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Gerald SHIELDS

Gerald SHIELDS

Male 1918 - 1972  (54 years)

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  • Name Gerald SHIELDS 
    Born 22 Oct 1918  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920, 1930  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household with sister and brother-in-law, Gay & Jasper H. Collins.
    Occupation 1940  [3] 
    coal miner 
    Military From 23 Oct 1941 to 18 Nov 1945  [4, 5] 
    Pvt, Co B, 128th Inf, World War II 
    Died 5 Dec 1972  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 6] 
    Buried McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I59180  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2012 

    Father Lloyd Waitman SHIELDS,   b. 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1947  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" MORGAN,   b. Jan 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1949  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Family ID F35944  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Virginia MCGOUGH,   b. 1922,   d. 1959  (Age 37 years)  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F24490  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1940 - Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1925] Social Security Death Index.

    3. [S127] 1940 Census.

    4. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    5. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2555] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. III, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    8. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.