John Shiell

John Sheill Forfar Muster Roll 1899-1901

Parents:

• Birth*: John Shiell was born on 17 May 1873 at Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland, .
• He was the son of John Shiell and Susan Lyall Guthrie.

• (Witness) Photograph: John Shiell is in this photograph taken circa 1887 along with John Shiell, Susan Lyall Guthrie, William Shiell, Helen Scott Shiell, David Guthrie Shiell, Susan Mary Shiell, Herbert Shiell, Catherine Jane Shiell, Arnold Shiell, Robert Shiell, Buchanan Shiell automobile engineer, Alexander Guthrie Shiell and Lyall Guthrie Shiell.¹
  

  John Shiell and Susan Lyall Guthrie with many of their family c 1887

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household	3 April 1881	They was listed as a member of the household of John Shiell and Susan Lyall Guthrie in the 1881 census at 12 Latch Road, Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland, . John Shiell, son, 7, scholar, Brechin; John Shiell, head, mar, 47, solicitor before Supreme Courts, Edinburgh; Susan L Shiell, wife, mar, 40, Brechin; Elizabeth Swankie, sev, unm, 30, cook, Dundee; Annie Greene, serv, unm, 23, housemaid, Carmylie; Jane Nelson, unm, 28, nurse, Brechin; Eliabeth P Thomson, unm, 20, under nurse, Brechin.2
Member of Household	5 April 1891	They was listed as a member of the household of John Shiell and Susan Lyall Guthrie in the 1891 census at 28 Latch Road, Brechin, Forfarshire, Scotland, . John Shiell, son, unm, 17, scholar, Brechin; John Shiell, head, mar, 58, solicitor before Supreme Courts, employer, Edinburgh; Susan L Shiell, wife, mar, 50, Brechin; Eliza Thomson, unm, 34, nurse, Brechin; Agnes Robertson, serv, unm, 28, housemaid, Ceres; Mary Ann Marr, serv, unm, 29, cook, Inverarity; Elizabeth Rattery, serv, unm, 15, under housemaid, Arbirlot; 13 rooms with windows.3 The Latch, Brechin

Military Service

• Military Service*: John Shiell served with the Forfar & Kincardine Militia between 1899 and 1900 at Africa, , probably.⁵