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John Short was the illegitimate son of Mary Short who was the oldest daughter of Joseph and [[Short, Sarah|Sarah Short]]. He was baptised in Humshaugh on 17 October 1842. He lived in with his grandparents at Walwick in 1851 when he was 8 years old and in 1861 was an apprentice blacksmith living in his uncle [[Short, John|John Short]]’s household again in Walwick. [[Short, John|John Short]] senior moved to [[Cruddas Terrace]], Bellingham and John junior, now a blacksmith moved with him (1871 & 1881). John junior, like his uncle never married and in 1891 were living together in 11, Charles Street, South Shields and working as blacksmiths. In 1901 John junior was a boarder in the household of William Wright, a joiner in a local works, at Broomhope Mill, Corsenside. At this time John was working as a general labourer. There is no record locally of John’s death but the death of a John Short aged 68 is recorded in South Shields in the third quarter of 1910.

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