Ancestry of
Michelle (Robinson) Obama

First Lady of President Barack Obama

Purnell Shields

View famous kin of Purnell Shields

• • Grandfather of Michelle (Robinson) Obama — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 6 
  • Father:
  • Robert Lee Shields 
  • Mother:
  • Annie Lawson (Laws)   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Dec 1910 
  • Birth Location:
  • Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama 
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Jul 1983 
  • Death Location:
  • Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebecca Jumper
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  • Child:

  Marian Lois Shields (Ahnentafel No:3 )

• Sources for Purnell Shields

  • ¹ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Death record for Purnell Shields.
  • ² Swarns, Rachel L., American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama, New York: HarperCollins Publishers (2012), 73, 109, inside cover.