 4
Sheals Sarah 22 Female Daughter R.C. - Hemstitcher in Factory Single - - -

1911 Census Residents of a house 30 in East Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Fulton Robert 51 Male Head Ch of Ireland Co.Down Labourer Married 20 4 3
Fulton Maggie 50 Female Wife Ch of Ireland Co.Down - Married 20 4 3
Fulton Annie 20 Female Daughter Ch of Ireland Co.Down Sewer Single - - -
Shields Maggie 19 Female Boarder Presbyterian Co.Down Hem Stitcher Single - - -
Shields Cassie 1 Female Boarder Presbyterian Co.Down - Single - - -
McCullough Samuel 41 Male Boarder Ch of Ireland Co.Down Cotton + Wool Weaver Single - - -

1911 Census - Residents of a house 13 in East Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Sheals Annie 31 Female Head o R.C. Co Down Charwoman Married 14 - c1896 2 2
Sheals Mary Jane 11 Female Daughter R.C. Belfast Scholar Single - - -
Dougherty Mary Jane 29 Female Boarder R.C. Co Down Stitcher Single - - -

1911 Census - Residents of a house 69 in East Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Born Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Sheals Samuel 37 c1874 Male Head R.C. Co.Down Cabinet Maker Married 6 - c1905* 4 4
Sheals Catherine "Kate" 30 c1881 Female Wife R.C. Co.Down - Married 6 4 4
Sheals Patrick 5 *1906 Male Son R.C. Newtownards Scholar Single - - -
Sheals Annie 3 *1907 Female Daughter R.C. Newtownards Scholar Single - - -
Sheals Samuel 2 *1908 Male Son R.C. Newtownards Scholar Single - - -
Sheals Hugh   *1910 Male Son R.C. Newtownards - Single - - -
Lynch Peter 23   Male Boarder R.C. Co.Down Tailor Single - - -
Lynch Bridget 18   Female Boarder R.C. Co.Down Waiteress in Dinning Room Single - - -

1911 Census - Residents of a house 25 in George's Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion Birthplace Occupation Marital Status Years Married Children Born Children Living
Sheilds Lizzie Sarah 60 Female Head Ch.of Ire. Co.Down - Widow - - -
flag-usa.gif (10636 bytes) Dornon, Owen - 4th. January 1911 aged 50 - Arrived at Ellis Island, New York aboard the "Furnessia" enroute to meet his friend Hugh Shields originally from Newtownards but now living at 329 West 23rd. Street, New York - His wife Ann Dornan was still living at Castlecaldwell, Fermanagh

Served WW1

Shields, James - 6 Church Terrace - Private 4th. Royal Irish Rifles - James was born in Antrim c1873

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Shields, H. - 1935 - Played for Kiltonga Football Club

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