John
Shields
Born in Oxnam, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of George (Shiel) Shiels
and Margaret Mather
Brother of
Jean Shiels, Andrew Shiels, William Shiels, George Shiels, Elspith Shiels and Isabella Shiel
Husband of
Bridget (Audley) Shields
— married
9 Oct 1826 in Bermondsey, England
Descendants 
Father of
Martha (Shields) Peter, George Shields, Jane (Shields) Ellery, John Shields, William Shields, Margarate (Shields) Ellery, Isobel (Shields) MacGillivray, Mary Shields, Jessie Shields and Euphemia (Shields) Topp
Died
at age 71
in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Jun 2017
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Biography
This profile is part of the Shields Name Study.
Sources
- Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
- Scotlands People, Birth Record for John Shields 15 November 1802, 'Old Parish Records', 802/ 10 139 Oxnam, National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Accessed 5 June 2017.
- Ancestry.com, London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010), London Metropolitan Archives, Saint John Horselydown, Register of marriages, P71/JN, Item 021.
- Ancestry.com, Death Record for John Shields 13 July 1874, 'Australian Death Index', 2444/1874, Accessed 15 June 2017.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155802609/john-shields : accessed 9 July 2022), memorial page for John Shields (1802–13 Jul 1874), Find a Grave Memorial ID 155802609, citing Carr Villa Memorial Park, Kings Meadows, Launceston City, Tasmania, Australia ; Maintained by MargaretM (contributor 48810808) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
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Rejected matches › John Shields Jr. (1789-1872) › John S. Shields (1800-1875) › John Henry Shults (abt.1787-1876)
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