Elias Bacon

Elias married Lydia Everitt on 26 Oct 1775 in Foxearth, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Married: 1801, Westminster St James
• Residence: 1841, Bethnal Green, London, England
• Residence: 1851, East Coker, Somerset, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, East Coker, Somerset, England; : 72y
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, East Coker, Somerset, England; annuitant
• Residence: 30 Mar 1851, East Coker, Somerset, England; : 72y

Notes:

Census:
Infant School

Residence:
Infant School

Lydia married Lewis Short on 14 Apr 1801 in St James Church, Picadilly, London, England. Lewis was born in 1776; was christened on 26 Dec 1776 in Bampton, Devon, England; died between Jul 1840 and Sep 1840 in Bethnal Green, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Charlotte Bowyer on 2 May 1830 in Hackney, London, England. Charlotte was born in 1806; died in 1876 in Bethnal Green, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Eliza Turner on 29 Mar 1835 in Poplar & Bethnal Green, Greater London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Eliza Flora Smith on 15 Feb 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married John BradinHackney, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phoebe married William Walters on 11 Sep 1837. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1841, Bethnal Green, London, England
• Residence: 1851, East Coker, Somerset, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, East Coker, Somerset, England; : 31y
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, East Coker, Somerset, England; Teacher
• Residence: 30 Mar 1851, East Coker, Somerset, England; : 31y
• Residence: 1852, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
• Occupation: Between 1853 and 1856, Holy Trinity Church School, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; Teacher
• Occupation: From 1861 to 1866, Tot Nut Van't Algemeen, New Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; Teacher
• Residence: Between 1861 and 1864, Newlands, Western Cape, South Africa
• Occupation: Jan 1864, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; Teacher at time of birth of twins Sarah and Samuel
• Occupation: 1873, Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa; Teacher

Notes:

This Samuel Short is a bit of a conundrum.
1. He married Eliza Mills in 1849 in London, and they appear on the UK 1851 census in East Coker, Somerset. It appears that Samuel and Eliza left England soon after for South Africa but I (PaulTT) can find no record of their travel. They had four children, Lydia, Eliza, Henry and finally a son John born in Claremont, Cape Town in Nov 1861, and then she must have died soon after as she was buried on 18th December. Samuel's marriage cert to Sarah Adams states that he was a widower.
2. he marries Sarah Adams, and has twin children, a Samuel and Sarah Adams in October of that year, and then a son Louis. A daughter Susan W C W was born in Victoria West in 1867 , sons Charles and Theodore are born in 1869 and 1871, but the baptism indicates that the mother was a Susan. I think this was a mistake and should be Sarah. By 1878 he has lost his job and by 1881 he is bankrupt and Sarah seperates from Samuel. He dies in 1904 and Sarah in 1910.

from Michelle Gregory Allis found on ancestrydotcom

Name: Samuel Short
Directory Year: 1861
Directory Place: Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
Profession: Teacher At Tot Nut Van't Algemeen
Street address: New Street
Source Repository: National Archives + National Library of South Africa
~~
Directory Year: 1863
Directory Place: Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
Profession: Teacher st Tot Nut van't Algemeen
Street address: Newstreet and Newlands
~~~
Directory Year: 1865
Directory Place: Cape Town, Cape Colony, South Africa
Profession: Teacher
Street address: Tot Nut vau't Algemeen, 13 New Street
Source Repository: National Archives & Library
~~~
from Sigi Howes on 28 Jan 2016 I received:
*From 1854 - 1857*
Teacher at the Holy Trinity Mission School in Harrington St, Cape Town (I have a photo of it). He quite probably started there in 1853, as the previous teacher left in the middle of the year, and that was more or less the time he and Eliza arrived in CT. Eliza Short was his Assistant at the school from 1854 until 1856. She probably taught the girls and he the boys.
*Source*: Educational Statistics for each year in the Government Blue Book of that year; everytime pp Y2-Y3.

*From 1858 - 1865*
In 1858 he joined the prestigeous Dutch school, 'Tot Nut van Het Algemeen' (I have a diagram of it) as teacher of English, Mathematics, Latin and Greek. He was popular with the children; competent but not 'dynamic'. When he left the Tot Nut in September 1865, the children presented him with a hand-bound Bible and a copy of Tennyson's poems.
*Sources*: De Volksvriend 2 September 1865; Educational Statistics in the Government Blue Books for 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1865. Pages vary.

