Records of Wilfrid Short on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Wilfrid Short in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Wilfrid 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.

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Short Family Tree Databases

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Short Forums

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Miscellaneous Short Databases

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Some Famous People called Wilfrid Short

Wilfrid Short

Wilfrid Maurice Short CB (22 June 1870–8 June 1947) was a British civil servant who served as private secretary to the statesman A. J. Balfour for 26 years.

Short was born in Kilnwick, Yorkshire, and educated at the City of London School. In 1890 he joined the Civil Service as a clerk in the Office of the Official Receiver in Bankruptcy. In 1891 he transferred to the Royal Commission on Labour and in 1894 he was appointed Private Secretary to Balfour, a post he held until his retirement in 1920. During his tenure Balfour was Prime Minister (1902–1905), First Lord of the Admiralty (1915–1916) and Foreign Secretary (1916–1919), among other posts.

Short was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1920 New Year War Honours.

From 1920 to 1922, Short was Political and Literary Secretary to the Earl of Dunraven.

Short also invented a game called disco. This was a racquet sport similar to tennis, played on a 40 ft x 16 ft court with a 4 ft high net. Near each corner, set 6 ft in from the baseline and 3 ft from the sideline, was a 7–8 ft high post with a yellow wooden disc hanging from it. Play was similar to tennis, with one point being scored if the opposing player failed to return the ball, hit it into the net or hit it out of court. Five points were scored if a player hit one of the discs on his opponent's side with the ball. Games were played to fifteen points and five games made a set. The game was designed to be played indoors or in a small garden and sets were made by F. H. Ayres Ltd.

Source: Wilfrid Short, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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