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Ernest Withers Short                       1878-1938
Ernest was born on 23 December 1878, the son of John Young Short and Mary Ada Smart, at Sunderland, County Durham. He married Mary Woodward Morgan, and was a shipbuilder.


Woodward Mary Morgan               1880-1947
Mary was born about 1880, the daughter of Thomas Squire Morgan and Louisa ?, at Tenterfield District, NSW, Australia.
I have identified the following children.
  Elaine Mary Woodward Born 21 Mar 1903   Bishopwearmouth Married Raoul Georges Peereboom
Enid Beatrice Born 29 Dec 1908   Bishopwearmouth Married Oswald Loy Wight

Birth of Parents
Ernest Withers Short b: 23 Dec 1878  c: 16 Jun 1880   Ebernezer Chapel, Sunderland   1879 1Q Sunderland 10a 598
son of John Young Short and Mary Ada Smart, The Elms

Woodward Mary Morgan b: abt 1880                    Tenterfield District, NSW, Australia           1880-25391
daughter of Thomas Squire Morgan and Louisa ?

Marriage
3 Sep 1901
Ernest Withers Short
Woodward Mary Morgan
St. Jude's Church, Sydney, NSW, Australia         1901-7450

The Sydney Mail, Saturday, Oct 12, 1901          MARRIAGES
  SHORT - MORGAN - September 3, at St. Jude's Church, Randwick, by the Rev. William Hough, Ernest Withers Short to Woodward Mary Morgan.

Children
Elaine Mary Woodward Short b: 21 Mar 1903  c: 28 Apr 1903   Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth   1903 2Q Sunderland 10a 685
daughter of Ernest Withers Short and Woodward Mary Morgan 9 Woodside
Enid Beatrice Short b: 29 Dec 1908  c: 28 Jan 1909   Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth
daughter of Ernest Withers Short and Woodward Mary Morgan 9 Woodside

1911 Census RG14-147 3 April 1911 Sunderland, County Durham
9 Woodside   (9 Rooms)
Ernest Withers Short
Woodward Mary (Wife)
Elaine May Woodward
Enid Beatrice
Plus 3 Servants
Age 32
Age 30
Age 8
Age 2
Coal Exporter Sunderland
N. S. W.
Sunderland
Sunderland
Durham
Australia
Durham
Durham
23 Dec 1878
abt 1880
21 Mar 1903
29 Dec 1908

Death
Ernest Withers Short Died 24 Oct 1938, 59,  at the Seaburn Hotel, Sunderland           1938 4Q Sunderland 10a 680
Burial 26 Oct 1938, Sunderland Cemetery, Grangetown

DURHAM   4 Jan 1939                         Probate
SHORT, Ernest Withers, of the Seaburn Hotel, Seaburn, Sunderland, died 24 October 1938, probate Durham, 4 January, to Woodward Mary Short, widow, and Christopher Colin Charlton, solicitor.
  Effects £3,426 11s. 6d.

Death
Woodward Mary (Morgan) Short Died 21 Aug 1947, Age 66,   at Middleton Hall, Middleton St. George
Burial 26 Aug 1947, Sunderland Cemetery, Grangetown     1947 3Q Durham W 1a 590

DURHAM   24 Oct 1947                         Probate
SHORT, Woodward Mary, of The Avenue Hotel, Harrogate, widow, died 21 August 1947, at Middleton Hall, Middleton St. George, county Durham, Probate, Durham, 24 October, to Enid Beatrice Wight (wife of Oswald Loy Wight), Elaine May Woodward Peereboom (wife of Raoul Georges Peereboom), and Christopher Colin Charlton, solicitor.   Effects £912 1s. 4d.