| Birth |
29 Feb 1820 |
Bethnal Green, London, England |
| Christened |
25 Apr 1821 |
St Matthew, Bethnal Green, London, England |
| Died |
4 Dec 1904 |
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Father |
Lewis Short, b. 1776 |
| Mother |
Lydia Bacon, b. 1778, Sudbury, Suffolk, England |
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| Family 1 |
Eliza Mills, b. 13 Jun 1826, Knights Bridge Burrie (barracks), London, England |
| Married |
26 Aug 1849 |
Hackney, London, England |
| Children |
| + | 1. Lydia Mary Short |
| + | 2. Eliza Frances Short, b. Abt Sep 1857 |
| | 3. Henry Short |
| | 4. John Short, b. 21 Nov 1861, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
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| Family 2 |
Sarah Adams, b. 1839, Tredington, Worcestershire, England |
| Married |
14 Feb 1863 |
St Saviour, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Province, South Africa |
| Children |
| + | 1. Samuel Short, b. 10 Oct 1863 |
| | 2. Sarah Adams Short, b. 10 Oct 1863 |
| | 3. Louis Short, b. 1865 |
| | 4. Susan Wyatt Cornelia Wicht Short, b. 18 Apr 1867, Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
| + | 5. Charles Helyar William Tulbagh Short, b. 6 Aug 1869, Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
| | 6. Theodore Helyar Short, b. 6 Dec 1871, Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa |
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