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Record #3721
Name :
: Grace SHIELDS (1899 - 1970)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 20 Oct 1899

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 15 Sep 1970   Notes : Complications from a stroke
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Renfrew, Paisley
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Kingston
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 3 Jul 1910
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Southwark

Placement Family
: Fleming
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Quarriers
NotesIn 1901, Grace Shields, 1 year of age, was residing at 12 Mauldslie Street, Glasgow Camlachie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Other family members included: (aunt) Mary Rankin, 19, weaving factory worker; (mother) Agnes Shields, 28; John R. Shields, 6; and (father) Robert Shields, 29, carter. (Source: 1901 Census of Scotland, Parish: Glasgow Camlachie; ED: 33; Line: 21; Year: 1901.)

In 1910, Grace Shields, 10, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 91 children en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada. (Her brother, John Shields, arrived in 1911, on the Hesperian, through Quarriers.)

In 1911, Grace Shields, 11, was shown as a home girl with George Fleming and family in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth was shown as October 1899 and her immigration year as 1910.

On April 24, 1918, in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Grace Agnes Smith, 18, born in Glasgow, Scotland, daughter of Robert Shields and Agnes Rankin; and George Henry Smith, 22, munitions worker, born Thessalon, Ontario, Canada, son of Thos N Smith and Florence Pollard. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-04-27 12:02:05 / From original database

Last Updated : 2014-01-29 16:55:29 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
23847 SHIELDS, Elizabeth1903SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
23846 SHIELDS, Euphemia1902SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
3721 SHIELDS, Grace1899SCT, RFW, Paisley Jul 1910 : Southwark CAN Quarriers  
3722 SHIELDS, John Robert1894SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
2780 SHIELDS, Maggie1874ENG,     Sep 1882 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
4311 SHIELDS, Mary1869ENG,     Sep 1882 : Circassian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)