Janet Shiels was born in 1874 and was the third of nine children born to Thomas Prentice Shiels and Margaret Avery. She was an eighth generation descendant of Micheal Shiels.
The following is Janet’s lineage.
- G1: Micheal Shiels 1671 & Bessie Brown
- G2: Daniel Shiels 1719 & Jessie Scott
- G3: James Shiels 1750 & Janet Younger
- G4: Robert Shiels 1769-1845 & Annie Dickson
- G5: Thomas Shiels 1795-1839 & Barbara Jean Cranston
- G6: Thomas Shiels 1819-1897 & Elizabeth Prentice
- G7: Thomas Prentice Shiels 1845-1892 & Margaret Avery
- G8: Janet Shiels 1874-1912 & Frank Lyon
- G9: Maggie Bella Lyon 1894-1970 & Lemmie Ingram & Joseph Aubrey Hood
- G9: Herbert Bryan Lyon 1896-1982 & May McNealy
- G9: Hazel Louella Lyon 1898-1906
- G9: Clara Alice Lyon 1901-1976 & Ernest Elmlund
- G9: Harley Grover Lyon 1903-1985 & Pearl Hughberta Langley
- G10: Janet Pearl Lyon 1933 & Curtis Clayton Spratt
- G10: Harold Lyon 1936 & Juanita Joan England
- G9: Osman Stanley Lyon 1905-1930
- G9: Lyle Palmer Lyon 1907-1971 & Edith Broadley & Letha M. Mason
- G10: Beverly Ann Lyon 1934-2015 & Charles R Hager
- G10: Stanley Dean Lyon 1938-2001 & Marjorie E Ericsson
- G10: Marlene Kay Lyon 1948
- G9: Athol Waldo Lyon 1909-1974 & Winnifred Peters
G8: Janet Shiels 1874-1912 & Frank Lyon
Janet Shiels was born on June 24, 1874, in Brussels, Ontario, to Margaret Avery, age 25, and Thomas Prentice Shiels, age 29.
Janet married Frank Lyon on February 14, 1894, in Fort Ransom, North Dakota, USA. They had eight children in 14 years, Maggie Bella Lyon 1894-1970; Herbert Bryan Lyon 1896-1982; Hazel Louella Lyon 1898-1906; Clara Alice Lyon 1901-1976; Harley Grover Lyon 1903-1985; Osman Stanley Lyon 1905-1930; Lyle Palmer Lyon 1907-1971 and Athol Waldo Lyon 1909-1974.
Janet died on May 11, 1912, in Dayton, Oregon, USA, at the age of 37. Frank died on November 27, 1939, in Oregon City, Oregon, USA, at the age of 68.
G9: Maggie Bella Lyon 1894-1970 & Lemmie Ingram & Joseph Aubrey Hood
Maggie Bella Lyon was born October 24, 1894 in Fort Ransom, North Dakota. She was the first child of Frank Shiels and Janet Lyon.
Maggie Bella Lyon married Lemuel Austin ‘Lemmie’ Ingram in Multnomah, Oregon, USA, in 1912 when she was 18 years old. Their daughter, Beatrice L. Ingram was born in 1913 in Or, Western Equatoria, South Sudan. Their son Elmo A. “Buddy” was born on December 22, 1916, in Idaho, USA. Their son Harold was born on May 17, 1919, in Oregon, USA.
This marriage ended in divorce and Maggie married Joseph Aubrey Hood in California, USA, in 1935 when she was 41 years old. Their daughter Joann Dee was born on December 14, 1937, in Imperial, California, USA.
Maggie Bella Lyon died on August 13, 1970, in Huntington Beach, California, USA, when she was 75 years old.
G9: Herbert Bryan Lyon 1896-1982 & May McNealy
Herbert Bryan Lyon was born December 26, 1896 in Fort Ransom, North Dakota. He was the second child of Frank Shiels and Janet Lyon.
Herbert married Laura “May” McNealy on February 23, 1936, in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. They had no children.
May died on February 3, 1977, in McMinnville, Oregon, USA, at the age of 81. Herbert died on April 10, 1982, in Yamhill, Oregon, USA, at the age of 85.
G9: Hazel Louella Lyon 1898-1906
Hazel Louella Lyon was born November 26,1898 in Bellfield, North Dakota. She was the third child of Frank Shiels and Janet Lyon. Hazel died on July 6, 1906 in Dayton, Oregon at the early age of eight year old.
G9: Clara Alice Lyon 1901-1976 & Ernest Elmlund
Clara Alice Lyon was born August 10, 1901 in Bellfield, North Dakota. She was the fourth child of Frank Shiels and Janet Lyon.
She married Ernest Elmlund on May 29, 1935, in Multnomah, Oregon, USA. They had no children.
Clara died on August 12, 1976, in Reedsport, Oregon, USA, at the age of 75. Ernest died on January 2, 1982, in North Bend, Oregon, USA, at the age of 84.
