Hello, Edward.

I am a Shears by marriage, but will give you the information I know. I'm afraid I don't have much since my husband's father never talked much about his family history.

My husband is Paul Vernon Shears, DOB: July 1955, in Waukegan, Rural Shields TWP, Lake County, IL in the US Naval Hospital, Great Lakes, IL. His father was Roy (originally Leroy) Vernon Shears, who was born in Idaho in 1919. Mother was Lillian Ingeborg Dale (originally Rosendal), DOB: May 1916. Both parents are deceased. Paul had an older sister, Janice Shears who died of heart surgery complications before he was born.

Paul has one daughter from a previous marriage, Dawn Marie Shears, who lives in CA. We haven't heard from her since the late 1980s so I'm not able to give much on her.

I hope this will be of interest. We weren't aware of the Shears name being originally English. Paul thought it was Dutch. Thanks to this site, I'm able to start putting my and his history together. :-)

Thank you Edward and everyone else for your information and time. Barbara (Dodson) Shears OH,USA