Shields, Elizabeth--Portsmouth OH
MY GG GRANDMOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME WAS ELIZABETH SHIELDS.I KNOW SHE WAS RAISED IN PORTSMOUTH OH.
AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THE CENSUS REPORTS, THE ONLY ELIZABETH SHIELDS I COULD FIND THAT HAD 2 SISTERS IN PORTSMOUTH WAS ON A 1880 CENSUS WHICH SHOWED HER MOTHER WAS LENA SHIELDS AND HER FATHER WAS WILLIAM SHIELDS (WHO SEEMS TO HAVE VANISHED IN THIN AIR AFTER THIS CENSUS REPORT).SHE HAD (2) SISTERS LISTED AS JENNIE AND ANNIE.
THE NEXT TIME I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE MY GG GRANDMOTHER WAS ON A 1900 CENSUS WHERE SHE WAS MARRIED TO MY GG GRANDFATHER, WILLIAM SMITH, IN THE COUNTY OF ST. CLAIR, ALABAMA. THE AGE SHE WAS IN THE 1880 CENSUS SEEMS TO MATCH UP WITH THE 1900 CENSUS. I KNOW MY GG GRANDFATHER WORKED FOR THE RR AND THAT IS WHY THEY MOVED TO ALABAMA.
I DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE DEATH CERTIFICATES FOR LENA AND I ALSO HAD FOUND HER SISTER JENNIE'S.I HAVE NO CLUE WHO HER SISTER ANNIE MARRIED AND I DO SHOW SHE HAD A BROTHER NAMED WILLIAM SHIELD AS WELL.I'M TRYING TO PULL UP AS MUCH MEDICAL HISTORY AS I CAN ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY.I HAVE YET BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE A DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR WM. SHIELDS (BORN ABT.1845) OR HIS SON (BORN ABOUT 1879).
I AM SO HOPING I HAVE THE RIGHT SHIELDS.
IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO LOCATE MY GG GRANDMOTHER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE TO CONFIRM HER PARENT'S NAMES BUT I HAVE A LARGE CHALLENGE WITH WHAT HAPPENED AFTER SHE DIED.MY GG GRANDMOTHER BECAME A WIDOW AND HAD MARRIED A MAN BY THE LAST NAME OF PITTS.WHEN SHE PASSED ON, MR. PITTS DID NOT WANT HER BURIED NEXT TO THE FATHER OF HER CHILDREN SO AFTER THE FUNERAL HE TOOK OFF WITH HER BODY AND NO ONE HAS A CLUE WHERE HE BURIED HER.MY MOM HAS NO IDEA WHAT CITY IN ALABAMA SHE WAS LIVING IN.UGH!
I KNOW MY GG GRANDMOTHER'S NAME WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIZABETH SHIELDS SMITH PITTS BORN ABOUT 1878 IN OH.
IF ANYONE CAN GIVE ME ANY TYPE OF ADVICE ON WHAT I CAN DO TO LOCATE MY GG GRANDMOTHER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE TO CONFIRM I HAVE THE RIGHT SHIELDS ANCESTORS.ANY AND ALL TYPE OF INFORMATION WOULD BE WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS.
SINCERELY,
SUNSHINE