1. | Samuel Short was born on 29 Feb 1820 in Bethnal Green, London, England; was christened on 25 Apr 1821 in St Matthew, Bethnal Green, London, England (son of Lewis Short and Lydia Bacon); died on 4 Dec 1904 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Samuel married Eliza Mills on 26 Aug 1849 in Hackney, London, England. Eliza (daughter of William Mills) was born on 13 Jun 1826 in Knights Bridge Burrie (barracks), London, England; died between 21 Nov 1861 and 18 Dec 1861 in Newlands, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried on 18 Dec 1861 in Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Lydia Mary Short
- Eliza Frances Short was born about Sep 1857; died on 2 Feb 1914 in Haenertsburg, Limpopo, South Africa.
- Henry Short died about 1898.
- John Short was born on 21 Nov 1861 in Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Dec 1861 in St Saviour, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Province, South Africa.
Samuel married Sarah Adams on 14 Feb 1863 in St Saviour, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Province, South Africa. Sarah (daughter of William Rawbone Adams and Mary Widdowes) was born in 1839 in Tredington, Worcestershire, England; died on 21 May 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Samuel Short was born on 10 Oct 1863; was christened on 1 Jan 1864 in St Saviour, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Province, South Africa.
- Sarah Adams Short was born on 10 Oct 1863; was christened on 1 Jan 1864 in St Saviour, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Province, South Africa.
- Louis Short was born in 1865.
- Susan Wyatt Cornelia Wicht Short was born on 18 Apr 1867 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa; was christened on 19 Oct 1873 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa.
- Charles Helyar William Tulbagh Short was born on 6 Aug 1869 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa; was christened on 19 Oct 1873 in Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 7 Sep 1952 in Florida, Gauteng, South Africa.
- Theodore Helyar Short was born on 6 Dec 1871 in Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa; was christened on 19 Oct 1873 in Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa.
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