Location: Burnlaw

Ebenezer George Wilson Small (b.1864). Born, and orphaned at a young age, in Port Louis, Mauritius he grew up in Allendale from at least the 1870s as the adopted child of Abraham and Hannah Shield. As a Quaker, Ebenezer subsequently travelled as a young man to New Zealand.

Group – showing Shields and Wighams. (back) Jane Shield (1864-1936), John Hall Shield (1857-1950), AH (front) Sarah Watson Wigham (1848-1916), Ebenezer George Wilson Small (b.1864), Elizabeth Shield (1860-1958)

Female relations at Burnlaw, Keenley. Rear: Elizabeth Shield (1860-1958),  Janet Shield (née Harkness, 1859-1928); Front: Eliza Shield (1854-1933), Ann Eliza Harkness (b.1868), Jane Shield (1864-1936) Elizabeth and Jane were the daughters of Abraham Shield of Burnlaw (1809-1888) and Janet Harness married their brother, Joseph Shield.  Ann Eliza Harkness was her younger sister.

(Back row) Margaret Wigham (Front row) Thomas Wigham (1840-1917), Hannah Shield (1822-1904), Ethel Shield (1893-1983 – granddaughter of Hannah)

The Pickering family, grandchildren of Abraham and Hannah Shield of Burnlaw, Keenley. L-R Elizabeth (1899-1984), Hugh (1903-1993), Hannah (1894-1966), Alice (Elsie, 1891-1981) , (Joseph) John (1896-1971), Marian (1892-1973)

Cousins at Keenley;  (left to right) Hugh Thirlwell Shield (1858-77), Elizabeth Shield (1860-1958), Joseph Shield (1859-1950). Hugh’s father Hugh Shield (1814-88) and Elizabeth & Joseph’s father Abraham Shield (1809-88) were brothers who farmed at Burnlaw, Keenley.

Annie Hinde (1862-1931).  Sister-in-law of Sarah Walker Wigham of Coanwood, who married her elder brother.   Annie is recorded in the 1891 census as a visitor of the Shield family at Burnlaw, Keenley. After her mother’s death, Annie married Joseph Teasdale later in life. Original photo inscribed: Annie Hinde ( Teasdale)

Photograph has initials of some of group members below – mainly surnames are ‘S’ – Shield.  Group is thought to include Janie Hall, Emma Shield, Janet Harkness, Eliza Shield, Alice Harkness, Ann Shield, and at front Ebenezer Small. Back row: Unknown, Elizabeth Shield (1860-1958), Joseph Shield (1859-1950), HH, Hugh Thirlwell Shield (1858-77), Jane Shield (1864-1936) … read more

(Back row) Elizabeth Shield (1860-1958), George Wigham, Joseph Shield (1859-1950) holding his daughter Dora (1897-1933) (front row) Alice Pickering (front left), Ethel Shield (1893-1983) and Hannah Shield (1821-1904)

Ethel Hannah Shield (1893-1983) and Dora Shield (1897-1933).