The Short Family

 

The Short family come from Sturminster Marshall in Dorset.  Robert Short b1783 married Sarah Fry 1804 in Canford Magna and settled in Lytchett Matravers.  Where his great grandson Frederick Charles Short met and married my great grandmother Jemima Ann Bennett.

 

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1.  Andrew SHORT, b. c1734.  He married (1) Frances HARDING, 17 Oct 1762, in Sturminster Marshall Dorset, b. c1740, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. c1779, buried: 17 Apr 1779, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.  He married (2) Sarah BURIS, 28 Jun 1779, in Sturminster Marshall Dorset, b. c1750, Charlton, d. 0 Oct 1844, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, buried: 3 Nov 1844, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  Andrew died 25 May 1814, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                             Children by Frances HARDING:

                      i      Mary SHORT, b. c1765, baptized 5 May 1765, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. 1779, buried: 30 Jan 1779, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                      ii     William SHORT, b. c1768, baptized 26 Jun 1768, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. 19 Mar 1815, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                      iii     Ann SHORT, b. c1770, baptized 21 Jan 1770, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. c1770, buried: 11 Mar 1770, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                      iv    John SHORT, b. 1772, baptized 17 May 1772, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. 1779, buried: 15 Mar 1779, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                      v     Ann SHORT, b. 1774, baptized 6 Feb 1774, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. 1779, buried: 25 Apr 1779, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

            2.       vi    Frances b. c1776.

                             Children by Sarah BURIS:

                      vii    Ann SHORT, b. c1780, baptized 9 Jul 1780, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. 1781, buried: 3 Feb 1781, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

            3.       viii   John b. c1781.

            4.       ix    Robert b. c1783.

                      x     Thomas SHORT, b. c1785, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, baptized 17 Jul 1785, occupation Agricultural Labourer.  He married Mary ??, b. 1792, Morden Dorset.

                      xi    Samuel SHORT, b. c1788, baptized 13 Jan 1788, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. 0 Mar 1789, buried: 29 Mar 1789, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                      xii    George SHORT, b. c1788, baptized 13 Jan 1788, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                      xiii   Samuel SHORT, b. c1790, baptized 8 Aug 1790, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. 0 Oct 1791, buried: 23 Oct 1791, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                      xiv   Ann SHORT, b. c1790, baptized 14 Sep 1794, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

 

Second Generation

 

2.  Frances SHORT, Also known as Fanny Short, b. c1776, baptized 26 Mar 1776, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      Andrew SHORT, b. 0 Jul 1803, Charlton Marshall, Dorset, baptized 26 Jul 1803, Charlton Marshall, Dorset.

                      ii     John SHORT, b. 0 Jul 1803, Charlton Marshall, Dorset, baptized 26 Jul 1803, Charlton Marshall, Dorset, d. 0 Sep 1803, buried: 2 Aug 1803, Charlton Marshall, Dorset.

 

3.  John SHORT, b. c1781, baptized 25 Nov 1781, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.  He married Elizabeth ANDREWS, 13 Apr 1815, in Sturminster Marshall Dorset, b. c1778, d. 0 Mar 1822, buried: 17 Mar 1822, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      Mary SHORT, b. Bef May 1816, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, baptized 12 May 1816, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. 0 May 1816, buried: 26 May 1816, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                      ii     Martha SHORT, b. bef Sep 1818, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, baptized 10 Sep 1818, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

                      iii     Israel SHORT, b. 23 Dec 1819, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, baptized 24 Dec 1819, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. 0 Jan 1820, buried: 11 Jan 1820, Sturminster Marshall Dorset.

 

4.  Robert SHORT, b. c1783, Dorset, baptized 20 Apr 1783, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, occupation Agricultural Labourer.  He married Sarah FRY, 31 Jan 1804, in Canford Magna, Dorset, b. c1786, (daughter of William FRY and Mary WARLAND) baptized 31 May 1784, Canford Magna, Dorset, d. 0 Feb 1850, buried: 3 Mar 1850, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  Robert died c1857, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, buried: 5 Jul 1857, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      Ann SHORT, b. c1805, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 5 Oct 1805, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

            5.       ii     George b. c1807.

                      iii     William SHORT, b. c1810, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 4 Feb 1810, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. 18 Nov 1811, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      iv    William SHORT, b. c1812, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 23 Feb 1812, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

            6.       v     John b. c1813.

