Gussie Shields was born in Appalachia, in Georgia.
Daughter of Luke Shields and Margaret Alexander Shields.
Born in Murray County, Georgia.
In 1954 Gussie Shields, born in Georgia, returned to New York from Bermuda.[1]
Sources
↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HW2-JK9 : 16 March 2018), Gussie Shields, 1954; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML2B-YL3 : accessed 13 March 2020), Gussie Shields in household of Luke Shields, Militia District 10, Murray, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 11B, family 213, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 205; FHL microfilm 1,374,218.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gussie 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 Gussie: