John Shields born 1825

www.rootsireland.ie/ has 5 John Shields (+ surname variants) Derry baptisms 1825 + - 10 years; 2 are R C: 

Name:John O'ShielDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:21-May-1826Address:
Parish/District:LONG TOWERGender:MaleCountyCo. Derry
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Manasses O'ShielMother:Ann O'DoghertyOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:Francis ByrneSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Mary Byrne

Name:John ShieldsDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:26-Jul-1831Address:GlebeParish/District:TAMLAGHT FINLAGANGender:MaleCountyCo. Derry
Denomination:Church Of Ireland
Father:James ShieldsMother:Martha Mcfarland

Name:John SheilDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:29-Apr-1832Address:DrumParish/District:DUNGIVENGender:MaleCountyCo. Derry
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Father:Michael SheilMother:Mary BradlyOccupation:
Sponsor 1 /
Informant 1:James KaneSponsor 2 /
Informant 2:Biddy Sheil

Name:John ShielsDate of Birth:
Date of Baptism:10-Mar-1833Address:
Parish/District:CUMBER LOWERGender:MaleCountyCo. Derry
Denomination:Church Of Ireland
Father:Edward ShielsMother:Bridget Cairns

Name:Johnnie ShielsDate of Birth:08-Nov-1834
Date of Baptism:27-Nov-1837Address:BallylishParish/District:PORTSTEWARTGender:MaleCountyCo. Derry
Denomination:Presbyterian
Father:John ShielsMother:Elizabeth Beers

IF he applied the Irish naming pattern in naming his children, his first son & second daughter would be named after his own father & mother

Col

Thank you very much Col. 

A question;  the fourth John listed here.   Father Edward Shiels, Mother Bridget Cairns.  By any chance could that Cairns be "CAIN" possibly.  The reason I ask is I am researching a DNA lead, where the mother was Bridget Kane, father Edward Shields.  It's pretty close.  Are you looking at handwritten records or translated digitized.  I haven't tried to look at "www.rootsireland.ie" before.  Also, in my DNA research, this Edward and Bridget had other children in Lower Cumber.   This could be a good lead/match.

I very much appreciate your help. 

Linde

Hi Linde,

rootsireland.ie/ is a subscription site but has some less expensive options such as 24 hour and 1 month plans. The records are transcriptions of the originals.

Bear in mind that due to illiteracy, mispronunciation, misspelling, mistranscription etc there can be a lot of variation in surnames so it's hard to rule things out 

I assume you are aware of the R C Registers for Cumber on https://registers.nli.ie/

Col

Thanks Col,

I'm just now exploring Irish Genealogy sites.  I've got a lot to learn.  I appreciate any tip. 

I was going to mention another conundrum of this John Shields.  I understand the pattern of naming the first children.  So far that hasn't panned out.  Their first child was named Henry.  So far that hasn't fit anything I've run across.  Definitely a work in progress. 

Thank you again for your help. 

Linde