Elizabeth Anderson (Weastell) Short (abt. 1847 - 1917)

Born about 1847 in Seaton Carew, Durham, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Robert Short — married 1872 in Hartlepool, Durham, England

Descendants

Died 1917 at about age 70 in Hartlepool, Durham, England

Biography

Elizabeth, born in 1847,^[1] was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Weastell. When she was 13, she lived with her aunt Hannah Anderson, a seamstress, and went to school in Seaton Carew.^[2] She married John Robert Short in 1872.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26YW-3MF : accessed 19 July 2015), Elizabeth Anderson Weastell, 1847; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Stockton, Durham, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7CN-V2R : accessed 19 July 2015), Elizabeth A Weastell, Seaton Carew, Durham, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DLX-Z9T : accessed 19 July 2015), Elizabeth Auderson Weastell, 1872; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Marriage, Hartlepool, Durham, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.