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Meredith David William "Merry" Short 1928–2020 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 January 1928

Birth Location: Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

Death Date: 4 July 2020

Death Location: South Africa

Father: Frederick Short

Mother: Anna Hart

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Meredith David William "Merry" Short was born in 1928 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the child of Frederick Hamilton Short And Anna Mary Hart. Meredith David William "Merry" Short passed away in 2020 in South Africa.

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Biography

  • Meredith David William "Merry" Short was born in 1928 in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the child of Frederick Hamilton Short And Anna Mary Hart.
  • Meredith David William "Merry" Short passed away in 2020 in South Africa.

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Meredith Short's Ancestors

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Meredith Short
1928–2020
Birth Place: Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Parents
Frederick Hamilton Short
1899–1972
Transvaal, South Africa
Anna (Mary) Hart
1906–1986
Transvaal, South Africa
Grandparents
David (Hart ben) Henry
1864–1907
Spitalfields, Middlesex, England
Caroline ("Carrie") Bierschenk
1874–1954
East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Great-Grandparents
Isaac Mendoza
1826–1881
Rebecca Mendoza
1826–1881
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Mordecai Hart
1796–1865
Kato Hart
1797–1871
Moses Mendoza
1802–1891
Hannah Mendoza
1801–1860

Meredith Short's Timeline

2 Records

1928
22 January 1928
Birth of Meredith David William "Merry" Short in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
2020
4 July 2020
Age 92
Death of Meredith David William "Merry" Short in South Africa
South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 January 1928
    Event Place: Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 July 2020
    Event Place: South Africa

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