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Union SHIELDS
(1854 –1912)

 

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1. Rachel Eliza NELSON

Union SHIELDS 2
  • Born: 27 January 1854, Olney, Richland County, Illinois, USA
  • Marriage (1): Rachel Eliza NELSON on 18 December 1873 in Clay County, Illinois, USA 1
  • Died: 9 May 1912, Perth, Sumner County, Kansas, USA at age 58
  • Buried: 11 May 1912, Perth, Sumner County, Kansas, USA
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bullet  Burial Notes

Bethany Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • Parents: William Shields and Hannah Ward.
  • He worked as an engineer on 4 June 1900 in Mulvane, Rockford Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA.
  • He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 4 June 1900 in Mulvane, Rockford Township, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA.

    Union Shields       46
    R E Shields       50
    Amanda Shields       18
    Minnie Shields       14
    Elsie Shields       12

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  • He was buried at the Bethany Cemetery in Perth, Sumner County, Kansas, USA on 11 May 1912.

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Union married Rachel Eliza NELSON, daughter of John M. NELSON and Elizabeth MAGLONE, on 18 December 1873 in Clay County, Illinois, USA.1 (Rachel Eliza NELSON was born on 28 June 1849 in Richland County, Illinois, USA,3 4 died on 3 September 1910 in Perth, Sumner County, Kansas, USA and was buried on 5 September 1910 in Perth, Sumner County, Kansas, USA.)

bullet  Recorded Events about their Marriage

  • They have conflicting marriage information of 20 December 1873 and Illinois, USA.
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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Illinois State Archives and the Illinois State Genealogical Society, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 –1900, Database. Springfield, Illinois : Illinois State Archives (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp).
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. Illinois, Richland County, 1850 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images (https://www.ancestry.com/: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), M432, roll M432_125, Clay and Richland Districts, p. 181A, dwelling 1396, family 1401, Rachel E. Nelson, accessed 07 March 2012.
  4. Illinois, Richland County, 1860 U.S. census, Ancestry.com, Digital images (www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, 2009), M653, roll M653_222, Noble Township, p. 132, dwelling 934, family 935, Rachl Nelson, accessed 08 March 2012.


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