            7.       vi    James b. c1816.

                      vii    Robert SHORT, b. c1819, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 22 Jan 1819, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      viii   Frances SHORT, Also known as Fanny Short, b. c1821, Spetisbury, Dorset, baptized 4 Apr 1821, Spetisbury, Dorset, d. 0 Apr 1821, buried: 7 Apr 1821, Spetisbury, Dorset.

                      ix    Sarah SHORT, b. c1822, baptized 15 Apr 1822, Spetisbury, Dorset, d. 0 Aug 1822, buried: 4 Aug 1822, Spetisbury, Dorset.

                      x     Frances SHORT, b. c1822, baptized 15 Apr 1822, Spetisbury, Dorset, buried: 4 Aug 1822, Spetisbury, Dorset.

                      xi    Francis SHORT, b. c1823, Dorset, occupation Agricultural Labourer.

            8.       xii    Andrew b. c1825.

                      xiii   Sarah SHORT, b. c1828, Spetisbury, Dorset, baptized 6 Nov 1828, Spetisbury, Dorset.  She married Charles TOOP, 3 Oct 1846, in Lytchett Minster ,Dorset, (son of Thomas TOOP).

 

Third Generation

 

5.  George SHORT, b. c1807, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 27 Sep 1807, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  He married Sarah DENNETT, 28 Dec 1828, in Spetisbury, Dorset, b. c1805, (daughter of Jacob DENNETT and Mary DENNETT) baptized 1 Dec 1805, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, d. Feb 1875, buried: 5 Feb 1875, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  George died 1829, Spetisbury, Dorset, buried: 9 Aug 1829, Spetisbury, Dorset.

                             Children:

            9.       i      Anne b. c1829.

 

6.  John SHORT, b. c1813, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Agricultural Labourer.  He married (1) Honor CHAFFEY, 25 Dec 1837, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. c1818, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, (daughter of Mary Ann (Marianne) CHAFFEY) baptized 7 May 1820, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. c1864, buried: 9 May 1864, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  He married (2) Sarah ??, aft1864, b. 1812, Lytchett Minster Dorset, d. 0 Feb 1875, buried: 5 Feb 1875, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                             Children by Honor CHAFFEY:

            10.     i      Robert b. 1838.

            11.     ii     Mary Ann b. c1840.

                      iii     Elizabeth Sarah SHORT, b. 1842, baptized 17 Mar 1844, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      iv    Fanny SHORT, b. c1848, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 13 Aug 1848, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

            12.     v     Frederick b. 1852.

            13.     vi    Alfred b. c1856.

                      vii    William George SHORT, Also known as George Short, b. 1859, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 28 Aug 1859, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Labourer.

                      viii   Henry James SHORT, b. 1863, baptized 4 Oct 1863, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

 

7.  James SHORT, b. c1816, Spetisbury, Dorset, baptized 30 Apr 1816, Spetisbury, Dorset, occupation Labourer.  He married Ann TOOMER, 23 Mar 1843, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. c1822, Winterborne Anderson Dorset, (daughter of Robert TOOMER and Sarah MARSH) baptized 1 Sep 1822, Winterborne Anderson Dorset, d. Feb 1859, buried: 23 Feb 1859, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  James died c1877, buried: 17 Jan 1877, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                             Children:

            14.     i      Elizabeth b. 24 Nov 1843.

                      ii     Edward Toomer SHORT, Also known as Edmund or Edwin Short, b. c1845, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 28 Dec 1845, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. bef 1851.

                      iii     George SHORT, b. c1848, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 20 Aug 1848, Winterton Anderson Dorset?, occupation Agricultural Labourer, d. 0 Feb 1869, buried: 12 Feb 1869, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

            15.     iv    William b. c1851.

            16.     v     Frederick Charles b. 11 Apr 1852.

                      vi    Sarah Jane Toomer SHORT, b. c1856, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 3 Feb 1856, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married Charles Henry LANGDOWN, 24 Oct 1874, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. c1853, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, (son of George LANGDOWN and Eliza EVERETT) occupation Labourer.  Sarah died 15 Jun 1933, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset.

 

8.  Andrew SHORT, b. c1825, Spetisbury, Dorset, baptized 27 Mar 1825, Spetisbury, Dorset, occupation Agricultural Labourer.  He married Sarah ROGERS, 9 Jul 1854, in Sturminster Marshall Dorset, b. 1836, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, (daughter of William ROGERS and Maria HOOPER) baptized 14 Feb 1836, Almer, Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      Robert SHORT, b. c1855, baptized 2 Aug 1855, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      ii     Rose SHORT, b. c1856, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 15 Jun 1856, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. 0 Aug 1883, buried: 23 Aug 1883, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      iii     Robert SHORT, b. 1 Aug 1858, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 3 Aug 1858, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. 3 Aug 1858, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, buried: 4 Aug 1858, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

            17.     iv    Austin b. 1860.

                      v     Robert SHORT, b. c1860, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

            18.     vi    William b. c1862.

