Hugh Short (abt. 1803 - 1851)

Born about 1803 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland

Descendants

Died 4 Oct 1851 at about age 48 in Boston, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Hugh SHORT.

Born ABT 1803. This is based upon records for him in Ireland, which have him living in Belfast (TyroneAntrim). His son John's bio (prob written by John's 3rd wife) has Hugh's birth in Tyrone, PA, but there's no evidence for this. See Boston MA death rec/Town-Vital Rec.Belfast, Antrim, Ireland. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

1803 According to the History of Peoria IL, in the Bio of Capt John Short. Absolutely no doc. for this has been found. There's a Hugh Short b. abt 1802 in Blairsville, PA, but he stayed in PA and had a documented family. John Short was hiding his Irish birth./Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA.

Died 04 OCT 1851. Hugh Short: Born about 1802(49 yrs), in Ireland. White Male. Died 4 Oct 1851 in Boston, MA. Parents: Hugh and Anne. Place of Death: D. I. [Deer Island] Hospital. Occupation: Carpenter COD: Chronic Diarrhea-- Informant:______/[Deer Island Hospital], Boston, Massachusetts. ^{[8][9][10][11]} File @M11269@.

Event: Departure 1849 According to family stories, Hugh became excited about the Gold Rush in California, and went there overland. He was never again seen by his family, and his sons had no idea how he ended his days. But see the death record below.../From Boston to California.

Arrival 09 SEP 1842. from St George, NB/Boston, MA, USA. ^[12][13]

Arrival 07 JUN 1833. Saint John, N.B. Customs House Passenger Lists 1815, 1832, 1833-1834 & 1837-1838 Ship John & Mary sailed from Belfast, Apr24 1833 arr. Jun 7 1833 in St John NB. Passengers included Hugh Short (Carpenter, age 30) and sons John (abt 7) and Hugh (abt 4).St. John, New Brunswick, Canada. ^[14][15][16]

Occupation: BET 1842 AND 1848. Hugh was a "housewright" (architect). Later, he was demoted to carpenter. This information is taken from the Boston City Directories for the appropriate years. His sons claimed that he was an alcoholic, and was very out-of-control./Boston, MA, USA.

Residence 1852 This, like the record below it, is not likely to refer to our ancestor. The information recorded in this particular 1852 CA State census record is very sparse./Yuba, California, United States. ^[17]

1860 This is not likely to be our ancestor, but it's the right name at about the right time in the right place, so I'm saving it here, just in case...../Diamond Springs, El Dorado, California. ^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S121 Birth date: abt 1806 Birth place: Arrival date: 9 Sep 1842 Arrival place: Boston, Massachusetts Departure date: Departure place: St George, New Brunswick File @M4018@
2. ↑ Source: #S120 Birth date: abt 1806 Birth place: Origin date: Origin place: Ireland Arrival date: September 9, 1842 Arrival place: Boston
3. ↑ Source: #S170 Year: 1860; Census Place: Diamond Springs, El Dorado, California; Roll: M653_58; Page: 797; Image: 181. Birth date: abt 1810 Birth place: New York Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Diamond Springs, El Dorado, California File @M4019@
4. ↑ Source: #S164 Place: St. John, New Brunswick; Year: 1833; Page Number: 163. Birth date: abt 1803 Birth place: Arrival date: 1833 Arrival place: St. John, New Brunswick
5. ↑ Source: #S1114 File @M11443@
6. ↑ Source: #S347 File @M11444@
7. ↑ Source: #S347 File @M13061@
8. ↑ Source: #S1114 File @M11443@
9. ↑ Source: #S347 File @M11444@
10. ↑ Source: #S347 File @M13061@
11. ↑ Source: #S347 File @M13062@
12. ↑ Source: #S120 Birth date: abt 1806 Birth place: Origin date: Origin place: Ireland Arrival date: September 9, 1842 Arrival place: Boston
13. ↑ Source: #S121 M227_16 Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943 about Hugh Short Name: Hugh Short Arrival Date: 9 Sep 1842 Age: 36 years Estimated Birth Year: abt 1806 Gender: Male Port of Departure: St George, New Brunswick Ship Name: N America Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts Microfilm Roll Number: M277_16 View original image Save This Record Attach this record to a person in your tree as a source record, or save for later evaluation. Save Source Information: Ancestry.com. Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943. Micropublication T843. RG085. Rolls # 1-454. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891. Micropublication M277. RG036. Rolls #1-115. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Description: This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from 1820-1943. In addition, the names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists. Information contained in the index includes given name, surname, age, gender, ethnicity, nationality or last country of permanent residence, destination, arrival date, port of arrival, port of departure, ship name, and microfilm roll and page number. Learn more...
14. ↑ Source: #S121 Birth date: abt 1806 Birth place: Arrival date: 9 Sep 1842 Arrival place: Boston, Massachusetts Departure date: Departure place: St George, New Brunswick File @M4018@
15. ↑ Source: #S164 Place: St. John, New Brunswick; Year: 1833; Page Number: 163. Birth date: abt 1803 Birth place: Arrival date: 1833 Arrival place: St. John, New Brunswick
16. ↑ Source: #S122 Arrival date: 1833 Arrival place: Canada
17. ↑ Source: #S210 Residence date: 1852 Residence place: Yuba, California, United States File @M4020@
18. ↑ Source: #S170 Year: 1860; Census Place: Diamond Springs, El Dorado, California; Roll: M653_58; Page: 797; Image: 181. Birth date: abt 1810 Birth place: New York Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Diamond Springs, El Dorado, California File @M4019@

