http://www.mts.net/~dshiels/shiels_002.htm This web site is dedicated to Shiels Family history and to all those Shiels members that have said "no d". Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:06:33 GMT Web Easy by Avanquest Publishing USA, Inc. http://www.mts.net/~dshiels/shiels_002.htm Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:06:33 GMT Dan Shiels - Winnipeg, Mb, Canada This is the history of the Shiels family from 1670 to the early 1800's. Family tradition states that Micheal Shiels went from Kildare, Ireland to Scotland. He came for the harvest and he liked the country, the whiskey and the Scottish Lassies so well that he decided to stay. He came to an area near Biggar, Scotland which would later be known as East Mains. His first job was working for a man named Dan Scott and he received 10 pounds a year. Before the year was up, Micheal had fallen in love with Dan's niece Jessie Scott and they were married. Tradition says there was a big fight and Micheal and Jessie left. Micheal and Jessie had one son Dan (named after Jessie's uncle) and seven daughters; Bridget, Nora, Annie, Sarah, Margaret, Betty and Susan. Bridget started training as a Nun. She changed her mind and joined the Church of Scotland and went to China as a Missionary for her church. Nora was a teacher and a very successful governess. Annie married a farmer named Jim Dunn but they had no children. The remaining girls worked on the farm and never married. http://www.mts.net/~dshiels/shiels_002.htm Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:06:33 GMT Dan Shiels - Winnipeg, Mb, Canada