 

Fourth Generation

 

9.  Anne SHORT, b. c1829, Lytchett Matravers/Spetisbury Dorset, baptized 16 Feb 1829, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married Thomas WHITE, 8 Feb 1855, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, (son of William WHITE) occupation Labourer.

                             Children:

                      i      Mary Ann SHORT, b. c1848, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 16 Jan 1848, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

            19.     ii     George b. c1851.

 

10.  Robert SHORT, b. 1838, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 10 Jun 1838, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Agricultural  Labourer.  He married Elizabeth ROGERS, 21 Aug 1858, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. c1833, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, (daughter of William ROGERS and Maria HOOPER) baptized 1 Sep 1833, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      Olive Urania SHORT, b. c1859, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 14 Apr 1859, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      ii     Fanny Maria SHORT, b. 1861, baptized 31 Dec 1865, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      iii     Sydney SHORT, b. 1864, Higher Lytchett, Dorset.

                      iv    Herbert SHORT, b. 1868, Canford, Dorset.

 

11.  Mary Ann SHORT, b. c1840, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 15 Aug 1841, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Servant.  She married George STONE, 24 Apr 1862, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. c1832, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, (son of Henry STONE and Mary RICKETTS) baptized 15 Jul 1832, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Labourer.  Mary died Bef1869.

                             Children:

                      i      Caroline STONE, b. c1867, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

 

12.  Frederick SHORT, b. 1852, Ltchett, baptized 8 Aug 1852, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Labourer.  He married Mary Ann ROSE, 22 Apr 1872, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. 1854, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      James SHORT, b. 1872, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      ii     Henry George SHORT, Also known as George Short, b. c1874, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 22 Mar 1874, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  He married Annie Elizabeth FALL, 6 Apr 1896, in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, b. 1875, baptized 1875, Corfe Mullen, Dorset.

                      iii     John SHORT, b. c1875, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 25 Dec 1875, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  He married Fanny GOOD, 28 Sep 1918, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      iv    Charlotte Ethel SHORT, b. c1877, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 9 Dec 1877, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      v     Fanny SHORT, b. 1878, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      vi    Elizabeth Honor SHORT, b. 1879, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married William James CANT, 8 Oct 1904, in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, b. 1880, Corfe Mullen, Dorset.

                      vii    Charles SHORT, b. 1880, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 9 Nov 1879, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      viii   Rose Mary SHORT, b. 1884, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married William Joseph BUTT, 1 Jul 1905, in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, b. 1883, Corfe Mullen, Dorset.

                      ix    Frederick SHORT, b. 1885, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  He married Amelia Elizabeth BUDDEN, 1 Jun 1909, in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, b. 1886, Corfe Mullen, Dorset.

                      x     Daisy May SHORT, b. 1891, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married Frederick CLARKE, 17 May 1913, in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, b. 1885.

                      xi    Ellen Loisa SHORT, b. 1894, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married Samuel John WILSON, 18 Apr 1927, in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, b. 1896, Corfe Mullen, Dorset.

 

13.  Alfred SHORT, b. c1856, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 10 Aug 1856, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Labourer.  He married Emily Maria CHAPPELL, 22 Oct 1877, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. c1860, Corfe Mullen, Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      William SHORT, b. 1877, Lytchett, Dorset.

                      ii     Frederick SHORT, b. 1880, Corfe Mullen, Dorset.

 

14.  Elizabeth SHORT, b. 24 Nov 1843, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 24 Dec 1843, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Laundress.  She married George HARRIS, 14 Nov 1868, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. c1849, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, (son of Elias HARRIS and Frances Maria BUDDEN) baptized 25 Mar 1849, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Gardener, d. bef1891.

                             Children:

                      i      George William SHORT, b. c1866, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 25 Dec 1866, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. 0 Mar 1867, buried: 17 Mar 1867, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      ii     Emily HARRIS, b. 1869, baptized 15 Apr 1869, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset.

                      iii     Claire Eveline HARRIS, b. 1871, baptized 5 Nov 1871, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset.

                      iv    Edward Toomer HARRIS, Also known as Edmund, b. 1873, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 25 May 1873, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation General Labourer.  He married Charlotte ?.