See also:

• Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 For Hugh Short. Death. Hugh Short: Born about 1802, in Ireland. White Male. Died 4 Oct 1851 in Boston, Massachusetts. Place of Death: D. I. Hospital (second initial is conjecture, but appears on other pages). Parents: Hugh Short and Anne. Occupation of deceased: Carpenter. Cause of Death: Chronic Diahrrea. Place of interment: Low Island (??). Informant: __________________ This record, along with the corresponding MA Death Record (also attached) is particularly intriguing, because the family story is that this Hugh Short went West to California at the time of the 1849 Gold Rush and was never seen again. Of course he may well have gone West in 1849 and returned, and still never have seen his sons again, because we know that he was estranged from them. (This would also explain his absence from the 1850 US Federal Census.) By 1851 both of his sons were living elsewhere: John Short may have been in the Chicago, IL area, and Hugh N. Short was married to Barbara Richardson and lived in Maine with her and her extended family.

• Massachusetts Death Records 1841-1915 For Hugh Short. Hugh Short: Born about 1802 (age 49), in Ireland. White Male. Died 4 Oct 1851 in Boston, Massachusetts. Parents: Hugh Short and Anne. Occupation of deceased: Carpenter. Cause of Death: Chronic diarrhea. This record, along with the corresponding MA Town and Vital Record (also attached) is particularly intriguing, because the family story is that this Hugh Short went West to California at the time of the 1849 Gold Rush and was never seen again. Of course he may well have gone West in 1849 and returned, and still never have seen his sons again, because we know that he was estranged from them (This would also explain his absence from the 1850 US Federal Census.). By 1851 both of his sons were living elsewhere: John Short may have been in the Chicago, IL area, and Hugh N. Short was married to Barbara Richardson and lived in Maine with her and her extended family.

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.

• Correspondence with Janine Crandell from the Peoria, IL Co. Historical Society re: the "Captain John Short Biography".

• Map of Boston, Massachusetts, showing Deer Island. In the middle of the 19th century, Deer Island was the landing point for thousands of refugees from the Irish Potato Famine, many sick and poverty-stricken. In 1847, a hospital was established to treat incoming immigrants, and during the following two years approximately 4,800 men, women, and children were admitted. Many recovered and went on to new lives, but more than 800 died. In 1850, an almshouse was built to house paupers. Opened in 1853, It was administered by the City of Boston.

• Almshouse, Deer Island, Boston, MA (Homan's Sketches) in 1851. Hugh Short died in the Deer Island Hospital, but this Almshouse was newly-built on the small island while Hugh was there.

• Boston City Directories re: Hugh and John Short.

• Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915. Catholic Parish Registers, The National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 05470 / 01.

• Shankill Road Mission Hall.

• Old St Anne's Shankill. This is the old St. Anne's Church, since rebuilt, where Hugh N. Short (and perhaps his brother John) was baptized.

• Hugh N. Short 1828 Birth record. If this is not the correct record for our ancestor there is certainly an extraordinary level of coincidence involved: other sources give his parents' names as Hugh and Rebecca, his birth year as 1828.

• Hugh Short Arrives in the New World.

• Shankill Cemetery.

• Captain John Short Bio. mid-19th century. Bio of Capt. John Short of Elgin/Peoria Illinois, who was a Civil War hero.

• Woodvale Park, Shankill.

• Alice Smith Document Early 1960's. An oral history of the Shorts, given by Alice Smith, the wife of Phineas Smith, one of Hugh [II] Short's descendants.

• A Short Story. This is the story of our branch of the Short family, from their origins in Belfast to the present. I have posted it at the very end of the project I'm working on so that the information will be the best I can assemble. This is an excerpt from a book.

• Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943.

• 1860 United States Federal Census. Year: 1860; Census Place: Diamond Springs, El Dorado, California; Roll: M653_58; Page: 797; Image: 181.

• California State Census, 1852.

• S1114 Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com

• S120 Boston, 1821-1850 Passenger and Immigration Lists Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts 1820-1891. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
• S121 Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Boston, Massachusetts. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943. Micropublication T843. RG085. Rolls # 1-454. National Archives, Washing; Repository: #R9
• S122 Canadian Immigrant Records, Part Two Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Records of Immigrants to Canada.Original data: Records of Immigrants to Canada.; Repository: #R9
• S1255 Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016; Repository: #R9
• S164 Gale Research Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed..
• S170 1860 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1; Repository: #R9
• S185 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R9 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• S210 California State Census, 1852 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - California State Census of 1952. Sacramento, California: California State Library.Original data: California State Census of 1952. (microfilm, M/F 144, 6 rolls). Sacram; Repository: #R9
• S347 Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988