G6: Thomas Shiels 1819-1897 & Elizabeth Prentice
Thomas Shiels was born Jul 12, 1819 near Biggar, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was the 2nd child of Thomas Shiels & Barbara Jean Cranston.
Thomas married Elizabeth Prentice and raised a large family with 8 children. They immigrated to Greenup, Illinois in the USA in the early 1850’s. The family spread out across Canada and the USA.
The following pdf file tells their story and the stories of their descendants.