            20.     v     Agnes Elizabeth b. 1876.

            21.     vi    Barbara b. 1878.

                      vii    Leah Mary HARRIS, b. 1880, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 4 Jul 1880, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      viii   Walter Henry J HARRIS, b. 1882, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 9 Jul 1882, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      ix    Herbert John HARRIS, b. 1884, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 14 Sep 1884, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      x     Charles George HARRIS, Also known as George Charles, b. 1887, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 8 Apr 1887, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

 

15.  William SHORT, b. c1851, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 5 Jan 1851, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Labourer.  He married Emma Jane BURBIDGE, Also known as susanna?     Louisa, 24 Feb 1872, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. c1854, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, (daughter of Benjamin BURBIDGE and Julia Ann DEAN) baptized 30 Jul 1854, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. c1878, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  William died bef1881.

                             Children:

            22.     i      James Edmund b. c1872.

                      ii     George William SHORT, b. 31 Mar 1874, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 31 Jun 1874, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

 

16.  Frederick Charles SHORT, Also known as Charles Short, b. 11 Apr 1852, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 6 Jun 1852, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Labourer.  He married Jemima Ann BENNETT, Also known as Lavinia Ann Bennett, 23 Jan 1875, in The Parish Church Shapwick Dorset, b. 25 Apr 1851, Shapwick Dorset, (daughter of William BENNETT and Jemima Anne SHORT) baptized 6 Jul 1851, Shapwick Dorset, d. 29 Apr 1927, buried: Sopley Cemetery Hampshire.  Frederick died 19 Feb 1935, buried: 1935, Sopley Cemetery Hampshire.

                             Children:

                      i      William John BENNETT, b. 1868, Shapwick Dorset.  He married Eliza GORGINA?.

                      ii     George SHORT, b. c1876, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 26 Apr 1876, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  He married Bessie Jemima TRIGWELL, 21 Sep 1901, in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset.  George died 0 Jun 1945, Christchurch, Hampshire.

            23.     iii     Mary Ann b. 10 Jun 1878.

            24.     iv    Jessie b. c1880.

                      v     Kate SHORT, b. 1882, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset.

                      vi    Sarah Amelia SHORT, b. 1883, baptized 27 May 1883, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      vii    Walter Charles SHORT, b. c1884, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 27 Jul 1884, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      viii   Herbert James  SHORT, b. 0 Mar 1886, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 29 Mar 1886, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      ix    Arthur Edmund SHORT, b. 0 Aug 1888, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 5 Aug 1888, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. 0 Mar 1889, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, buried: 10 Mar 1889, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

 

17.  Austin SHORT, b. 1860, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 26 Feb 1860, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Labourer/Carter.  He married Mary Ann BARTLETT, Also known as Mary Jane Bartlett, 25 Dec 1882, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. 27 Oct 1859, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, (daughter of Charles BARTLETT and Rosanna Hayter HAIN) baptized 3 Jan 1861, d. 0 Mar 1925, buried: 28 Mar 1925, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  Austin died 0 Jan 1939, buried: 9 Jan 1939, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      Sarah Rose SHORT, b. 0 Jun 1884, baptized 1 Jun 1884, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      ii     William George SHORT, b. 0 Jan 1885, baptized 4 Jan 1885, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      iii     Lily Maria SHORT, Also known as Maria Short, b. 0 Oct 1886, baptized 24 Oct 1886, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married William COMPTON, 3 Sep 1904, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, (son of John COMPTON).

                      iv    Sidney Austin SHORT, b. 0 Jun 1888, baptized 24 Jun 1888, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. 0 Jan 1898, buried: 3 Feb 1898, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      v     Edwin Roger SHORT, b. 0 Jul 1890, baptized 16 Jul 1890, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. 0 Jul 1890, buried: 23 Jul 1890, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      vi    Frederick Charles SHORT, b. 0 Sep 1891, Lytchett, Dorset, baptized 23 Sep 1891, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. 0 Jun 1946, buried: 3 Jul 1946, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      vii    Freelord Roger SHORT, b. 0 Jun 1894, baptized 24 Jun 1894, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. 0 Oct 1895, buried: 12 Oct 1895, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      viii   Edith Olive May SHORT, b. bef 1897, baptized 14 Mar 1897, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

            25.     ix    Elsie Pearl b. bef sep 1899.

