Born about in Pennsylvania
Ancestors 
Daughter of Augustus Shields
and Susannah (Fortney) Shields
Sister of
John Pius Shields, Francis Kendrick Shields, Alice Annie Shields, Jane (Shields) Wallace, Clara A. (Shields) Shope, Sarah E. (Shields) Foust, Mary Etta Shields, Edith M. (Shields) Cramer and James Milton Shields
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 79
in Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jun 2016
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Biography
Notes
She is listed As Martha E in the 1870 & 1880 census but her tombstone reads Elizabeth Martha
Sources
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11783-148534-30?cc=1438024 : accessed 8 June 2016), Pennsylvania > Huntingdon > Shirley > image 16 of 44; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBL-99WX?cc=1417683&wc=XCJX-PTL%3A1589394781%2C1589412787%2C1589398182%2C1589395305 : 24 December 2015), Pennsylvania > Huntingdon > Shirley > ED 201 > image 21 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Rocky (Clark) Guglielmo 
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