When Philip Shier. was born on 9 August 1809, in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland, his father, Jacob William Shier, Jr., was 34 and his mother, Ann Sparling, was 25. He married Mary Ann Dawson on 14 January 1839, in Brock, Durham, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Brock, Durham, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 21 October 1880, in Cannington, Durham, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 71, and was buried in Cannington, Durham, Ontario, Canada.
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The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
English (Sussex): variant of Shire or Shear .
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a Talmudic teacher, from Yiddish shier ‘lesson of the Talmud’.
Americanized form of German Schier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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