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Peter Short

Peter Short

Male 1769 - 1849  (80 years)

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  • Name Peter Short  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 1769  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    FSID KFRM-7C3  [1, 2, 3] 
    Death 1849  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Person ID I1544  Perchinske Strohmeyer Tree
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2025 

    Father Richard Short,   b. 1745, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1786, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ann,   b. 1745, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Mcgeehan,   b. 1769, Cambria City, Cambria, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1855 (Age 86 years) 
    Children 
     1. Samuel Short,   b. 1796, Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1873 (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Elizabeth Short,   b. 1797, Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1831, Loretto, Cambria, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Daniel Short,   b. 1799, Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Mary Short,   b. 1800, Emmitsburg, Frederick, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Susan Short,   b. 13 Apr 1803, Loretto, Cambria, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Ann Mcgeehan Short,   b. 6 Apr 1805, Loretto, Cambria, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. Amelia Emily Short,   b. 10 May 1807, Loretto, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1885, Clearfield, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Catherine Short,   b. 1 Apr 1809, Loretto, Cambria, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Felix Short,   b. 1810, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Martha Short,   b. 29 Mar 1813, Loretto, Cambria, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1769 - Maryland Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  • Sources 
    1. [S152] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 055.
      North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
      https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/2262652

    2. [S152] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Year: 1840; Census Place: Washington, Cambria, Pennsylvania; Page: 65.
      1840 United States Federal Census
      https://search.ancestry.com/collections/8057/records/2779582

    3. [S152] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 April 2020, 22:47), entry for Peter Short (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KFRM-7C3 ); contributed by various users. PersonID KFRM-7C3.
      Peter Short
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KFRM-7C3

    4. [S152] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 083.
      North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
      https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/2555181

    5. [S152] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Book Title: Peabody Genealogy.
      North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
      https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/3705827


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