Identity area
Type of entity
Family
Authorized form of name
Short Family
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Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
Richard Short, his wife, and their family sailed from Devonshire, England and settled in Bowmanville then in Courtice Corners (earlier known as Short's Corners). Some Short families came to Wellington County near Moorefield and Drayton about 1890.