Dan & Judy Shiels welcome you to our Family History Site!
This website is under re-construction. We are looking at publishing paperback books for each of our families. Take a moment and fill out the form at the bottom to let us know you were here.
Each family is laid out with the first Generation labeled G1, second generation G2 and so on.
We have laid these documents out so that Dan Shiels is the 10th Generation descendant in each family. We are constantly adding new info.
Please take a moment and let us know you are here.
Shiels Family
Gerry Family
Our history on the Shiels Family starts back about 1700 with Micheal Shiels. He came from Kildaire, Ireland to Scotland for the harvest. Family stories say that he liked the country, the whiskey and the Scottish Lassies so well that he decided to stay. He came to an area near Biggar, Scotland. He worked for Dan Scott and married the boss’s niece Bessie.
We have traced Micheal’s descendants and although many of them stayed in Scotland, many more moved to North America and their stories are recorded here for future generations.
If you are related to the SHIELS Family, please send us a note to history@shiels.ca and we will work with you one on one.
The photo below shows some of the Shiels Family in the 1800’s.
Our Gerry history starts in Devon, England. John Gerry was born there in 1755 and he married Elizabeth Parsons in 1785.
The family remained in the Devon area their entire life and had 10 children. One son, William, died in infancy. Two of the children never married and the other seven children married and produced 40 grand-children for John & Elizabeth.
Their son John Gerry and his family emigrated to Canada and settled in Ontario. Some of their descendants moved west into Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
If you are related to the GERRY Family, please send us a note to history@shiels.ca and we will work with you one on one.
The photo below shows some of the Gerry Family in the 1800’s.
