Thomas Shields

Male5 February 1854–

Brief Life History of Thomas

Thomas Shields was christened on 5 February 1854, in Caldbeck, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom as the son of Isaac Shields and Sarah.

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Isaac Shields
Sarah
Thomas Shields
1854–

Sources (1)

  • Thomas Shields, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (1)

World Events (3)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1908

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Shield 1 (and perhaps occasionally 2, 3, and 4) with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. In the plural form, the surname may also be topographic, for someone who lived in or near some huts, or habitational, from a place so named, such as North Shields (Northumberland) and South Shields (Durham), though these are unlikely to be the main sources of the surname.

Irish: shortened form of O'Shields , an alternative Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Siadhail; see Shiel .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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