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Record #15304

Name :: : Frederick Walter Charles SHORT (1900 - 1962)
aka : Frederick Walter Shortt
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 15 Dec 1900
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 3 Jul 1962

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Hampshire, Isle of Wight

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 24 Jul 1909
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sicilian
Placement Family: : Truesetter

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Frederick Walter C Short: Date: Jan 1901; District: Isle of Wight; County: Hampshire, Isle of Wight; Volume: 2b; Page: 585. Parents: Walter John Short and Ada Coleman, married 1896 in Stoneham, Hampshire, England.

A death registration was found for Walter John Short: Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1905; Age: 48; District: Isle of Wight; County: Hampshire; Volume: 2b; Page: 353

In 1909, Frederick Short, 8, arrived at Quebec, Canada, in a group of 72 Barnardo children en route to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

On May 18, 1921, at Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Frederick Walter Charles Short, 21, laborer, born in Southampton, England, to John Shortt and Mary Brown; and Alice Victoria Greer, 18, farmers daughter, born in Watt, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, to John Greer and Roselie Crowder.

Frederick Shortt and Alice Victoria Greer had at least 5 children: Freda Shortt; Milton Shortt; Margaret Shortt born about 1944; Lawrence Shortt; and Mervin Shortt.

Frederick Walter Charles Shortt died July 3, 1962. Alice Victoria Greer Shortt died April 7, 1986.

A song, written by Marion Parsons, told the story of Frederick Shortt, as relayed to a friend by his son. The song is set to the melody of ?Tramps and Hawkers?:

The waves that took my father?s ship left us a desperate house
Twas more than mother could hope to do to fill three empty mouths
My brother, he was too young to part, my sister was too dear
It fell on me to play the man, and I in my sixth year.

My mother said, ?It won?t be far, twill be just for a while.
Be good, be strong, and say your prayers, just like on dear Wight Isle.?
She packed my clothes and my Testament, I put aside my toys
And knocked upon the doorway of Barnardo?s Home for Boys.

How little did my mother know
When she begged me, ?Fred, don?t cry,?
The waves would carry me off as well
That this was our goodbye.

Those lonely months on the mainland, my home and friends I missed
Until the day I found my name at the head of the Canada list
I?d go across the ocean wide to be a farmer?s ward
And sell my small hands? labour for my schooling, bed, and board.

They brought me pen and paper the morning that I sailed
My news and my fondest wishes to family then were mailed
With a trunk and blessing for each of us, we queued up at the dawn
To board that good ship?s steerage, and set off for Saint John.

How little did my mother know
When she led me from her door
My fortune lay in Canada
I?d ne?er see England more.

We rode the train to Toronto town, amazed by miles of trees
The farmers came from all around to pick what boy they?d please
I went to a St. Thomas farm, where I spent some decent years
Until my boss sold off his land, left me with nought but tears.

My next boss lived in Utterson, George Truesetter by name
I worked like hell to earn my keep, but got his belt and blame
His children all went off to school, but I was left behind
The cows and pigs I tended were the best friends I could find.

How little did my mother know
When she gave me to their care
The lands that I would travel in
The burdens I would bear.

As soon as I was old enough I took my clothes and pay
And married sweet little Alice Greer, one bright and blessed day
We built a house on her parents? land, right here by Skeleton Lake
We cleared the trees and bred the stock for all our children?s sake.

My boys work hard and do their share, but I won?t let them miss school
My girls will never be lone or shamed, though they don?t know wealth or jewel
And as for me and my Alice, well, we?re better off than then
These walls are humble but they?re my own, I?ll never leave again.

ContributorsCreated : 2011-11-09 12:58:34 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-10-30 23:08:34 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3055	ABBOTT, Douglas Groves	1910	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
3150	ACRES, Ada	1864	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Jun 1874 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
7448	ADAMS, Ernest Alfred	1889	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jul 1901 : Numidian	CAN	Barnardos
9986	ADDERLEY, Edward George	1890	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Jul 1902 : New England	CAN	Barnardos
17765	ADLAM, Edwin Walter	1899	ENG, HAM, Fareham	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17766	ADLAM, Thomas Albert	1901	ENG, HAM, Fareham	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6798	AINSLIE, Daisy Ann	1890	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Oct 1905 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
5146	ALDWORTH, Cecil John	1915	ENG, HAM, Christchurch	Oct 1928 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
5145	ALDWORTH, Sidney Francis	1912	ENG, HAM, Christchurch	Oct 1928 : Montcalm	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
9776	ALLEN, Bertha Ethel	1886	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
15306	ALLEN, Bessie May	1888	ENG, HAM, Winchester	Sep 1899 : Arawa	CAN	Barnardos
4093	AMES, Mildred Doris	1903	ENG, HAM, Alverstoke	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
10896	ANNALL, Frederick William	1901	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Mar 1915 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
25954	ARMSTRONG, Benjamin John Emmerson	1918	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Nov 1929 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes	splmum , Pinjarra1929
27393	ASHWORTH, Gordon Herbert Charles	1943	ENG, HAM, Alton	Jan 1949 : Ormonde	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
27392	ASHWORTH, Maurice Benedict	1941	ENG, HAM, Aldershot	Jan 1949 : Ormonde	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
17310	AYLWIN, Arthur Edmund	1893	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17059	AYLWIN, Bertie	1898	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
17311	AYLWIN, Ernest Edward	1896	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10932	BAKER, George Edward Windsor	1937	ENG, HAM, Southampton	May 1948 : Empire Brent (formerly Letitia II)	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
17978	BANKS, Edmund Charles	1895	ENG, HAM, Portsmouth	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
17323	BANKS, Harry Albert	1893	ENG, HAM, Portsea	Mar 1903 : Canada	CAN	Barnardos
17980	BANKS, Mabel	1890	ENG, HAM, Alverstoke	Oct 1903 : Dominion		Barnardos
3442	BASHFORD, Albert Edward	1886	ENG, HAM, Isle of Wight	Jun 1891 : Vancouver	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
3441	BASHFORD, Charlotte	1881	ENG, HAM, Isle of Wight	Jun 1891 : Vancouver	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
8855	BIDDLECOMBE, Annie	1886	ENG, HAM, Dibden	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10070	BLACKMAN, Phillip	1882	ENG, HAM, Gosport	Apr 1892 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
7165	BLANDFORD, Elizabeth	1856	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
7042	BLANDFORD, Frances Amelia	1859	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1871 : Prussian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
16647	BLANDFORD, Kate Jane	1861	ENG, HAM, Southampton	Aug 1872 : Sarmatian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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