                      x     Mabel Alice SHORT, b. 0 Mar 1904, baptized 20 Mar 1904, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

 

18.  William SHORT, b. c1862, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 22 Jul 1862, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Agricultural Labourer.  He married Hannah BARTLETT, Also known as Anna Bartlett, 6 Sep 1886, in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, b. 29 Aug 1867, Dinton Wilts, (daughter of Charles BARTLETT and Rosanna Hayter HAIN). William died 0 Apr 1914, Royal Victoria Hospital Boscombe, Hampsh, buried: 16 Apr 1914, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      Edna May SHORT, b. 0 Jun 1888, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 24 Jun 1888, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

            26.     ii     William Herbert b. 0 Sep 1891.

                      iii     Sarah Elizabeth SHORT, b. 0 Jun 1894, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 24 Jun 1894, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      iv    Laura Mary SHORT, b. 0 Sep 1899, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 3 Sep 1899, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      v     Ivy Emily Maud SHORT, b. 29 Apr 1905, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 3 May 1908, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, d. 0 Jan 1909, buried: 16 Jan 1909, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      vi    James SHORT, b. 4 May 1907, baptized 3 May 1908, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      vii    Ern SHORT.

                      viii   Edward Ridgers SHORT.

                      ix    Lily Maria SHORT.

                      x     Cis SHORT.

                      xi    Rose SHORT.

                      xii    Beryle Emily SHORT, b. 18 Apr 1911, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 6 Aug 1911, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      xiii   May SHORT.

                      xiv   Euen SHORT.

 

Fifth Generation

 

19.  George SHORT, b. c1851, Spetisbury, Dorset.  He married Harriet ?.

                             Children:

                      i      Walter SHORT, b. 1872, baptized 29 Dec 1872.

 

20.  Agnes Elizabeth HARRIS, b. 1876, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 20 Aug 1876, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married Richard SELBY, 2 Aug 1897, in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, b. 1875, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, (son of Freeland SELBY and Susan Rose ?).

                             Children:

                      i      Bertrum SELBY.  He married Elsie ?.

                      ii     William SELBY.  He married Gwendoline ?.

                      iii     Edie SELBY.  She married R SKINNER.

                      iv    Reginald George SELBY.  He married Freda ?, Also known as Winifred, b. 1901, d. 9 Sep 2001.

 

21.  Barbara HARRIS, b. 1878, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 28 Jul 1878, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married Ellis Talbot CRUMPLER, 31 Mar 1902, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. 1877, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, (son of Samuel CRUMPLER and Charity Mary TALBOT) baptized 23 Sep 1877, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Labourer.

                             Children:

                      i      Vera CRUMPLER.

                      ii     Lilian Barbara Henrietter CRUMPLER, b. 1903, baptized 17 May 1903, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married Walter G CAVE, aft 1 Apr 1929, in Wimborne, Dorset, b. 1900.

                      iii     Kathleen CRUMPLER, b. 1906, baptized 4 Feb 1906, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                      iv    Margery G CRUMPLER, b. aft 1 Apr 1914, Mere.

                      v     Winnifred C CRUMPLER, b. aft 1 Apr 1914, Mere.

                      vi    Mabel I CRUMPLER, b. aft 1 Jul 1917, Mere.

                      vii    Charles T CRUMPLER, b. aft 1 Jan 1920, Mere.  He married Vera E EVERETT, aft 1 Oct 1946, in Poole, Dorset, b. 1925, Poole, Dorset.

 

22.  James Edmund SHORT, b. c1872, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 9 May 1872, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  He married Mary Elizabeth BURBIDGE, Also known as Maud, b. 1878, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, (daughter of Samuel William BURBIDGE and Ann Augusta BUDDEN).

                             Children:

                      i      Arthur Wilfred Alec SHORT, b. 1910, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 21 Oct 1910.

 

23.  Mary Ann SHORT, b. 10 Jun 1878, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 28 Jul 1878, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married (1) Charles Earnest BATT, 11 April 1896, in Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. 1875, Kingsclere Hampshire?, (son of Henry BATT and Sophia ?) occupation Labourer, d. bef 1909, buried: ?Bere Regis.  She married (2) William Edward James BURBIDGE, 12 Dec 1909, in Parish Church Lytchett Matravers Dorset, b. 4 Mar 1867, Springbourne Holdenhurst Hants, (son of William BURBIDGE and Rachel Fanny Matilda RABBETTS) baptized 29 Sep 1867, Sturminster Marshall Dorset, occupation Woodman, d. 7 Jan 1917, Hopmans Cot. Lytchett Matravers Dorset, buried: 9 Jan 1917, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married (3) Christopher J SMITH, c1922, in Bloxsworth?, d. c1960, buried: Sopley Cemetery Hampshire.  Mary died 7 Jul 1945, Christchurch, Hampshire.

