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Looking at the image of the original marriage cert on FamilySearch, the middle name looks like Yonnie, which is what the FS transcriber thought too.

The handwriting's hard to make out.
The first letter is definitely not J, and I don't think it's Z.

The next marriage cert on the image, on the same day, is for the marriage of a James Shields (presumably Joseph's brother) , 22, bachelor, labourer, to Mary Ann Cox, 19, father Thomas Cox, labourer.
James's father is also Joseph Yonnie Shields, painter.

In that instance, the first letter could be Y or Z.


Mary Ann Cox
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Mary Ann Cox
Registration Year: 1880
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration District: Ormskirk
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 1147
Records on Page:
Name
Mary Ann Cox
James Shields

Trying to find the father, Joseph Yonnie -

I wonder if this is Mary Ann (nee Cox) with James possibly known as Amos ???

Mary Ann Shields
in the 1881 England Census
Name: Mary Ann Shields
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Relationship to Head: Visitor
Gender: Female
Where Born: Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: North Meols
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address: 6 Old Park Lane
Marital status: Married
Education:
Employment status:
View image
Registration District: Ormskirk
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors:
Piece: 3748
Folio: 16
Page Number: 25
Household Members:
Name Age
Thomas Rowen 37
Bridget Rowen 34
Thomas Rowen 10
Ellen Rowen 8
John Rowen 5
Julia Rowen 1
Martin Staunton 22
Mary Ann Shields 20 - married
Amos Shields 21 - married, Liverpool, throstle spinner.

Possible children??

SHIELDS, BRIDGET mmn COX
GRO Reference: 1889 M Quarter in ORMSKIRK Volume 08B Page 793

SHIELDS, MARY ANN mmn COX
GRO Reference: 1882 J Quarter in ORMSKIRK Volume 08B Page 853

SHIELDS, JOSEPH HUGH mmn COX
GRO Reference: 1884 S Quarter in ORMSKIRK Volume 08B Page 826

SHIELDS, JOSEPH HULME mmn COX
GRO Reference: 1885 D Quarter in ORMSKIRK Volume 08B Page 816

Sadly, both the boys died:

Deaths Sep 1884 (>99%)
Shields Joseph Hugh 0 Ormskirk 8b 620

Deaths Dec 1885 (>99%)
SHIELDS Joseph Hulme 0 Ormskirk 8b 540


James Shields
in the 1891 England Census
Name: James Shields
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Relationship: Son-in-law
Birth Year: 1863
Birth Place: Kent, England <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Civil parish: North Meols
Ecclesiastical parish: St Cuthbert
Residence Place: North Meols, Lancashire, England
Registration district: Ormskirk
Sub registration district: North Meols
ED, Institution or Vessel: 6
Neighbors:
Piece: 3034
Folio: 104
Household Members Age Relationship
Thomas Cox 67 Head
Bridget Cox 55 Wife
Patrick Cox 20 Son
Thomas Cox 35 Son
James Shields 28 Son-in-law
Mary Ann Cox 28 Daughter [ Shields on image ]
Mary Ann Shields 9 Granddaughter
Bridget Shields 1 Granddaughter


However, the clue of Kent doesn't seem to help much.

So far, I'm not seeing the family in later years to verify James's (and presumably Joseph Yonnie's) birthplace.

Try getting the marriage cert using just his name

From gro typed sheet
Dec qtr 1880
Shields Joseph Zoumie Ormskirk 8b 1146

Shirley, the marriage certificate is on FMP. Also for brother James to Mary Ann Cox on the same day.

And both are on FamilySearch, as mentioned earlier.

Maybe then try to find the brother on earlier census to establish the line backwards


Although think the poster is trying to find what happened to Joseph between getting married and her moving on to another guy

Looking at the children's births it’s a very short time frame

Posting only for elimination, because I don't see any sign of a brother called Joseph in this family below:


Thinking about James, said to be 22 at marriage in 1880, though getting gradually younger in 1881 and 1891 censuses -

I wondered if maybe the enumerator in 1891 mis-heard and thought James said he was born in Kent when it might have been Kendal.

SHIELDS, JAMES mmn COYLE
GRO Reference: 1857 J Quarter in KENDAL Volume 10B Page 564

Parents were Hugh (c1826 Penrith) and Bridget Coyle/Cole, married 1848 Preston.

In 1871 Hugh is called Joseph Hugh, and he's a painter in 1861 and 1871. <<<<<<

I wondered if Zoumie/Yonnie could be a mis-hearing or mis-spelling of Hughie.



