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  1. Charles Martin SHIELDS: Birth: 7 Mar 1861 in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA. Death: 6 Oct 1918 in Cook County, Illinois, USA

  2. Catherine SHIELDS: Birth: ABT 1864.

  3. Margaret Nettie SHIELDS: Birth: 20 Jun 1866 in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA. Death: 15 Dec 1931 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

  4. Francis "Frank" Shields: Birth: Sep 1868 in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA.

  5. Agnes SHIELDS: Birth: ABT 1869 in Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, USA.

  6. Frederick Andrew SHIELDS: Birth: 14 Aug 1873 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Death: 12 May 1938 in Cornell, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, USA

  7. Mabel Ellen SHIELDS: Birth: 12 Apr 1879 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Death: 7 May 1965 in Holland, Ottowa County, Michigan, USA


Sources
1. Title:   1900 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1900; Census Place: Merton, Waukesha, Wisconsin; Roll: T623_1822; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 128.
Source:   S-1870650471
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18
2. Title:   1880 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1880; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 192; Family History Film: 1254192; Page: 189A; Enumeration District: 092; Image: 0100
Source:   S-1870646086
Author:   Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited
3. Title:   Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2011
Source:   S-1636207053
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 1 December 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi
Link:   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi
4. Title:   1870 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1870; Census Place: Janesville Ward 4, Rock, Wisconsin; Roll: M593_1736; Page: 289A; Image: 226; Family History Library Film: 553235
Source:   S-1870646312
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Record
5. Title:   U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current
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Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
6. Title:   U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
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Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
7. Title:   Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922
Source:   S-1640336036
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878–1922." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009. Illinois. Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878–1922. Illinois D
8. Title:   1920 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1920; Census Place: Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Roll: T625_2006; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 326
Source:   S-1870650446
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco
9. Title:   1930 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1930; Census Place: Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0311; FHL microfilm: 2342332
Source:   S-1870651000
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,
10. Title:   Wisconsin State Censuses, 1895 and 1905
Page:   Wisconsin Historical Society; Madison, Wisconsin; Census Year: 1905
Source:   S-1870638261
Author:   Ancestry.com.
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Census, 1895 Microfilm, 10 reels. Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin.Wisconsin. Wisconsin State Census, 1905. Microfilm, 44 reel
11. Title:   U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938
Source:   S-1640643649
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1749, 282 rolls); Records of the Department o
12. Title:   Chicago, Illinois, Voter Registration, 1890
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Ancestry.com Operations Inc
13. Title:   Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2011
Source:   S-1636207053
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 1 December 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi
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14. Title:   Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2011
Source:   S-1636207053
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 1 December 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi
Link:   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi
15. Title:   Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2011
Source:   S-1636207053
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 1 December 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi
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Notes
a. Note:   Grave location: Sec. 43, No. S 1/2 - 30 Martin was a butcher by trade and operated a butcher shop in Janesville Wisconsin. In 1861 married Mary Anne Tuckwood the daughter of William Tuckwood and Jane ROYCE.
  Martin served with the 12th Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery during the war against the rebellion, a unit that marched to the sea with General William Tecumseh Sherman.
  Sometime after 1870 he moved his family to Chicago Illinois and opened another butcher shop.
  Later in life he suffered from Rheumatism and in 1894 he went to live at The National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he remained until his death in 1932. Martin was buried in the same cemetery as Mary Anne in Chicago Illinois.
  His great granddaughter Miriam McCormick was the source for most of the above information.
  Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soliders for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1895 WisconsinL:
 NAME: Martin Shields, RANK: Privat, MONTHS SERVED: 17, BIRTH PLACE: Massachusetts, AGE: 54, DISABILITY: Rheumatism, PLACE OF ADMITTANCE: Ill, STATUS: Northwestern Branch
  Wisconsin Soldiers in Soldier Homes - 1895
 compiled by: Bev Hetzel, 2150 Skyline Dr., West Bend, WI 53090
 Shields, Martin, 12 Light Artillery from Janesville, entered 12-28-1863, MO 6-7-1865
  From Civil War Soldiers and Salors System website, by the National Park Service
  UNION WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS
  12th Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery
  Organized at St. Louis, Mo., under authority of Governor Harvey, as a Company for the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, to be known as the 12th Wisconsin Battery February and March, 1862. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., May 6, 1862. Attached to Artillery Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. Artillery, 7th Division, Left Wing, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