G9: Harley Grover Lyon 1903-1985 & Pearl Hughberta Langley
Harley Grover Lyon was born May 18, 1903 in Bellfield, North Dakota. He was the fifth child of Frank Shiels and Janet Lyon.
He married Pearl Hughberta Langley on March 7, 1932, in Clark, Washington, USA. They had two children during their marriage, Janet Pearl Lyon 1933-2016 and Harold Lyon 1936.
Harley died on July 5, 1985, in Portland, Oregon, USA, at the age of 82. Pearl died on November 29, 2017, in McMinnville, Oregon, USA, at the age of 105.
G10: Janet Pearl Lyon 1933 & Curtis Clayton Spratt
Janet Pearl Lyon was born on March 16, 1933, in McMinnville, Oregon, USA, to Pearl Hughberta Langley, age 21, and Harley Grover Lyon, age 29.
She married Curtis Clayton Spratt on November 28, 1959, in Salem, Oregon, USA. That marriage ended in divorce. Janet then married Edgar S Walton on April 10, 1970, in Clark, Washington, USA. There were no children from either marriage.
Janet died on August 13, 2016, in Vancouver, Washington, USA, at the age of 83.
G10: Harold Lyon 1936 & Juanita Joan England
Harold Lyon was born on December 31, 1936, in Oregon, USA, to Pearl Hughberta Langley, age 24, and Harley Grover Lyon, age 33. He married Juanita Joan England on June 16, 1956, in Dayton, Oregon, USA. No other information is available at this time.
G9: Osman Stanley Lyon 1905-1930
Osman Stanley Lyon was born September 12, 1905 in Lafayette, Oregon. He was the sixth child of Frank Shiels and Janet Lyon. Osman died November 20, 1930 and is buried in Dayton, Oregon.
G9: Lyle Palmer Lyon 1907-1971 & Edith Broadley & Letha M. Mason
Lyle Palmer Lyon was born May 21, 1907 in Lafayette, Oregon. He was the seventh child of Frank Shiels and Janet Lyon.
He married Edith Broadley on October 3, 1933 and they had two children together. Beverly Ann Lyon was born on August 2, 1934, in Spokane, Washington, USA. Stanley Dean Lyon was born on March 27, 1938, in Spokane, Washington, USA.
This marriage ended in divorce and Lyle married Letha M. Mason in Yakima, WA. After the war they moved to Longview WA where their daughter Marlene was born on July 16, 1948. When Marlene was 8 years old, Lyle & Letha were informed by the state of Washington that their marriage was not legal. Apparently the man who married them was not really a justice of the peace. Consequently the legal marriage in Coeur d’Alene ID was held on November 18, 1957 where it was easier and faster to marry than in Washington.
Lyle died on July 7, 1971, in Castle Rock, Washington, USA, at the age of 64. Letha died in 1994 in Castle Rock, Washington, USA, at the age of 77.
G10: Beverly Ann Lyon 1934-2015 & Charles R Hager
Beverly Ann Lyon was born on August 2, 1934, in Spokane, Washington, USA, her father, Lyle Lyon was 27, and her mother, Edith Broadley was 20. She married Charles R Hager on February 5, 1952, in her hometown.
She died on September 10, 2015, in Tennessee, USA, at the age of 81.
G10: Stanley Dean Lyon 1938-2001 & Marjorie E Ericsson
Stanley Dean Lyon was born on March 27, 1938, in Spokane, Washington, USA, to Edith Broadley and Lyle Palmer Lyon. He married Marjorie E Ericsson on March 11, 1965, in his hometown.
He died on April 7, 2001, in Spokane, Washington, USA, at the age of 63.
G10: Marlene Kay Lyon 1948
Marlene Kay Lyon was born on July 16, 1948, to Letha M. Mason, age 31, and Lyle Palmer Lyon, age 41.
G9: Athol Waldo Lyon 1909-1974 & Winnifred Peters
Athol Waldo Lyon was born May 21, 1909 in Lafayette, Oregon. He was the eighth child of Frank Shiels and Janet Lyon.
Athol was but a nursing baby when his mother died of breast cancer. Bill and Cora Hodges cared for him. He is named after Janet’s brother Athol Shiels. A few years later, his father remarried, but the children didn’t care for their step-mother and gave her a bad time; as has been told by Harley. But, as he looked back, he decided she wasn’t that bad; she just wasn’t their mother.
In 1920, the Federal Census shows Athol Waldo living in Lafayette Oregon, household #183, as a boarder, with William and Elmira Kellas. He was just 10 years old. Just three doors down, in household # 180, is his father Frank, stepmother Alice, brother Osman and stepsister Genevive, (Alice’s daughter from a previous marriage). There must be some truth to “trouble in the family”.
He married Winnifred Peters on June 11, 1944, in Cheney, Washington, USA. They had no children.
Athol died on March 19, 1974, in Spokane, Washington, USA, at the age of 64.