Walter Shields Stewart

Walter Shields Stewart was the son of Walter Stewart and Annie McCulloch Shields. Born in 1893 in Girvan his father was a Miner in 1901 and the family were living in James Street, Prestwick. His Mother Annie McCullough Shields was born in 1874 in Maybole. In 1891 she was an Agricultural labourer. The Shields family suddenly become quite interesting in this family history trail for another one of those coincidences.

Annie McCullough Shields parents were Walter Shield born in Colomonell in 1845 and Maggie born in Girvan also in 1845. They had around 9 children and Walter was a Fisherman. In 1871 he was living in Carleton Fishery Private House. He was raised by his uncle Robert Shields and Helen. Robert Shields was born 1807 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. The transcription of the 1851 census shows:-

Age: 46
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1805
Relationship: Head
Spouse's Name: Helen
Gender: Male
Where born: Manulton, Lanarkshire
Parish Number: 582
Civil parish: Colmonell
Town: Carleton Fishery
County: Ayrshire
Address: Carleton Fishery
Occupation: Fisherman
ED: 4
Page: 9 (click to see others on page)
Household schedule number: 21
Line: 4
Roll: CSSCT1851_129
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Shields 46
Helen Shields 40
James Martin 30
Samuel Palmer 36
Watter Shields 6

Here two very interesting boarders reside, James Martin and Samuel Palmer, both Agricultural Labourers from County Down are these ancestors from elsewhere in this maze of a Tree.