The surname Greenshield was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow, where they held a family seat in their territories. The Pictish influence on Scottish history diminished after Kenneth Macalpine became King of all Scotland. But those east coast families still played an important role in government and were more accessible to Government than their western highland counterparts. They held a family seat at Greenshields in that county.
Early History of the Greenshield family
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Greenshield Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Greenshields, Greenscheils, Greensill and many more.
Early Notables of the Greenshield family
the Greenshields family of Lanarkshire
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Migration of the Greenshield family
Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands. J.N. Greenshields was a Montreal lawyer at the time of the Riel Rebellion. He also represented the Grand Trunk Railway..
