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Bertha Belle Shields 1907–1979 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 July 1907

Birth Location: Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Death Date: 13 May 1979

Death Location: Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Father: James Jr.

Mother: Emma (Shields)

Spouse(s): Jesse LYDIC

Children(s): Jessie Lydic

Bertha Belle Shields was born in 1907 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, the child of James W Shields Jr And Emma Arminta Minta Airgood Shields. Bertha Belle Shields married Jesse Theodore Lydic, and had children including Jessie Loretta Lydic, Jessie Lydic. Bertha Belle Shields passed away in 1979 in Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Bertha Belle Shields was born in 1907 in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, the child of James W Shields Jr And Emma Arminta Minta Airgood Shields.
  • Bertha Belle Shields married Jesse Theodore Lydic, and had children including Jessie Loretta Lydic, Jessie Lydic.
  • Bertha Belle Shields passed away in 1979 in Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

James Jr.
1874–1954
Birth Location: Grampian, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Emma (Shields)
1873–1929
Birth Location: Juneau, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
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Spouses(s)

Jesse LYDIC
1905–1969
Birth Location: Mahaffey, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Jessie Lydic
1935–2023
Birth Location: McGee's Mill, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, USA
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Bertha Shields's Ancestors

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Bertha Shields
1907–1979
Birth Place: Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Parents
James W Shields Jr.
1874–1954
Grampian, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Emma (Arminta "Minta" Airgood) (Shields)
1873–1929
Juneau, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
William (Douglas) Shields
1849–1923
North Mahoning, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
Susanna ("Susan" Amanda) Bush
1855–1927
marchand, North Mahoning, Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
John (Airgood) (Ehrgott)
1844–1922
Fallston, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
Sarrah (Anne) Peffer
1846–1895
Canoe Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, USA
Great-Grandparents
Robert Shields
1797–1856
Jane Taylor
1810–1892
Phillip II
1832–1893
Catharine SLONIKER
1833–1904
Michal (Airgood)
1811–1884
Margaret Bartholomew
1813–1861
Heinrich Peffer
1820–1898
Elizabeth Turner
1821–1860
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James* Pvt
1753–1847
Margaret Douglass
1753–1827
Joseph Taylor
1785–1860
Jean Douglas
1790–
Phillip BUSH
1789–1852
Maria Silvis
1792–1878
Johann (Airgood)
1779–1855
Catharina Matz
1794–
Johann Pfeffer
1796–1872
Eva Weining
1792–1874
John Turner
1790–
Mary Lawler
1790–1873

Bertha Shields's Descendants

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Bertha (Belle) Shields (3 July 1907–13 May 1979) m. Jesse (Theodore) LYDIC (11 Aug 1905–12 Sep 1969)
  1. 1. Jessie (Loretta) Lydic 1935–2023

Bertha Shields's Timeline

2 Records

1907
3 July 1907
Birth of Bertha Belle Shields in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
1979
13 May 1979
Age 72
Death of Bertha Belle Shields in Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 July 1907
    Event Place: Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 May 1979
    Event Place: Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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