Shields Family History
Shields Name Meaning
Irish: reduced form of O’Shields, an alternative
Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Siadhail ‘descendant of
Siadhal’.Northern English and Scottish:
habitational name from a pair of places in Northumberland and County
Durham (now both in Tyne and Wear) called North and South Shields,
named with Middle English schele ‘shed’, ‘hut’, ‘shelter’.
GFB There has been much confusion between Shields and
Shield and their variants.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
972,877
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Shields
Name Distribution of Shields Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shields families
 458 - 913  153 - 457 |
 1 - 152  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Shields families
|
340 - 677 114 - 339 |
1 - 113 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Shields families
|
521 - 1,039 174 - 520 |
1 - 173 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Shields census records
You can see how Shields families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
View all Shields census records
>
Shields Family Origin
Shields Immigration Information
Click on a circle in the chart to view Shields immigration records
You can find out when most of the Shields families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
View all Shields immigration records >
from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Shields
Click on a circle in the chart to view Shields birth and death records
An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates,
death dates, addresses and more.
View all Shields ancestors in the SSDI >
from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Shields Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Shields census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Shields ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
View all Shields census records >
Shields Civil War Service Records
Message Board about Shields
1239 Threads, 67
Messages
Browse message boards to get helpful hints from other people researching the name
Shields.
Threads: 1239 - Messages: 67
Start a FREE Shields family tree
It only takes a few minutes. Search for your ancestors and discover your family
history.
About Ancestry.com
The world's largest family history resource
- Explore over 7 billion genealogical records
- Search 26 million family trees
- Create your FREE family tree
- Follow leaf Hints to follow more ancestors
×