Agnes (Harvey) Shields (abt. 1879 - 1959)

Born about 1879 in Louisiana

Ancestors

Died 13 May 1959 at about age 80 in Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana

Biography

Agnes was born about 1878 in Louisiana.^[1] She was the daughter of William H. Harvey and Agnes Noland. Agnes (Harvey) Shields died 13 May 1959 in Tallulah, Madison, Louisiana, USA.^[2]

She married Leo "Sheilds" 19 July 1899, Madison Parish, Louisiana.^[3][4]

Their daughter Agnes was born in 1905.^[5]

1910 Census

In 1910, the census recorded Leo Shields household in East Carroll, Louisiana:^[1]

• Leo Sheilds (41), born in Louisiana (father born in Alabama)^[1]
• Agnes H Sheilds, Wife (31), born in Louisiana^[1]
• Agnes S Sheilds, Daughter (5), born in Louisiana^[1]
• Louca Doris (62), Cook/F, born in Louisiana ^[1]

The 1920 census finds the family ages 51, 41, and 14, joined by nephew Arnold T Shields, age 26.^[6]

Research Notes

DBE suggestions related to her FindAGrave memorial:^[7]

Warning 579: FindAGrave - Missing birth location Help Video (Difficulty: Intermediate) for Harvey-19732: born in Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA

Error 575: FindAGrave - Different birth date Help Video (Difficulty: Intermediate) for Harvey-19732: born 26 Dec 1873

per her FindAGrave memorial:

• Agnes Rebecca Harvey Shields, born 26 Dec 1873 Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 13 May 1959 Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA

WikiTree Profile:

• Agnes (Harvey) Shields, born 1874 [changed to 1879, based on census records], died 13 May 1959 Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana.

Sources:

• Birth location: Louisiana^[1]
• Birth date: Tombstone image has 1874 and her obituary, published in 1959, says she was 85.^[7] Looking at census records, however, she would have been born in 1878 or 1879 (e.g., she is 31 in the 1910 census, 41 in the 1920 census, and 62 in the 1940 census - see Leo's PID sources, listed below).

Her FindAGrave Memorial did not include sources to support specific birth date and location. It did have a transcription of her obituary:^[7]

TALLULAH (Special) — Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday for Mrs. Agnes Harvey Shields, 85, who succumbed here Wednesday, after a long illness.

Rites were held from the St. Edwards Catholic Church, of which she was a member, with the Rev. Father Hopp officiating. Interment followed in the Silver Cross Cemetery under the direction of Crothers Funeral Home.

She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Will Adams; Tallulah; two sisters, Mrs. E. W. Cook, Jackson, Miss.; and Mrs. Fred Johnson, Shreveport; two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were Arnold Shields, C. C. Adams, A. H. Willett, Curtis Barlow, J. M. Gilfoil, W. H. Harvey Jr., and Adrian Willett.

Published in The Monroe News-Star (LA), Thursday, May 14, 1959

Note: No source for middle name of "Rebecca" either,^[7] although her marriage license has her middle initial, "R".^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPTT-4Q1 : accessed 17 September 2022), Leo Sheilds, Police Jury Ward 1, East Carroll, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 39, sheet 3A, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 513; FHL microfilm 1,374,526. Image, accessed 17 September 2022.
2. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLQV-NQQ8 : 2 April 2020), Agnes Noland in entry for Agnes Harvey Shields, 13 May 1959; citing Tallulah, Madison, Louisiana, United States, certificate number 7479, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FamilySearch digital folder 005052074.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QRJ8-CYCJ : 4 April 2020), Entry for Leo Sheilds and Agnes R Harvey, 19 Jul 1899; citing Madison, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 311,941.
4. ↑ Both her tombstone and his has "Shields" spelling.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #103846641 for Agnes Shields Adams (accessed 16 July 2022).
6. ↑ Population schedules: East Baton Rouge Parish (ED's 30-35 and 38-40) East Carroll Parish (ED's 24-32) East Feliciana Parish (ED's 41-53) Madison Parish (ED's 61-70) [NARA T625 roll 611]. Image, accessed 17 September 2022.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} Find A Grave: Memorial #103845505 for Agnes Rebecca Harvey Shields (includes image of her tombstone and transcription of her obituary; accessed 16 July 2022).

• FamilySearch PID for Leo Shields (1869-1941):
  • FamilySearch Person: LK91-MPV
  • FamilySearch Person Sources: LK91-MPV (9 sources as of 17 September 2022)
  • FamilySearch Person Discovery: LK91-MPV