William Shields

William was born in May 1884 in Brooklyn,Kings Co.,NY.¹   William's father was Andrew Sylvester Shields and his mother was Rose Mc Kenna.  His paternal grandparents are James Shields and Hannah *; his maternal grandparents are Unknown Shields and Unknown Shields. He had three brothers and two sisters, named Robert, Frank, Andrew, Mamie and Mammie. He had three half-brothers and four half-sisters, and also a half-sibling of unknown gender, named James, Andrew, Frank, Hannah, Margaret, Abby J., Catherine and 2 Unknown Children.