John Short, 1820 Settler^[1]

1812 - 1861  (48 years)

• Name	John Short
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	24 May 1812  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler	15 Feb 1820	Gravesend, Kent, England
  	Sephton's party on the Aurora
  Settler ID	2774
  Occupation	'Woolwich', Peddie District, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3]
  a Farmer
  Occupation	a Smith  [4]
  Death	1861  [2, 4]
  Person ID	I58242	master
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Joseph Short, 1820 Settler,   b. 20 Mar 1785   d. 9 Jun 1867, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Mary Edwards, 1820 Settler,   b. Feb 1788, Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England d. 5 Jun 1861, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F18132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Catherina Fitchet,   b. 8 Oct 1818, England d. 6 Jul 1880 (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	12 Mar 1838	Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5, 6]
  	Description: Rev John Heavyside
  		Short, John and Margaret Fitchet marriage Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWM-S76D Keywords: Marriage
  Children	1. ?? Short,   b. Abt 1839 + 2. Mary Selina Short,   b. 22 Apr 1840   d. 6 Jul 1901 (Age 61 years) + 3. Frederick Edward Short,   b. 1 Feb 1843, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 25 Mar 1895 (Age 52 years)   4. William Short,   b. Abt 1843   d. 2 Feb 1844 (Age 1 year) + 5. Robert Short,   b. 26 Oct 1846, Bushman's River, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 22 Apr 1905 (Age 58 years)   6. Thomas John Short,   b. 1 Jan 1848   d. 30 May 1904 (Age 56 years)   7. Francis Short,   b. 1850   d. 1898 (Age 48 years) + 8. Charles Short,   b. 8 Dec 1852, Bushman's River, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 25 Dec 1927 (Age 75 years) + 9. Jane Short,   b. 22 Jan 1855, Bushman's River, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 6 Nov 1913 (Age 58 years) + 10. Margaret Catherine Short,   b. 18 Apr 1856, Bushman's River, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 23 May 1916 (Age 60 years) + 11. Emilie Maria Short,   b. 2 Apr 1860, 'Eschol', Bushman's River, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 20 Dec 1893 (Age 33 years)
  Family ID	F21070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 May 2017

  
  

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  Settler - 15 Feb 1820 - Gravesend, Kent, England Marriage - 12 Mar 1838 - Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  A blacksmith with a large wagon-making business near Alexandria. His workshop had one of the first galvanised iron roofs in South Africa. This was about 1865. SOURCE: The Settler named Jeremiah Goldswain by Pauline GOLDSWAIN [7]

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8). [S2051] Shirley Serellis, Serellis, Shirley J. [S484] Kirby, Donald, Peddie - Settlers Outpost, (Edited and compiled by J B Bullock). [S257] Valerie J. de Kok, "History of Kenton - on - Sea and Settler Families", (Name: Name: Book and CD;;), email . [S414] Grahamstown Anglican - St Georges Register, Marriages: 25/6/1836 - 16/1/1849, (CORY MS 14 879/2), (Entry# 91). [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWM-S76D (Reliability: 3). [S62] Lynn MacLeod, MacLeod, Lynn, Fitchet, David.rtf (Reliability: 2).