Researching Robert Short
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11698 people with the Short surname? In that year Short was ranked number 353 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Short on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Short and the Short Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Short Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Short family tree.
Search Parish Records for Robert Short at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Robert Short using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 15467 people with the Short surname in the UK? Short is now ranked number 363 for popularity in the UK. |
Short Family History Databases
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Short Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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| Did you know that there are currently 63803 people with the Short surname in the USA? Short is ranked number 136 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Short Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Robert Short. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Robert Short
Robert McCawley Short
Robert McCawley Short (October 4, 1904 in Steilacoom, Washington - February 22, 1932, in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China) was an American aviator, United States Army Air Forces pilot, and Republic of China Air Force Academy instructor. Born in Steilacoom, Washington, his family soon moved to Tacoma, Washington. On February 22, 1932, when flying a Boeing 218 from Shanghai to Nanjing, Short was boxed by six Japanese fighters. He first shot down a Japanese fighter and killed a Japanese commander, but later was shot down by the Japanese and crashed into a small lake (:zh:镬底潭) of Wusong River, in Wu County, Jiangsu, China. He was the first foreign pilot killed in the Second Sino-Japanese War, and the first American casualty in operations against Japan, nine years before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
In May 1932, Wu County erected an obelisk at the crash site in memory of his sacrifice. The obelisk was eroded by water due to its proximity to the river, and was later reconstructed in 1985. Short Memorial was also built in that year. In 1999, a statue of Robert Short was established in the same place. In October 2009, the Memorial moved to Jiangbin Park (江滨公园, River Shore Park) in Xietang Subdistrict of Suzhou Industrial Park. On September 1, 2014, Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China listed Short as a Famous Anti-Japanese Hero (:zh:著名抗日英烈和英雄群体名录).
In 2018, Short was also honored at Stadium High School's annual Memorial Day Recognition, where he graduated from in 1925.
Other names that sound a bit like Short
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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