James Shields
in the 1861 England Census
Name: James Shields
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: 1858
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Hugh Shields
Mother's Name: Bridget Shields
Gender: Male
Where Born: Kendal, Westmorland, England
Civil Parish: Preston
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
Town: Preston
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address:
Occupation:
Condition as to marriage:
View image
Registration District: Preston
Sub-registration District: Preston
ED, institution, or vessel: 41
Neighbors:
Household Schedule Number: 80
Piece: 3135
Folio: 83
Page Number: 14
Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh Shields 35 - house painter
Bridget Shields 35 - Fermanagh
Ann Shields 11 - Preston
John Shields 9 - Preston
Edward Shields 5 - Dumfries
James Shields 3 - Kendal
Sarah Shields 22


The father in 1871:

Jos Hugh Shields
in the 1871 England Census
Name: Jos Hugh Shields
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: 1826
Relation: Prisoner
Gender: Male
Where born: Penrith, Cumberland, England
Civil parish: Fulwood
Ecclesiastical parish: Lancaster
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Registration district: Preston
Sub-registration district: Broughton
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Household schedule number: 155
Piece: 4218
Folio: 20
Page number: 36
Household Members Age Relationship
Robert Charnley 43 Head
Jane Charnley 44 Wife
William Charnley 23 Son
Walter Charnley 16 Son
Janet Charnley 11 Daughter
Robert Charnley 9 Son
Jane Charnley 1 Daughter
Jos Hugh Shields 45 Prisoner - painter <<<<<<<<<<<<

Address: Police Station.



Hugh Shields
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Hugh Shields
Age: 50
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1827
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Death Registration Place: Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Death Date: Sep 1877
Inferred Death Place: Lancashire, United Kingdom
Volume: 8b
Page: 328


Bridget and daughter Ann are in a lodging house in Kendal in 1851 - but not Joseph Hugh.

I don't see the birth of their son John, but in 1881 he's married (no wife with him) in Layton, Lancs - a painter, aged 24.

It's clear that none of us can find Joseph Zoumie/Yonnie either before or after his marriage.

Wherever he was , he wasn't using his middle name - and plain Joseph Shields is a very common name - as is James Shields.

Not knowing definitely where they were born doesn't help.

The man who married in 1880 was a Labourer - not a Stonemason - as was James

Address for both at time of marriage was MILTON Street
Same for James and his bride

The two couples witnessed each other's marriages.

Joseph's wife Ann is in Milton Street in 1881 (posted by Andrew in 2013) - but no other Shields with her.

Just in case the man in prison in 1891 is Joseph Zoumie - though I seriously doubt it, as he's a stonemason - here's one of the many court/prison records.
This one gives a list of his aliases:

Joseph Shiel
in the UK, Registers of Habitual Criminals and Police Gazettes, 1834-1934
Name: Joseph Shiel [James Edwards] [Joseph Shields]
Event Type: Conviction
Conviction Age: 60
Birth Date: 1861
Birth Place: Liverpool
Conviction Date: 31 Oct 1921
Charge: Carnal knowledge
Sentence: 5 years
Jail: Parkhurst
Occupation: mason

Aliases:
Joseph Shiel, James Edwards, Joseph Shields, Robert Murdock, Robert Singleton, James Sullivan, James Brown, James Mellor, James Wilson.



That record and others say he's a mason/stonemason - but this one in 1918 says he's a tobacconist.
Same list of aliases, so definitely the same man:

Joseph Shiel
in the UK, Registers of Habitual Criminals and Police Gazettes, 1834-1934
Name: Joseph Shiel [James Edwards] [Joseph Shields]
Event Type: Conviction
Conviction Age: 56
Birth Date: 1862
Birth Place: Liverpool
Conviction Date: 10 Jun 1918
Charge: Larceny
Sentence: 18 months
Jail: Liverpool

Intended address on liberation: 206 Scotland Road, Liverpool


Another record, dated 8 April 1920, says he's a mason, and his intended address on liberation is: 1 Exley Street, Liverpool.

In 1897 he was in London, a stonemason and complete with aliases. Jailed in Portland. Intended address: London Church Army Society.

In the 1901 census, he's in prison in Portland prison, Grove, Dorset - a stonemason.

But it's such a common name.
There are other such records which don't give aliases or occupation, so may or may not be the same person.

And you have no reason to think that Joseph Zoumie/Yonnie was in prison - or that he was born in Liverpool, for that matter.

