Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin Short was born on 7 November 1858, in Yale, Jasper, Illinois, United States, his father, William Lawson Short, was 38 and his mother, Catherine Siler, was 33. He married Lucy Postlewait on 11 February 1894, in Crawford, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Grandville Township, Jasper, Illinois, United States for about 73 years. He died on 5 December 1933, in Crawford, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Crawford, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Benj F Short in household of William Short, "United States Census, 1860"
- Benjamin Franklin Short, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Benjamin F Short, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
Spouse and Children
1858–1933 Male
1864–1948 Female
Children (9)
1894–1917 Male
1896–1896 Male
1896–1896 Male
1896– Male
1897–about 1897 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1820–1885 Male
1825–1859 Female
Siblings (9)
1845–1932 Male
1846–1931 Male
1848–1923 Male
1849–1923 Female
1851–1921 Male
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World Events (8)
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Age 3
1863
Age 5
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a short person, from Middle English short ‘short’ (Old English sceort).
English: topographic name for someone who lived at a detached or cut-off piece of land (Middle English shorte, shirte, from Old English scierte, scerte, scyrte) or else a habitational name from a place so named, such as Shoart in Harbeldown (Kent) and Shuart in Saint Nicholas at Wade (Kent). Compare Shorter .
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Gaelic Mac an Gheairr, Mac an Ghirr ‘son of the short man’ (see McGirr ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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