Gravestone of John Short (d. 1858), Lawrence Cemetery, Orono
Record
- Date
- c. 1858
- Held by
- Lawrence Cemetery, Orono, Durham County, Ontario; Find a Grave, memorial 186319808 (photograph by a Find a Grave contributor)
- Seen as
- originalimagetranscriptabstractindex
What it says
A screenshot of the photograph on Find a Grave, 10 Oct 2026 (photo 164904706, added by “Gone But Not Forgotten”). A small round-headed marble stone, broken across and leaning against a darker stone, its lettering worn and lichened:
IN MEMORY OF / [JOHN SHORT?] / … / [WHO] DIED / AT ORONO C. W. [?] / OCT 4TH 1858 / AGED 50 YEARS / [NATIVE OF?] … / [ENGLAND?] …
The name lines above the break cannot be read in the screenshot; the memorial’s transcription gives
only “Age: 50 years.” The place, date and age match John Short’s family stone at Woodstock
(gravestone-john-short-1858).
What it shows:
- John Short is buried at Orono, in Lawrence Cemetery, under a stone put up near the time of his death. The tall stone at Woodstock, put up after 1909, is a memorial to him with his wife and daughter (the Find a Grave memorial notes “Cenotaph here”).
- Aged 50 in October 1858 fits his birth in August 1808.