Gravestone of John Short (1808-1858), Mary (Jeffrey) Short and their daughter Jane

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Gravestone of John Short (1808-1858), Mary (Jeffrey) Short and their daughter Jane
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gravestone
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after 1909
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Woodstock Presbyterian Cemetery, Woodstock, Ontario; Find a Grave, memorial 223484854 (photograph by a Find a Grave contributor)
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image
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public

Found on Find a Grave, 10 Oct 2026: the photograph (by L. C.) on the memorial of Mary Jeffrey Short at the Woodstock Presbyterian Cemetery (223484854; see Find a Grave memorials of the Jeffrey family: William Jeffrey and Mary Lyall, their children, and Andrew Jeffrey of Chirnside). A tall granite stone, its front face reading:

IN MEMORIAM / JOHN SHORT / BORN AUG. 6 1808 / RUGLEY / NORTHUMBERLAND / ENGLAND / DIED OCT. 4 1858 / ORONO / DURHAM COUNTY, ONT. / AND HIS WIFE / MARY JEFFREY / BORN JAN. 8 1809 / BERWICK, SCOTLAND / DIED NOV. 1 1883 / WOODSTOCK / AND THEIR DAUGHTER / JANE / BORN NOV. 23 1836 / AT COBOURG / DIED AUG. 6 1909 / AT WOODSTOCK

A side face also carries an inscription, in shadow in this photograph and not readable.

What it shows:

  • John Short's birthplace: Rugley, Northumberland, England, a hamlet near Alnwick. WikiTree's "Rufley, Northumberland Co., Ontario" is a misreading of it. The "Newcastle, England" in the Short family history, as WikiTree quotes it, is probably a garbling of the county.
  • His birth, Aug. 6 1808. WikiTree has 8 Aug; the figure on the stone is a 6, unlike the 8s of "1808".
  • Mary Jeffrey's birth, Jan. 8 1809, "Berwick, Scotland": the county of Berwick (Berwickshire), not Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is in England. Foulden, where the family accounts place the Jeffreys, is in Berwickshire.
  • Her death, Nov. 1 1883, against 15 Nov on WikiTree. The stone's "1" is clear.
  • Their eldest daughter Jane, born at Cobourg on 23 Nov 1836. That puts the couple at Cobourg in their first year of marriage (married 7 Jan 1836, at Cobourg as WikiTree has it).

A memorial put up by the family after 1909 at the Woodstock Presbyterian Cemetery, where Mary was buried. For John it is a cenotaph: he is buried at Lawrence Cemetery, Orono, under his own broken stone (Gravestone of John Short (d. 1858), Lawrence Cemetery, Orono). A larger photograph on his Orono memorial (photo 299172469) reads the same, "BORN AUG. 6 1808 / RUGLEY"; its side face is still in shadow.

  1. ---
  2. title: "Gravestone of John Short (1808-1858), Mary (Jeffrey) Short and their daughter Jane"
  3. type: gravestone
  4. date: after 1909
  5. repository: "Woodstock Presbyterian Cemetery, Woodstock, Ontario; Find a Grave, memorial 223484854 (photograph by a Find a Grave contributor)"
  6. seen: image
  7. access: public
  8. ---
  10. Found on Find a Grave, 10 Oct 2026: the photograph (by L. C.) on the memorial of Mary
  11. Jeffrey Short at the Woodstock Presbyterian Cemetery (223484854; see `findagrave-jeffrey-family`).
  12. A tall granite stone, its front face reading:
  14. > IN MEMORIAM / JOHN SHORT / BORN AUG. 6 1808 / RUGLEY / NORTHUMBERLAND / ENGLAND / DIED OCT. 4 1858 /
  15. > ORONO / DURHAM COUNTY, ONT. / AND HIS WIFE / MARY JEFFREY / BORN JAN. 8 1809 / BERWICK, SCOTLAND /
  16. > DIED NOV. 1 1883 / WOODSTOCK / AND THEIR DAUGHTER / JANE / BORN NOV. 23 1836 / AT COBOURG /
  17. > DIED AUG. 6 1909 / AT WOODSTOCK
  19. A side face also carries an inscription, in shadow in this photograph and not readable.
  21. What it shows:
  22. - **John Short's birthplace: Rugley, Northumberland, England**, a hamlet near Alnwick.
  23. WikiTree's "Rufley, Northumberland Co., Ontario" is a misreading of it. The "Newcastle,
  24. England" in the Short family history, as WikiTree quotes it, is probably a garbling of the county.
  25. - **His birth, Aug. 6 1808.** WikiTree has 8 Aug; the figure on the stone is a 6, unlike the 8s
  26. of "1808".
  27. - **Mary Jeffrey's birth, Jan. 8 1809, "Berwick, Scotland":** the county of Berwick
  28. (Berwickshire), not Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is in England. Foulden, where the family accounts
  29. place the Jeffreys, is in Berwickshire.
  30. - **Her death, Nov. 1 1883**, against 15 Nov on WikiTree. The stone's "1" is clear.
  31. - **Their eldest daughter Jane, born at Cobourg on 23 Nov 1836.** That puts the couple at Cobourg
  32. in their first year of marriage (married 7 Jan 1836, at Cobourg as WikiTree has it).
  34. A memorial put up by the family after 1909 at the Woodstock Presbyterian Cemetery, where Mary was
  35. buried. For John it is a cenotaph: he is buried at Lawrence Cemetery, Orono, under his own broken
  36. stone (`gravestone-john-short-orono-1858`). A larger photograph on his Orono memorial (photo 299172469)
  37. reads the same, "BORN AUG. 6 1808 / RUGLEY"; its side face is still in shadow.

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Gravestone of John Short, Mary (Jeffrey) Short and their daughter JaneGravestone of John Short, Mary (Jeffrey) Short and their daughter Jane

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