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Adam George Shouldis, Shouldice

Adam George Shouldis, Shouldice

Born
1771-12-01 12:00:00
Died
1845-01-01 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to /Born in Canada

Born Kilscannel Parish, Limerick, resided Tough, Adare 

Married 1803, to Elizabeth Ann "Eliza" born 1780 in Ireland

Letters he wrote to the government in Canada showed his name as "Adam Shouldis". Also "G Adam Shouldis". Canada Census showed his name as "Adam Shouldess" 

Died about 1845, Mariposa Township, Ontario, Canada. His son took the spelling "William Shouldice" 

Sibling was believed to be Michael J. who died 1822

"Adam" Shouldys" and family boarded the Ship Star in 1825 and departed Cork for Upper Canada. Ship registry shows wife Eliza 33, children Catherine 20, John  19, Sara 16, George 14, Samuel 10, William 6, James 2 and Adam Jr 1.

William Shouldice and three of his decendant generations ended up settling in Keppel Township, County of Grey, Ontario nearby Owen Sound. All four generations are buried around one tombstone at the Greenwood Cemetary, Owen Sound, Ontario.

I am a decendant of Adam Shouldice. I am trying to find a birth or baptism record of Adam. 

I can be contacted at resonant-one@outlook.com

 

Associated communities

Limerick

County Limerick, or Luimneach in Irish, is located in the med-west region of Ireland.  Limerick became Ireland’s inaugural National City of Culture in 2014 with a wide variety of events happening around the city.  We have a population of approximately 195,175.  We look forward to  helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.   

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    Location: Limerick

  • Treanmanagh TOWNLAND

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    Treanmanagh, Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick

  • Kilpeacon House in 1850

    Location: Limerick

    Kilpeacon

  • Bunratty Castle

    Location: Limerick

Timeline events in this community

  • 1860s

    St. Patrick's Graveyard

    <p>Parish Priest</p>

    1861-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    Foundation of South Liberties GAA Club

    1884-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1887 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1888-04-29 12:00:00