  SERVICE.-Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., May 8-30, 1862. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. At Camp Clear Creek till August. Ordered to Jacinto August 14. Battle of Iuka , Miss., September 19. Battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. At Corinth till November 8. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to January, 1863. Duty at Germantown, Tenn., January 4 to February 8, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., February 8; thence to Grand Lake, Ark. Yazoo Pass Expedition and operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 16. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson , Miss., May 1 (Reserve). Battles of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Champions Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg , Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty at Vicksburg till September. Moved to Helena, Ark., September 12; thence to Memphis, Tenn., September 27. March to Chattanooga, Tenn., October 6-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., till December 22; at Larkinsville till January 7, 1864, and at Huntsville, Ala., till June 22. March to Kingston, Ga., June 22-30, and duty there till July 13. Moved to Allatoona, Ga., July 13, and duty there till November 12. Repulse of French's attack on Allatoona October 6. Reconnoissance from Rome on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes October 12-13. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Combahee River, S. C., January 28. Hickory Hill February 1. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Congaree Creek February 15. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Near Falling Creek March 20. Mill Creek March 22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 26, 1865.
  Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 10 Enlisted men killed and mortaily wounded and 23 Enlisted men by disease. Total 34.
  1880 U.S. Census
 Household:
  Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 Martin SHEALDS Self M Male W 40 NH Butcher IRE NH
 Mary Ann SHEALDS Wife M Female W 40 ENG Dressmaking ENG ENG
 Charles SHEALDS Son S Male W 18 WI Works In Newspaper Union NH ENG
 Nettie SHEALDS Dau S Female W 14 WI NH ENG
 Frank SHEALDS Son S Male W 11 WI NH ENG
 Freddy SHEALDS Son S Male W 4 IL NH ENG
 Mable SHEALDS Dau S Female W 1 IL NH ENG
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 Source Information:
 Census Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois
 Family History Library Film 1254192
 NA Film Number T9-0192
 Page Number 189A
  Grave location: Sec. 43, No. S 1/2 - 30
  Martin was a butcher by trade and operated a butcher shop in Janesville Wisconsin. In 1861 married Mary Anne Tuckwood the daughter of William Tuckwood and Jane ROYCE.
  Martin served with the 12th Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery during the war against the rebellion, a unit that marched to the sea with General William Tecumseh Sherman.
  Sometime after 1870 he moved his family to Chicago Illinois and opened another butcher shop.
  Later in life he suffered from Rheumatism and in 1894 he went to live at The National Home For Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he remained until his death in 1932. Martin was buried in the same cemetery as Mary Anne in Chicago Illinois.
  His great granddaughter Miriam McCormick was the source for most of the above information.
  Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soliders for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1895 WisconsinL:
 NAME: Martin Shields, RANK: Privat, MONTHS SERVED: 17, BIRTH PLACE: Massachusetts, AGE: 54, DISABILITY: Rheumatism, PLACE OF ADMITTANCE: Ill, STATUS: Northwestern Branch
  Wisconsin Soldiers in Soldier Homes - 1895
 compiled by: Bev Hetzel, 2150 Skyline Dr., West Bend, WI 53090
 Shields, Martin, 12 Light Artillery from Janesville, entered 12-28-1863, MO 6-7-1865
  From Civil War Soldiers and Salors System website, by the National Park Service
  UNION WISCONSIN VOLUNTEERS
  12th Independent Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery
  Organized at St. Louis, Mo., under authority of Governor Harvey, as a Company for the 1st Missouri Light Artillery, to be known as the 12th Wisconsin Battery February and March, 1862. Moved to Hamburg Landing, Tenn., May 6, 1862. Attached to Artillery Division, Army of Mississippi, to September, 1862. Artillery, 3rd Division, Army of Mississippi, to November, 1862. Artillery, 7th Division, Left Wing, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, 7th Division, 16th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, 7th Division, 17th Army Corps, to September, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps, to December, 1863. Artillery, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.
  SERVICE.-Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., May 8-30, 1862. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. At Camp Clear Creek till August. Ordered to Jacinto August 14. Battle of Iuka , Miss., September 19. Battle of Corinth, Miss., October 3-4. Pursuit to Ripley October 5-12. At Corinth till November 8. Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign. Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad November, 1862, to January, 1863. Duty at Germantown, Tenn., January 4 to February 8, 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., February 8; thence to Grand Lake, Ark. Yazoo Pass Expedition and operations against Fort Pemberton and Greenwood March 13-April 5. Moved to Milliken's Bend, La., April 16. Movement on Bruinsburg and turning Grand Gulf April 25-30. Battle of Port Gibson , Miss., May 1 (Reserve). Battles of Raymond May 12. Jackson May 14. Champions Hill May 16. Siege of Vicksburg , Miss., May 18-July 4. Assaults on Vicksburg May 19 and 22. Surrender of Vicksburg July 4. Duty at Vicksburg till September. Moved to Helena, Ark., September 12; thence to Memphis, Tenn., September 27. March to Chattanooga, Tenn., October 6-November 20. Operations on Memphis & Charleston Railroad in Alabama October 20-29. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Tunnel Hill November 24-25. Mission Ridge November 25. Duty at Bridgeport, Ala., till December 22; at Larkinsville till January 7, 1864, and at Huntsville, Ala., till June 22. March to Kingston, Ga., June 22-30, and duty there till July 13. Moved to Allatoona, Ga., July 13, and duty there till November 12. Repulse of French's attack on Allatoona October 6. Reconnoissance from Rome on Cave Springs Road and skirmishes October 12-13. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Combahee River, S. C., January 28. Hickory Hill February 1. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Congaree Creek February 15. Columbia February 16-17. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Near Falling Creek March 20. Mill Creek March 22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 26, 1865.
  Battery lost during service 1 Officer and 10 Enlisted men killed and mortaily wounded and 23 Enlisted men by disease. Total 34.
  1880 U.S. Census
 Household:
  Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 Martin SHEALDS Self M Male W 40 NH Butcher IRE NH
 Mary Ann SHEALDS Wife M Female W 40 ENG Dressmaking ENG ENG
 Charles SHEALDS Son S Male W 18 WI Works In Newspaper Union NH ENG
 Nettie SHEALDS Dau S Female W 14 WI NH ENG
 Frank SHEALDS Son S Male W 11 WI NH ENG
 Freddy SHEALDS Son S Male W 4 IL NH ENG
 Mable SHEALDS Dau S Female W 1 IL NH ENG
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Source Information:
 Census Place Chicago, Cook, Illinois
 Family History Library Film 1254192
 NA Film Number T9-0192
 Page Number 189A


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