                             Children by Charles Earnest BATT:

                      i      Walter BATT, b. c1898, d. 1977.

                      ii     Wynifred M BATT, b. c1900.  She married Leonard  SAMWAYS, b. Wareham.  Wynifred died 1938, Sway, buried: Sopley Cemetery Hampshire.

                      iii     Herbert Frank BATT, b. c1904, occupation Farmer.  He married Ada K CORNER, b. London, d. 2? Jan?1979, Sopley, Hampshire, buried: Sopley Cemetery Hampshire.  Herbert died 3 May 1978, Sopley Cemetery Hampshire.

                             Children by William Edward James BURBIDGE:

                      iv    Olive Rose Mary BURBIDGE, b. 21 Jul 1911, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 20 Aug 1911, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  She married Ronald Freeman CUTLER, Also known as Ron, 31 Jul 1937, in Sopley? Hampshire, b. 1 Aug 1909, Ringwood, Hampshire, (son of Charles CUTLER and Annie FREEMAN) d. 11 May 1943, Tunisia, North Africa, buried: Massicault War Cemetery, Tunisia, North Africa.

                      v     Ada Tabitha Kate BURBIDGE, b. 19 Sep 1913, Lytchett Matravers Poole Dorset, baptized 19 Oct 1913, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation In Service.  She married Francis Walter BULL, Also known as Frank Bull, 8 Jan 1938, in Hackney Registry, London, b. 30 Sep 1912, Southwark Newington South London, (son of William Pitt BULL and Alice Kate FRAMPTON) baptized 20 Oct 1912, St Pauls Lorrimore Sq SE London, occupation Master Joiner, d. 20 Jul 1975, St Leonards Hospital, Shoreditch London.  Ada died 1 Dec 1977, Rochford Hospital Southend Essex.

                      vi    Frederick Walter BURBIDGE, b. 10 Jun 1915, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 5 Sep 1915, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, occupation Fish and Chip shop owner.  He married Daisy CORBIN, 0 Jun 1938, b. c1920, occupation Fish and Chip shop Owner, d. 4 Mar 1999, Southampton Hampshire.  Frederick died c1981, Nr Southampton, Hampshire.

 

24.  Jessie SHORT, b. c1880, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 21 Dec 1879, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  He married Emily Virtue FRY, 14 Oct 1902, in Lytchett Matravers, Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      Cyril Osborne Frederick SHORT, b. 5 Jun 1904, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

 

25.  Elsie Pearl SHORT, b. bef sep 1899, baptized 3 Sep 1899, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      William SHORT, b. 18 Jan 1918, baptized 22 Sep 1918.

 

26.  William Herbert SHORT, b. 0 Sep 1891, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, baptized 20Jun 1891, Lytchett Matravers Dorset.  He married Florence DENNIS, 27 Jan 1910, b. 1892, d. 29 Aug 1962, Lytchett Matravers Dorset, buried: Lytchett Matravers Churchyard Dorset.  William died 23 May 1946, Lytchett Matravers Churchyard Dorset.

                             Children:

                      i      William G SHORT, b. bef1910.

                      ii     Bert SHORT.

                      iii     Stewart SHORT, b. 1920, d. 1940.

                      iv    Phyllis Stella Mary SHORT, b. 1922.  She married Giles William BUTTRESS, b. 1920.  Phyllis died 1991.

                      v     Valerie Joan SHORT, b. 19 Oct 1922, Flower Drove, Lychett Matravers, baptized 20 Jan 1932, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset.

                      vi    Lily SHORT.

                      vii    Rene SHORT, d. 1984.

                      viii   Ivy SHORT.

                      ix    Nora SHORT.

                      x     Dorothy Gertrude Edith SHORT, b. 14 Dec 1925, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, baptized 19 Jan 1926, Wareham Methodist Church Records.

                      xi    Queenie SHORT, b. 4 May 1934, baptized 3 Jun 1934, Wareham Methodist Church Records.

                      xii    Betty SHORT.

                      xiii   Peggy Joyce SHORT, b. 7 Nov 1936, baptized 29 Nov 1936, Lytchett Matravers, Dorset.