*From 1865-1871*
From October 1865 he was the teacher at the Tulbagh Public School (today Tulbagh Hoërskool). He was not there in 1872, so he did leave, but where he went I don't know. In 1871 he would have been 51 years old. I have nothing on record about him in Victoria West. You could try the local school there to see if they have him amongst their teachers.
*Sources*: De Volksvriend 2 September 1865; Educational Statistics in the Government Blue Books for 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1863, 1870 and 1871. Pages vary.

#the DEPOT records below are found via searches on the South African National Archives website;
http://www.national.archives.gov.za/naairs_content.htm:-

in 1872 he applies for a teaching post:
in 1873 he accepts the post as a teacher at the public school in Victoria West:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE CO
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 4180
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE S6
PART 1
DESCRIPTION MEMORIAL. SAMUEL SHORT. ACCEPTING APPOINTMENT AS TEACHER AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL AT VICTORIA WEST.
STARTING 18730000
ENDING 18730000
~~~
in 1878 he offers his services to the Government.
in 1879 he is requesting information regarding his son Henry ?
in 1881 Sarah sues for seperation as they are effectively bankrupt:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE CSC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 2/1/1/199
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 56
PART 1
DESCRIPTION ILLIQUID CASE. SARAH SHORT VERSUS SAMUEL SHORT. ACTION FOR A DECREE OF SEPARATION.
STARTING 18810000
ENDING 18810000
~~~
in 1882 he is out looking for employment:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE CO
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 4227
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE S55
PART 1
DESCRIPTION MEMORIAL. SAMUEL SHORT. REQUESTING EMPLOYMENT.
STARTING 18820000
ENDING 18820000
~~~
He is also involved with various cases, either being sued or trying to recover funds..
~~~
in 1891 he is broke:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE CO
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 4278
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE S84
PART 1
DESCRIPTION MEMORIAL RECEIVED. SAMUEL SHORT. REQUESTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
STARTING 18910000
ENDING 18910000
~~~
in 1897 he gets sued:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE CSC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 2/1/1/340
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 92
PART 1
DESCRIPTION ILLIQUID CASE. FLETCHERS RETAIL VERSUS SAMUEL SHORT. ACTION FOR THE RECOVERY OF MONEY.
STARTING 18970000
ENDING 18970000
~~~
in 1899 he applies for a mortgage bond:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE DOC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 4/1/644
SYSTEM 02
REFERENCE 1281
PART 1
DESCRIPTION MORTGAGE BOND. SAMUEL SHORT.
STARTING 18990000
ENDING 18990000
~~~
in 1900 he gets sued by a James Brown
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE CSC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 2/2/1/241
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 161
PART 1
DESCRIPTION RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF PROVISIONAL CASE. JAMES BROWN VERSUS SAMUEL SHORT.
STARTING 19000000
ENDING 19000000
~~~
in 1903 he applies for a Mortgage bond: Now is this the father or the son?
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE DOC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 4/1/921
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 2084
PART 1
DESCRIPTION MORTGAGE BOND. SAMUEL SHORT.
STARTING 19030000
ENDING 19030000
~~~
in 1904 he receives a gratuity from the Government:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE T
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 854
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 4757
PART 1
DESCRIPTION GRATUITY - SAMUEL SHORT, LATE GOVERNMENT TEACHER
STARTING 1904
ENDING 1904


Census:
Infant School

Residence:
Infant School

Died:
Avalon House, Roberts Rd., Woodstock

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]

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 30 Mar 1851, East Coker, Somerset, England; : 24y
• Occupation: 30 Mar 1851, East Coker, Somerset, England; General Clerk
• Residence: 30 Mar 1851, East Coker, Somerset, England; : 24y

Notes:

Census:
Infant School

Residence:
Infant School

Family/Spouse: Thomas Johannes Hugo. Thomas (son of Wouter Hugo and Catherine Naude) was born in 1843 in Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Jan 1898 in The Bashe Hotel, Caledon, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza married Anthony Lennox DevenishWakkerstroom, Transvaal, South Africa. Anthony (son of Anthony Lennox Devenish and Anna Catharina Maria van der Westhuizen) was born on 16 Oct 1852; was christened on 13 Feb 1853 in Victoria West, Northern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 May 1898 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

