Born in Galdonagh, Raymoghy, County Donegal, Ireland
Son of Thomas (Chambers) Shiels
and Margaret (Coyle) Shiels
Brother of
Robert Chambers, Sarah (Chambers) Mahon, Eliza (Chambers) Connolly, Thomas (Chambers) Shiels, Mary Anne (Chambers) Devenny, John (Chambers) Shiels, Anthony Chambers, Margaret (Chambers) Sweeney, Bridget (Chambers) Shiels and Joseph (Chambers) Shiels
Husband of
Mary (McFadden) Sheils
— married
9 Aug 1903 in Gortahork, Tullaghobegly, County Donegal, Ireland
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Sheils, James (Sheils) Shiels, Maggie (Sheils) Doherty, Catherine (Sheils) Burke, Elizabeth Sheils, Mary (Sheils) Crossan, Daniel Sheils and Sarah Sheils
Died
at age 93
in Raymoghy, Raymoghy, County Donegal, Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Aug 2018
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Biography
James was born in 1883. He is the son of Thomas Chambers and Maggie Coyle.
He was living in Manorcunningham at the time of his wedding to Mary McFadden of Keeldrum in 1903. In 1911 he and his young family are living in Grawky.
The family appear to have changed their name from Chambers to Shiels between 1901 and 1911; all sources from 1911 onwards are for Shiels (and its variants).
He passed away in 1977.
Sources
Birth: Here
Marriage: Here
1911 census: Here
Grave: Here
Notes
Grawky is a townland in County Donegal in the Barony of Raphoe North and Parish of Raymoghy. The Parliamentary Division is East Donegal and it fell under the Poor Law Union of Letterkenny. The District Electoral Division (DED) was Manorcunningham.
The surname of this family is recorded variously as Sheils, Shiels, Sheilds or Shields.
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