Allegany County MD Archives Obituaries..... Margaret Walsh SHIELDS, 1939
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Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, June 14, 1939: 
Lonaconing--Mrs. Margaret Walsh Shields, 75, widow of John Shields and a 
former resident of Midland, died Monday night at the home of her sister, 
Miss Mary Walsh, Church street, after a year's Illness.  Mrs. Shields came 
here from Turtle Creek July 1, last year, and due to III health was unable 
to return to the home of her son, Joseph, with whom she had been residing.  
She was a native of Lonaconing and was a daughter of the late Edward and 
Mary Walsh.  At one time she taught school at Mt. Savage, Lonaconing and 
Ocean, giving up the latter position in 1896 to marry.  Several weeks ago 
a sister, Mrs. Montrose McGinn, died at the same home.  She was a member 
of the Sodality of the Blessed Virgin and at one time was the leader of 
the choir of St. Mary's Catholic Church.  Besides her sister here and 
Sister Cecelia Marie, Philadelphia, she is survived by two brothers, 
Edward Walsh, Clarksburg, W. Va., and Joseph Walsh, Lonaconing; two sons, 
Joseph, Kerners, N.C., and Joseph, Turtle Creek.  Five grandchildren also 
survive."


Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, June 19, 1939:  
"Edward Walsh, Clarksburg, W. Va.; Sister Cecelia Marie, Philadelphia, Pa.; 
Griffin McGinn, Washington, and John McGinn, Baltimore, were here for the 
funeral of Mrs. Margaret Shields."


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