~~~
In 1908 he applies for a mortgage bond: this can only be the son?
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE DOC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 4/1/1305
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 933
PART 1
DESCRIPTION MORTGAGE BOND. SAMUEL SHORT
STARTING 19080000
ENDING 19080000
~~~
In 1909, his wife Susan sues him for a divorce:
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE CSC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 2/6/1/347
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 78
PART 1
DESCRIPTION MOTION. PETITION OF ALETTA CATHARINA SUSANNA SHORT (BORN DE OLIVEIRA) FOR LEAVE TO SUE HER HUSBAND SAMUEL SHORT IN FORMA PAUPERIS BY EDICTAL CITATION FOR DIVORCE.
STARTING 19090000
ENDING 19090000
~~~

Family/Spouse: Aletta Catharina Susanna de Oliveira. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; S.A.C.S.
• Name: Charles Hellyar William Tulbagh Short
• Occupation: 1886, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; Carpenter ( from Cape Almanac 1886)
• Residence: 1886, 7 Dixan Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
• Residence: 1896, 55 Ameshoff St., Braamfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
• Occupation: 2 Jan 1900, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; Occupation Agent - From Baptism records Wits University
• Occupation: 1925, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; Journalist
• Residence: 1952, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Notes:

From Pg. 333 of Men Of The Times - Pioneers of the Transvaal and Glimpses of South Africa - The Transvaal Publishing Company Printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode - His Majesty's Printers 1905:
'MR. CHARLES HELYAR SHORT was born at Tulbagh, Cape Colony, in 1870, and is a son of the late Mr. Samuel Short, who left Trinity College, Battersea, to take charge of the first of Cape Town's public schools, "Tot nut van't algemeen," an institution which has turned out some of the most famous men in South African history. Mr. C.H. Short was educated at Cape Town, the South African College being his Alma Mater, and he came to Johannesburg in 1888, when he immediately entered upon an interesting career of speculation. He is a member of the Stock Exchange, the managing director of the Colonial Land and Investment Company, Ltd., one of the executive committee of the Responsible Government party, an enthusiastic force in the Rand Ratepayers' Vigilance Association, vice president of the Braamfontein Ratepayers Association, and he belongs to the Australian Club. Mr. Short seriously and insistently manifests in numerous ways a jealous anxiety that the voice of the South-African-born should have attentive regard from administering representatives of the Crown and aspiring politicians. In Braamfontein, where he owns a beautiful suburban residence, and where he greatly assisted in founding the local branch of the Church of England, his advice is invited upon all questions of public importance, and accepted with confidence in its genuineness. On the outbreak of the war Mr. Short left Johannesburg, and became attached to the Political Intelligence Department of the Imperial Service, and in the capacity in which he served he quickly gained the high esteem of his superiors, and was frequently intrusted with history-making missions. On December 6th, 1900, he was specially deputed to attend the Worcester Conference, where he considerably added to his credit the esteem of the military and civil authorities, being specially intrusted with a command in the e4vent of imminent trouble. In the course of the last nine months of hostilities, when the invasion of Cape Colony was made by Generals Scheepers and Kritzinger, he was despatched to the Eastern Province as press censor and political intelligence officer.
A noteworthy incident in Mr. Short's career was his election in Cape Town, by the exiled Uitlanders, to the Refugee Committee, a position which he justified by his strenuous and appealing work in the interests of his fellow refugees, and which marked him out as a leader in the affairs of the people. Mr. Short is a stock and share broker, and has an office in Arcade Buildings, at the corner of President and Rissik Streets, and when the day's business is finished his interesting personality attracts many guests to an entertaining social table on Wanderers' View. at which Mrs. Short gracefully presides."


1905 Court case against Jan Daniel De Ville
1905 Court case against Edward Forrestal
1905 Court case against Lambert Henry Brinkman



Birth:
Anita Nel in her Massey-Hicks has the date of birth as 1886 Cape Town.

Residence:
Off Loader Street, Cape Twon

Residence:
Bapt Cert. Max. E.

Residence:
17 4th Street, Parkhurst

Charles married Naomi Antoinette Massey-Hicks on 25 Oct 1895 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Naomi (daughter of John Moses Massey-Hicks and Ellen (Eleanor) Elizabeth Few) was born on 16 Apr 1876 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 May 1970 in Parkhurst, Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]