Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Short was born in July 1689, in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, her father, John Short, was 18 and her mother, Margaret Bruce, was 20. She married Robert White on 22 June 1714, in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 27 February 1750, at the age of 60.
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- Catharin Short, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Catharine Short, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Katharin Short in entry for James White, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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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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