Wilma Loene Shields (1927 - 2020)

Born 16 Sep 1927 in Enterprise, Wallowa, Oregon, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Gene David Shields and Rose Belle Thornton

Died 8 Nov 2020 at age 93 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Wilma was born in 1927. She was the daughter of Gene Shields and Rose Thornton. She passed away in 2020.

DNA

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RZQ-F3N?cc=1810731&wc=QZF4-RZW%3A648804701%2C650391001%2C650395301%2C1589282372 : 8 December 2015), Oregon > Wallowa > Imnaha > ED 16 > image 2 of 4; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MR-C9MV?cc=2000219&wc=QZXG-GX5%3A790103001%2C798464501%2C798495801%2C798495802 : accessed 14 January 2023), Oregon > Wallowa > Joseph Election Precinct 2, Joseph > 32-16 Joseph Election Precinct 2, Joseph City (part) > image 1 of 12; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.

DNA

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Wilma Shields and William Dunlap, her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are David Dunlap and Mary Crawford, the great grandparents of both Wilma Shields and William Dunlap. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin, based on sharing 220 cM across 11 segments.