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A selection of Short's from around the world

Bound for Australia

Walter Short — Walter Short

Born 1 Aug 1804 in Launceston, Cornwall, ENGLAND

Immigrated from Cornwall to Australia in 1829 on board the 'Elizabeth'. Settled in White Rock, New South Wales not far to the East of Bathurst.

TV & Film

Martin Short — Martin Short

Born 26 Mar 1950

Martin Short is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer, and writer, the youngest of five children of Olive Grace , a concertmistress of the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra, and Charles Patrick Short , a corporate executive with Stelco, a Canadian steel company.

Napoleonic Prisoners of War

John Tregerthen Short — John Tregerthen Short

Born: 1785 St Ives, Cornwall

After his ordeal in the Napoleonic war, he was married to Elizabeth Curnow in St Ives on 29 March 1818 and they had six children. His book is available here for you to download for free.

The Black Dahlia

Elizabeth Short — Elizabeth Short

aka 'The Black Dahlia'

Elizabeth Short, aka the Black Dahlia, who was brutally murdered in Los Angeles shortly after World War II. The 1947 crime grabbed national headlines when her body was found surgically bisected at the waist, drained of blood & bizarrely mutilated. The murder remains unsolved.

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Why waste your money looking up your family tree? Just go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.

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