Shorter Family History
Shorter Name Meaning
English: from the comparative form of Middle English schort
‘short’, hence a distinguishing nickname for the shorter of two
closely associated people with the same personal name (for example,
members of the same household).
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Shorter
Name Distribution of Shorter Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Shorter families
 43 - 83  15 - 42 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Shorter families
|
192 - 381 65 - 191 |
1 - 64 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Shorter families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Shorter census records
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Shorter Family Origin
Shorter Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Shorter families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Shorter
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Shorter Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Shorter census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Shorter ancestors, such as occupation.
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Shorter Civil War Service Records
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