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SHORTLAND, Tom
1863 - 1953 (89 years) Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.
1865 - 1885 (20 years)-
Name SHORTLAND, Tom Birth 13 Mar 1863 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire 
Gender Male Death 1953 East Elloe, Lincolnshire, England Person ID I5197 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 1 GRIFFIN, Rosetta, b. 1865, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England d. 1885, Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire (Age 20 years) Marriage 20 May 1884 Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England Family ID F2142 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 ROWLETT, Sarah E., b. 19 Jun 1869, Walsoken, Norfolk d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1886 Holbeach Registration District, Lincolnshire Family ID F2965 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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TOM SHORTLAND 1863-1953
The birth of Tom SHORTLAND was registered in 1863.
(GRO June Q 1863 Holbeach 7a 362)
Tom SHORTLAND, a 21 year old bachelor and labourer of Sutton St. Matthew, son of Henry SHORTLAND labourer, married 18 year old spinster Rose GRIFFIN, also of Sutton St. MATTHEW and daughter of deceased sailor James GRIFFIN, at Sutton St. Matthew, Lincolnshire, on 20 May 1884. Witnesses were John SHORTLAND and Sarah DAYNES.
(PR)
(GRO June Q 1884 Holbeach 7a 705)
The death of his wife Rosetta SHORTLAND aged 20 was registered in 1885.
(GRO September 1885 Holbeach 7a 232)
Rosetta SHORTLAND aged 20 was buried at Sutton Bridge on 16 August 1885.
(PR)
Tom SHORTLAND married Sarah Elizabeth ROWLETT in 1886.
(GRO June Q 1886 Holbeach 7a 700)
From the 1911 census of Wingland, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire:
*Tom SHORTLAND, head, aged 48, married, foreman on farm, born at Gedney, Lincolnshire;
Sarah E. SHORTLAND, wife, aged 43, married 24 years, 8 children of whom 7 lving, born at Walsoken;
Albert T. SHORTLAND, son, aged 19, single, horseman on farm, born at Little Sutton, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Nellie SHORTLAND, daughter, aged 15, single, born at Little Sutton, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
William SHORTLAND, son, aged 13, school, born at Little Sutton, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Percy SHORTLAND, son, aged 11, school, born at Little Sutton, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire;
Ernest SHORTLAND, son, aged 5, born at Wingland, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire;
Edith SHORTLAND, daughter, aged 3, born at Wingland, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire.
James SNASDELL, servant, aged 18, single, horseman on farm, born at Tydd, Lincolnshire.
(RG14PN19531 RG78PN1172 RD414 SD2 ED17 SN22)
From the 1939 Register of Todkill Lane, Wingland, East Elloe R.D., Lincolnshire:
*Tom SHORTLAND, born on 13 March 1863, retired agricultural foreman, married;
Sarah E. SHORTLAND, born on 19 June 1869, unpaid domestic duties, married;
Annie E. SHORTLAND, born on 7 November 1893, domestic parlour maid, single;
Edward P. SHORTLAND, born on 19 February 1900, railway clerk, single;
Ernest G. SHORTLAND, born on 23 August 1905, horseman on farm, single.
(RG101/6373B/004/16 THDH)
The death of a Tom SHORTLAND aged 89 was registered in 1953.
(GRO March Q 1953 East Elloe 3b 49)
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