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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
3004	AARON, Alfred Robert	1899	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3003	AARON, John Richard	1895	ENG, LAN, West Derby, Liverpool	Mar 1911 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3007	ABBEY, Bertha	1890	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3006	ABBEY, John	1887	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3161	ABBEY, Thomas	1892	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Oct 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3020	ABBOT, Alice	1877	ENG, MDX, Islington	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3047	ABBOT, William	1878	ENG,	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3019	ABBOTT, Alfred	1869	ENG,	Aug 1887 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
23669	ABBOTT, Alice	1877	ENG,	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3022	ABBOTT, Bertie	1894	ENG, SFK, Ipswich	May 1909 : Corsican	CAN	Barnardos	sharonmx5 , patty_in_ms
3025	ABBOTT, David Henry	1891	ENG, ESS, Grays	Mar 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3055	ABBOTT, Douglas Groves	1910	ENG, HAM, Hartley Wintney	Apr 1924 : Montclare	CAN	Barnardos
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8354	ABBOTT, Frederick Albert Prosper	1885	ENG, LND, Homerton	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
3038	ABBOTT, Herman Henry	1882	ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
10624	ABBOTT, John	1913	ENG,	Apr 1929 : Duchess of York	CAN	Barnardos
3045	ABBOTT, Leslie	1883	ENG,	Mar 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3060	ABBOTT, Lilian	1903	ENG,	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3026	ABBOTT, Mary	1888	ENG, ESS, Maldon	Oct 1902 : Colonian	CAN	Barnardos
3049	ABBOTT, Penelope	1901	ENG, KEN, Sidcup	Jun 1912 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
5046	ABBS, Bertie Cecil John	1914	ENG, LND, St. Pancras	Mar 1930 : Duchess of Richmond	CAN	Barnardos
3061	ABDALE, John George	1873	ENG, NBL, Newcastle Upon Tyne	Mar 1891 : Norwegian	CAN	Barnardos
3063	ABEL, Albert Edward G.	1901	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3065	ABEL, Florence	1902	ENG, ESS, West Ham	Aug 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3067	ABEL, Frederick	1889	ENG,	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3071	ABEL, John	1886	ENG,	Jun 1897 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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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