William Joseph (Frances) (Bill) Shields 
William Joseph (Frances), known as Bill, was born on September 21st, 1907 in Covert St.,Brooklyn,NY,Kings Co. and his baptism took place on October 6th, 1907 in St. Brigid's R.C. Church Brooklyn,NY.1 Bill's father was Francis Joseph (Frank) Shields and his mother was Anna Margaret (Annie) Albert. His paternal grandparents were Andrew Sylvester Shields and Anna *unknown Mrs. Duffey; his maternal grandparents were Johan Albert Jr. and Mary Weniger. He had seven brothers and a sister, named Frank, Edward, Lester, Jim?, John Frank, Tony?, Arthur Merritt and Lillian. He was the second youngest of the nine children. He died at the age of 68 on September 18th, 1976 in Point Pleasant Hospital,NJ. He was buried on September 21st, 1976 in Evergreen Cemetery,Brooklyn,NY.1 1 General Notes
Nickname:<NICK> Bill
Cause of Death:<CAUS> heart attack
BIOGRAPHY: - taken from a newspaper dated June 29, 1970
"Shields Addresses Seniors- William Shields, standing, is shown here addressing approximately 450 senior citizens of Leisure Village at the American Legion Post Hall, Mantoloking Road, Thursday evening. Shields' speech questioned the increased cost of maintenance, calling the 37 to 63 per cent increase "unjust". Lawyers from Trenton and Perth Amboy havebeen retained by the members of Leisure Village who, according to Shields, areunsure of how the funds are being used by Leisure Technology, Incorporated, builders of the village. Another meeting has been scheduled for July 18, at 11 a.m.
- (I, Brenda Cabell, corrected the misspelling of 'Sheilds' while typing this).
William entered the Point Pleasant Hospital August 31, 1976.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1786 in Scotland?
- b.Bet 3 Jun 1831-2 in New York d.July 14, 1901 6:30 a.m in Brooklyn,Kings Co. NY
- b.~ 1800 in New York
- b.Jan 1868 in Brooklyn,Kings Co. NY d.10 Feb 1934 in Park East Hospital,New York City,NY
- b. in New York d.< 1872
- b.21 Sep 1907 in Covert St.,Brooklyn,NY,Kings Co. d.18 Sep 1976 in Point Pleasant Hospital,NJ
- b.Abt 1820? in Germany
- b.17 Aug 1844 in Bavaria,Germany d.29 Jul 1890 in Maspeth Ave. (in the vicinity of Newtown Creek,Brooklyn,Kings,NY
- b. in Germany
- b.04 Oct 1870 in Brooklyn,Kings,NY d.17 Jan 1939 in New York
- b.~ 1770
- b.1801 in Bergen Op Zoom?,Netherlands
- b.~ 1825
- b.~ 1850 in New York d.05 May 1871 in Brooklyn,Kings Co.,NY
- b.~ 1829
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Bill and Regina Arlene were married in a religious ceremony on June 18th, 1932 in St. Marys RC Church,Valley Stream,NY,Nassau Co..1 They had two sons and a daughter, named Robert William, Living and Living.
Family Notes
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Children
Robert William Shields
Robert William was born on September 14th, 1942 in Rosedale,NY and his baptism took place on October 4th, 1942 in St. Clare's,Rosedale,NY. He died at the age of 53 on June 19th, 1996 in Webster,Harris,TX. He was buried in the ashes were divided into thirds and given to me,Stephen,and Mary Kay.2
Bill and Annette were married in a religious ceremony on August 5th, 1967 in Valley Stream,Nassau,NY.3
Family Notes
_STATMARRIED
1 {Aunt Peg (Margaret Shields/Eberhardt)}
2 {SSDI}
3 {Bill Shields and Annette Bornhagen marriage Picture}
Further sources/citations:
{William Shields diploma June 1921, Brooklyn, Kings, NY}, {Frank Shields household, 1930 U.S. census, Hempstead, Village of Valley Stream, Nassau County, New York}, {Frank Shields household, 1930 U.S. census, Hempstead, Village of Valley Stream, Nassau County, New York}, {GEDCOM File : .gedall.ged}
2 {SSDI}
3 {Bill Shields and Annette Bornhagen marriage Picture}
Further sources/citations:
{William Shields diploma June 1921, Brooklyn, Kings, NY}, {Frank Shields household, 1930 U.S. census, Hempstead, Village of Valley Stream, Nassau County, New York}, {Frank Shields household, 1930 U.S. census, Hempstead, Village of Valley Stream, Nassau County, New York}, {GEDCOM File : .gedall.ged}
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