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Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 73 Send Message	babagungy	Report	29 Jun 2011 17:35
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 73 Send Message	Trying to find my great aunt Beatrice Augusta Short born 1891 in Southampton.She moved to bath later in her life and never knew what happened to her.Not sure if she ever married as was told she was engaged for years and her fiance woulndnt leave his mum to marry her :-)
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	PollyPoppet	Report	29 Jun 2011 17:49
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	1901 census Address 57 Melbourne St Civil Parish St Mary Rural District Town or Village or Hamlet Southampton Ecclesiastical Parish St Mary Parliamentary Borough or Division Southampton County Borough, Municipal Borough or Urban District Southampton Administrative County Southampton Householder 1 Name Augustus R Short Relation to Head of Family Head Condition as to Marriage Widower Age Last Birthday 46 Sex Male Profession or Occupation Dock Labourer Employment Status Where Born Hants Southampton Language Infirmity Householder 2 Name Beatrice A Short Relation to Head of Family Daughter Condition as to Marriage Single Age Last Birthday 9 Sex Female Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born Hants Southampton Language Infirmity Householder 3 Name Ernest Short Relation to Head of Family Son Condition as to Marriage Single Age Last Birthday 8 Sex Male Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born Hants Southampton Language Infirmity Householder 4 Name Lily Short Relation to Head of Family Daughter Condition as to Marriage Single Age Last Birthday 13 Sex Female Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born Hants Southampton Language Infirmity Householder 5 Name Maud D I Short Relation to Head of Family Daughter Condition as to Marriage Single Age Last Birthday 15 Sex Female Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born Hants Southampton Language Infirmity Householder 6 Name William F Short Relation to Head of Family Son Condition as to Marriage Single Age Last Birthday 16 Sex Male Profession or Occupation Employment Status Where Born Hants Southampton Language Infirmity
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	PollyPoppet	Report	29 Jun 2011 17:57
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	possible death Name Beatrice A Short Year of Registration 1958 Quarter of Registration Apr-May-Jun Registration District Bath Registration County Somerset Age at Death: 67 Volume Number 7C Volume Page 61
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	PollyPoppet	Report	29 Jun 2011 18:00
Member Since: July 2008 Posts: 7 051 Send Message	1911 census Personal Information Name Beatrice Augustus Short Relationship to Head of Household Servant Condition Single Gender F Age 20 Estimated Year of Birth 1891 Occupation Housemaid Boarding House Employed Y Working at Home N Place of Birth Southampton Enumerator Information Address Maristow Cary Cres Torquay Parish Tormoham Town Torquay Type of Building Private Hotel Inhabited Y Reference RG14PN12768 RG78PN734 RD272 SD6 ED9 SN89 Administrative County Devonshire Registration District Newton Abbot Registration Sub District Torquay Enumeration District 9
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 73 Send Message	babagungy	Report	29 Jun 2011 19:21
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 73 Send Message	thank yo PollyPocket :-)Will send off for her death certificate to see if it matches up with her parents.Well done!
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 73 Send Message	babagungy	Report	30 Jun 2011 16:17
Member Since: May 2009 Posts: 73 Send Message	Hi PollyPocket,have you any idea where I can find where my great aunt Beatrice A ugusta Short was buried.??Died 1958 in somerset Bath. Thanking you Not sure how to find out :-)

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