Robert Shiel (abt. 1801 - 1875)

Born about 1801 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Husband of Margaret (Sinton) Shiel — married 25 Feb 1831 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1875 at about age 74 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

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Biography

Name

Name: Robert /Shiel/ ^[1][2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1801 ^[3]

Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[4][5]

Birth:

Date: BET 1807 AND 1811

Place: Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: (from 1841 census, but appears to be earlier)^[6]

Death

Death:

Date: 27 APR 1875

Place: 2 Darlings Buildings, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ^[7]

Note: cert. shows Robert as 73 farm servant, wid. of Margaret SINTON; s/o Adam SHIEL shepherd and Ann m.s. SMITH; d. 6pm of apoplexy, dry gangrene of left foot; Informant dtr Isabella SHIEL, present; reg. 1st May^[8]

Occupation

Occupation: farm servant

Date: MAR 1873

Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[9]

Marriage

Husband: Robert Shiel

Wife: Margaret Sinton

Child: Adam Shiel

Child: Ann Shiel

Child: Isabella Shiel

Child: Jane Shiel

Child: William Shiel

Child: James Shiel

Child: Frances Shiel

Child: Dorothy Shiel

Marriage:

Date: 25 FEB 1831

Place: Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland ^{[10][11][12][13]}

Census

Date: 1841

Place: Rewcastle, Par. of Bedrule, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: SHIEL: Robert 30 ag lab; Margaret 20 (on both ancestry and freecen); Dorothy 10; Adam 8; Ann 6; Isabella 3; Jessy 1 (next door to John and Dorothy SINTON)^[14]

Census:

Date: 1851

Place: Oxnam Row, Par. of Oxnam, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: SHIEL: Robert 45 farm serv b Jedburgh; wife Margaret 38 b Minto; Children: Dorothy 20, Adam 18 both farm servants b Jedburgh; Ann 16 farm serv b Maxton; Isabella 13 farm servant, Jennet 10 scholar, John 8 scholar, Jane 5 scholar, William 2 all b Bedrule; James 9mths b Oxnam^[15]

Census:

Date: 1861

Place: Oxnam Kirk, Par. of Oxnam, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: SHIEL: Robert 59 ploughman b Jedburgh; wife Margaret 48 b Minto; Children: Dorothy 28 ag lab b Jedburgh; Jane 15 ag lab, William 12 scholar both b Bedrule; James 10, Francis 7 scholars b Oxnam^[16]

Census:

Date: 1871

Place: Woodend, Par. of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: SHIEL: Robert 70 ag lab b Jedburgh; wife Margaret 58 b Minto; Children: Dorothy 39 ag lab b Jedburgh; Jessie 30 dom serv b Bedrule; John 28 nurseryman b Bedrule; James 20 assistant draper b Oxnam; Francis 17 nurseryman b Oxnam^[17]

Reference

Reference: 16422

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Mar. 1891 John SHIEL and Elspeth WHILLANS, copy d/loaded Sep 2005
2. ↑ Source: #S1610 Page: 1841 Bedrule, Roxburghshire, Scotland1841/782 ED 2 Folio 2 Page 5, hsehold of Robert & Margaret SHIEL, extracted Sep 2005
3. ↑ Entered by Shirley Alexander, Monday, July 22, 2013.
4. ↑ Source: #S207 Jedburgh Landward, ROX Reg 792/2 ED 4 Pg 2 Sched 8, hsehold of Robert & Margaret SHIEL, extracted Dec 2007
5. ↑ Source: #S56 Dth 27 Apr 1875 Robert s/o Adam SHIEL (shepherd) & Ann SMITH, Edinburgh, MLN 685/01 #549, copy rcvd from Shirley C, Sep 2013
6. ↑ Source: #S1610 1841 Bedrule, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1841/782 ED 2 Folio 2 Page 5, hsehold of Robert & Margaret SHIEL, extracted Sep 2005
7. ↑ Entered by Shirley Alexander, Monday, July 22, 2013 www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk 685/010549
8. ↑ Source: #S56 : Dth 27 Apr 1875 Robert s/o Adam SHIEL (shepherd) & Ann SMITH, Edinburgh, MLN 685/01 #549, copy rcvd from Shirley C, Sep 2013
9. ↑ Source: #S333 Dth 1873 Margaret SHIEL nee SINTON, reg. Jedburgh, Dist 792/17, transcr. Stuart H rcvd Feb 1998
10. ↑ Source: #S207 Jedburgh Landward, ROX Reg 792/2 ED 4 Pg 2 Sched 8, hsehold of Robert & Margaret SHIEL, extracted Dec 2007
11. ↑ Source: #S1610 Page: 1841 Bedrule, Roxburghshire, Scotland1841/782 ED 2 Folio 2 Page 5, hsehold of Robert &Margaret SHIEL, extracted Sep 2005
12. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Mar. 1891 John SHIEL and Elspeth WHILLANS, copy d/loaded Sep 2005
13. ↑ Source: #S56 Dth 27 Apr 1875 Robert s/o Adam SHIEL (shepherd) & Ann SMITH, Edinburgh, MLN 685/01 #549, copy rcvd from Shirley C, Sep 2013
14. ↑ Source: #S1610 1841 Bedrule, Roxburghshire, Scotland1841/782 ED 2 Folio 2 Page 5, hsehold of Robert & Margaret SHIEL, extracted Sep 2005
15. ↑ Source: #S1610 Oxnam, ROX Scotland 1851/802 ED 2 Pg 1 Sched 2, hsehold of Robert & Margaret SHIEL, extracted Dec 2007
16. ↑ Source: #S205 Oxnam, ROX Reg. 802 ED 1 Pg 5 Sched 20 hsehold of Robert & Margaret SHIEL, extracted Dec 2007
17. ↑ Source: #S207 Jedburgh Landward, ROX Reg 792/2 ED 4 Pg 2 Sched 8, hsehold of Robert & Margaret SHIEL, extracted Dec 2007

• Source: S1610 FreeCensus, UK, Url: http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl
• Source: S205 1861 Census for transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com Repository: #R121
• Source: S207 1871 Census for transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Ancestry.com
• Source: S333 BDM searches at GRO Scotland
• Source: S56 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Shirley Alexander for creating Shiel-40 on 22 Jul 13 and Lorna Henderson for merging Shiel-46 after the import of SintonConnections4WTMay2014.ged on May 8, 2014. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Shirley and others.