Arrived the Port of Baltimore Maryland in 1755
married, Eve Gottschalk in 1768
Although there are no stones, The Carleton's & Short's were neighbors & friends, and their children married each other.
so we will call this a Cenotaph, so we can link family.∼Jacob is our earliest known Short, although the original family name may have been Schartz, Schoritz, Scheritz, Shertz, Schwartz, or some other variation of the spelling. Jacob was born during the 1740's in the German Rhineland, and on coming to America the family name was spelled by English clerks how it sounded to them or what was easy and, therefore, the name came to be Short.
The Germany from which the family came was one of a loose
confederation of some 300 German states and principalities. Many of them were long embroiled in European intrigue and conflict,and many Germans came to America during the middle and latter part of the 18th century. Most were peasants and nearly all were
Protestants.
married, Eve Gottschalk in 1768
Although there are no stones, The Carleton's & Short's were neighbors & friends, and their children married each other.
so we will call this a Cenotaph, so we can link family.∼Jacob is our earliest known Short, although the original family name may have been Schartz, Schoritz, Scheritz, Shertz, Schwartz, or some other variation of the spelling. Jacob was born during the 1740's in the German Rhineland, and on coming to America the family name was spelled by English clerks how it sounded to them or what was easy and, therefore, the name came to be Short.
The Germany from which the family came was one of a loose
confederation of some 300 German states and principalities. Many of them were long embroiled in European intrigue and conflict,and many Germans came to America during the middle and latter part of the 18th century. Most were peasants and nearly all were
Protestants.
Arrived the Port of Baltimore Maryland in 1755
married, Eve Gottschalk in 1768
Although there are no stones, The Carleton's & Short's were neighbors & friends, and their children married each other.
so we will call this a Cenotaph, so we can link family.∼Jacob is our earliest known Short, although the original family name may have been Schartz, Schoritz, Scheritz, Shertz, Schwartz, or some other variation of the spelling. Jacob was born during the 1740's in the German Rhineland, and on coming to America the family name was spelled by English clerks how it sounded to them or what was easy and, therefore, the name came to be Short.
The Germany from which the family came was one of a loose
confederation of some 300 German states and principalities. Many of them were long embroiled in European intrigue and conflict,and many Germans came to America during the middle and latter part of the 18th century. Most were peasants and nearly all were
Protestants.
married, Eve Gottschalk in 1768
Although there are no stones, The Carleton's & Short's were neighbors & friends, and their children married each other.
so we will call this a Cenotaph, so we can link family.∼Jacob is our earliest known Short, although the original family name may have been Schartz, Schoritz, Scheritz, Shertz, Schwartz, or some other variation of the spelling. Jacob was born during the 1740's in the German Rhineland, and on coming to America the family name was spelled by English clerks how it sounded to them or what was easy and, therefore, the name came to be Short.
The Germany from which the family came was one of a loose
confederation of some 300 German states and principalities. Many of them were long embroiled in European intrigue and conflict,and many Germans came to America during the middle and latter part of the 18th century. Most were peasants and nearly all were
Protestants.
