Robert Cunningham Shields
Birth Date
On 1830 March 16 (Born)
Death Date
On 1915 December 6 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born
1830 March 16
Date Details
Occurred On 1830 March 16
Traveled in
Thomas C.D. Howell Company (1852)
1852 June 7 – September 2 (Age 22)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
John Cunningham Shields (Age 8)
John Shields (Age 47)
Primrose Cunningham (Age 47)
Archibald Cunningham Shields (Age 19)
Primrose Shields (Age 12)
Date Details
Started On 1852 June 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1852 September 2
Company Arrived
Died
1915 December 6 (Age 85)
Media
Robert Cunningham Shields (1830 - 1915) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 United States Census
1850 United States Census. Iowa, Pottawattamie County.
1860 Utah Census, Tooele County
1860 Utah Census, Tooele County.
Pioneer
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012.
Tooele Transcript Bulletin
"Robert Shields a Worthy Pioneer of Tooele Passes Away", Tooele Transcript Bulletin, (17 December 1895).