G9: Clara Eleanor Shiels 1912-1971 & Lawrence Marsh
Clara Eleanor Shiels was born on August 9, 1912. Clara always went by the name of Kelly. She was the second child of George and Rosa (Stefansson) Shiels. She had blonde hair and blue eyes.
Kelly married Lawrence Marsh on November 8, 1934, in her hometown. They had two children: Eleanor May 1935 and Ronald Lawrence 1937.
Lawrence was a male nurse at the mental hospital in Selkirk and they moved to Flin Flon where he worked for the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting then moved to Snow Lake. Lawrence was the first mayor for the town of Snow Lake, Manitoba.
Clara died on December 25, 1971, in Snow Lake, Manitoba, at the age of 59. Lawrence died on November 30, 1996, in Snow Lake, Manitoba, at the age of 85.