Mary Victoria (Rawson) Shields (1872 - 1956)

Born 14 Aug 1872 in Leake County, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry S. Shields — married 27 Sep 1894 in Leake County, Mississippi, United States

Died 3 Apr 1956 at age 83 in Carthage, Leake, Mississippi, United States

Biography

Mary Victoria Rawson was the daughter of William M. Rawson and Mary Ann Faulkner born on August 14, 1872 in Leake County, Mississippi. Victoria is the granddaughter of Bluford S. Rawson and Lucinda Burch.

Victoria married Henry S. Shields September 27, 1894 in Leake County, Mississippi.^[1]

In 1880, Mary Victoria lived with her parents and siblings at Beat 2, Leake County, Mississippi. The 1880 Census taken in June lists her age as 7 which would be consistent with her birth date of 1872.^[2]

In 1910, Mary, Henry, and their children, Andrew, John, Lessie, and Harvey, lived at Beat 2, Leake County, Mississippi.^[3]

In 1920, Mary, Henry, and children, Willie (probably John W.), Lessie, Harvey, Bessie, and Alsie, lived at Beat 2, Carthage, Leake County, Mississippi.^[4]

In 1930, Mary, Henry, and children, John, Lessie, Harvey, Bessie, and Alsey, were living on Goshen Road at Beat 2. Leake County, Mississippi.^[5]

In 1940, Victoria, Henry, and son, Alcey, lived at Beat 2, Leake County, Mississippi.^[6]

Victoria died April 3, 1956 and is buried in Goshen Memorial Garden on Goshen Road just east of Carthage, Mississippi.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZZ-C1X : 10 February 2018), H. R. Shields and Mary V. Rawson, 27 Sep 1894; citing , Leake, Mississippi; FHL microfilm 891,455.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GJ-1J6 : 12 August 2017), Ann Rawson in household of Wm Rawson, Carthage, Leake, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district ED 49, sheet 357B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,653.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8B-CDJ : accessed 29 April 2019), Mary Shields in household of Henry Shields, Beat 2, Leake, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 65, sheet 6A, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 747; FHL microfilm 1,374,760.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M43X-4N4 : accessed 29 April 2019), Mary V Shields in household of Henry Shields, Carthage, Leake, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 68, sheet 18A, line 9, family 338, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 884; FHL microfilm 1,820,884.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM1F-L99 : accessed 29 April 2019), Mary V Shields in household of Henry S Shields, Beat 2, Leake, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 10B, line 98, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1154; FHL microfilm 2,340,889.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBSW-M72 : 31 May 2020), Victoria Shields in household of Henry S Shields, Beat 2, Leake, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-7, sheet 17B, line 50, family 311...
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35636773/mary-victoria-shields