William A. Shorts
1880 - 1933 (53 years)1. William A. Shorts was born on 3 Jan 1880 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA (son of Jacob Shorts and Margaret Jane Barbour); died on 16 Jul 1933 in Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 19 Jul 1933 in Greenwood Cemetery, Pultney Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA. Family/Spouse: Lulu Unknown. Lulu was born in 1889 in Ohio, USA; died in in Belmont County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Jacob Shorts was born on 3 Mar 1850 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA (son of Johannes Jakob Schütz Shorts and Katharina Matz); died on 5 Sep 1926 in Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1926 in Greenwood Cemetery, Pultney Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA. Jacob married Margaret Jane Barbour on 17 Dec 1868 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA. Margaret was born on 7 Dec 1845 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; died on 15 Jul 1935 in Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 16 Aug 1935 in Greenwood Cemetery, Pultney Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Margaret Jane Barbour was born on 7 Dec 1845 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; died on 15 Jul 1935 in Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 16 Aug 1935 in Greenwood Cemetery, Pultney Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA. Children:
- Barbara Ellen Shorts was born on 20 Dec 1869 in Ohio, USA; died on 29 Jun 1951 in Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Pultney Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA.
- Matilda J. Shorts was born on 8 May 1875 in Monroe County, Ohio, USA; died in in USA.
- Mary Ann Shorts was born on 6 Feb 1878 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; died on 2 Jan 1958 in Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 6 Jan 1958 in Linwood Cemetery, Blaine, Colerain Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA.
- 1. William A. Shorts was born on 3 Jan 1880 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; died on 16 Jul 1933 in Bellaire, Belmont County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 19 Jul 1933 in Greenwood Cemetery, Pultney Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA.
- Ola Belle Shorts was born on 23 Oct 1886 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; died on 19 Mar 1971 in Wetzel County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA.
- Rose Shorts was born on 14 Mar 1890 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; died on 30 Dec 1926 in Belmont County, Ohio, USA.
Generation: 3
4. Johannes Jakob Schütz Shorts was born in 1830 in Deutschland; died in in USA. Johannes married Katharina Matz about 1849. Katharina (daughter of Georg Jakob Matz and Luisa Walter) was born in 1832 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died in in USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Katharina Matz was born in 1832 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern (daughter of Georg Jakob Matz and Luisa Walter); died in in USA. Children:
- 2. Jacob Shorts was born on 3 Mar 1850 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 5 Sep 1926 in Union Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 7 Sep 1926 in Greenwood Cemetery, Pultney Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA.
- Henry Shorts was born on 14 Sep 1854 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 21 Mar 1938 in Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 24 Mar 1938 in Moose Ridge Cemetery, Center Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA.
- John Shorts was born in 1856.
- Mary Shorts was born in 1858.
- Barbara Shorts was born in 1860.
Generation: 4
10. Georg Jakob Matz was born on 12 Oct 1793 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz; was christened on 13 Oct 1793 in Annweiler am Trifels, Pfalz (son of Johannes Jakob Matz and Anna Barbara Disque); died in in Monroe County, Ohio, USA. Georg married Luisa Walter about 1817 in Vorderweidenthal, Pfalz, Bayern. Luisa (daughter of Johannes Peter Walter and Maria Katharina Helfer) was born on 9 Oct 1795 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz; was christened on 11 Oct 1795 in Vorderweidenthal, Pfalz; died in in Monroe County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Luisa Walter was born on 9 Oct 1795 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz; was christened on 11 Oct 1795 in Vorderweidenthal, Pfalz (daughter of Johannes Peter Walter and Maria Katharina Helfer); died in in Monroe County, Ohio, USA. Children:
- Apollonia Matz was born on 19 Nov 1818 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern.
- Konrad Matz was born on 8 Oct 1821 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 9 Jul 1843 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; was buried on 11 Jul 1843 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern.
- Jakob Markus Matz was born on 30 Jan 1824 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; was christened on 8 Feb 1824 in Vorderweidenthal, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 28 Jan 1882 in Adams Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA.
- Peter M. Matz was born on 26 Oct 1826 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 26 Mar 1891 in Monroe County, Ohio, USA.
- Johannes Jakob Matz was born on 5 Mar 1829 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; was christened on 8 Mar 1829 in Vorderweidenthal, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 11 Sep 1887 in Adams Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Adams Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA.
- Ludwig Matz was born on 19 Oct 1831 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 13 Jul 1912 in Lewisville, Monroe County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 16 Jul 1912 in St. John's Middle Church Cemetery, Summit Township, Monroe County, Ohio, USA.
- 5. Katharina Matz was born in 1832 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died in in USA.
- Maria Matz was born on 24 Dec 1833 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 16 Jun 1907 in Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Pleasant Home Cemetery, Harris, Wood County, West Virginia, USA.
- Friedrich Matz was born on 23 Jul 1835 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died on 14 Oct 1836 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern.
- Anna Maria Matz was born on 6 Dec 1839 in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern; died in in Oberschlettenbach, Pfalz, Bayern.