A final word on the stonemason -

the image of this 1918 record (which calls him a tobacconist) gives a full list of his various convictions from 1882 to 1917, and which alias he used for each one.

I won't attempt to type out the list of convictions, but they took place in Liverpool, Dublin, Southport, Glasgow, Douglas, Knutsford, Llandudno, Tuebrook, Lanark, Blackpool, Manchester, and London.


A "habitual criminal" indeed!


Joseph Shiel
in the UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929
Name: Joseph Shiel [James Edwards] [Joseph Shields]
Trial Date: 1918
Trial Place: Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Joseph Hugh's family in 1871, when he is a prisoner.

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Turks Head Yard, Preston, Lancashire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
George Helm Lodger
- Male 51 1820 - Lancashire, England
Mary Helm Lodger
- Female 52 1819 - Lancashire, England
Robert Walsh Lodger
- Male 69 1802 - Lancashire, England
Peter Matlinson Lodger
- Male 65 1806 - Lancashire, England
William Buterworth Lodger
- Male 66 1805 - Lancashire, England
Charles Smith Lodger
- Male 44 1827 - Ireland
William Lovejoy Lodger
- Male 33 1838 - Lancashire, England
Bridget Shields Lodger
- Female 44 1827 - Ireland
Edward Shields Lodger
- Male 14 1857 - Ireland
Joseph Hugh Lodger
- Male 8 1863 - Lancashire, England


Joseph jnr is in jail for 14 days hard labour in Dec 1876 for stealing keys.

THEFT OF KEYS.-Four lads, named Michael Boyle, James Kearms, James Connell, and Joseph Hugh Shields, were charged with stealing 61 keys, of the value of 5s, the property of John Garstang, furniture broker.
02 December 1876 - Preston Chronicle - Preston, Lancashire, England

Hmmm - interesting, Alviegal!
So there is a Joseph in the family after all.

Father Joseph Hugh, a painter.
Sons Joseph Hugh c1863 and James 1857.


I don't see Joseph Hugh junior's birth.

This MIGHT perhaps be him in 1901 and 1911 -

Joseph Shields
in the 1901 England Census
Name: Joseph Shields
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Mary Shields
Birth Place: Preston, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Blackburn
Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England
Street Address:
Registration District: Blackburn
Sub-registration District: Blackburn, Northern
ED, institution, or vessel: 31
Neighbors:
Piece: 3907
Folio: 122
Page Number: 34
Household Schedule Number: 207
Household Members:
Name Age
Joseph Shields 37
Mary Shields 26
Mary E Shields 8
Edward Shields 7
Peter Shields 4


Joseph Shields
in the 1911 England Census
Name: Joseph Shields
Age in 1911: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Relation to Head: Lodger
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Preston, Lancashire, England
Civil Parish: Blackburn
Country: England
Street Address: 30 & 32 Leyland St
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Scissors Grinder
Registration District Number: 474
Sub-registration District: Blackburn South Western
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Piece: 25071


Joseph Shields
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Joseph Shields
Registration Year: 1893
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration District: Blackburn
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8e
Page: 588
Records on Page:
Name
Mary McHale
Joseph Shields


But if so, he's given up on his middle name somewhere between 1876 and 1901.

I don't see him definitely in 1881 or 1891.

The father - just in case it's the right family -


PRESTON POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... Stealing a Cap.-Thomas >nUcr pleaded guilty to stealing on the previous night a cap, the property of painter, named Joseph Hugh Shields. The prosecutor, about half past o’clock night, was passing up E. ward street, when the prisoner came up to him, took the cap off his head, and then made off. He was shortly afterwards apprehended, and the cap was found his possession. —The prisoner was committed to gaol for SI [21 ?] days.

Published: Saturday 09 October 1875
Newspaper: Preston Herald
County: Lancashire, England

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

BRUTAL ASSAULT.-A young man, named Joseph Hugh Shields, was charged with having committed a most brutal assault upon his wife. Owing to the injuries she had received, she was unable to appear against him.-Mr. Edwin Moore, surgeon, said that be had been called in to attend upon the prisoner's wife. She was much hurt, apparently from very savage kicks and blows. Her left eye had been laid open, and she had lost a deal of blood from her thighs and ?? Blackburn said that she saw the disturbance between the prisoner and his wife. She remonstrated with the prisoner at the time on his conduct, but, in return she got nothing but threats from him.-Mr. Moore said that very probably by next Wednesday the woman would have so far recovered as to be able to ap- ?? Bench, therefore, remanded the case until that day.

Published: Wednesday 11 September 1861
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England