Margaret, I can't help with your Samuel, but I am also researching the Shortt/Short surname in County Monaghan. My great great grandfather was Bernard Short/Shortt/Shortte. I have been unable to find out anything about him, except for the fact that he was born in County Monaghan about 1834 and came to Philadelphia, PA in 1849 with Patrick Morgan and lived with Bernard Byrne and family in Philadelphia. He later married Bernard Byrne's daughter Elizabeth. If Bernard and Elizabeth followed Irish naming customs, it is possible that his father's name was Peter, since their first son was named Peter. I have been told that Short with it various spellings is a rather rare name in Ireland so I am always interested when I hear someone else is researching that name. Bette in S. FL >It has been some time since I have been researching in County >Monaghan. I am now interested in the parent's names or any information >re the following person: > >Samuel S. Shortt, Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusillers, 9th >Battalion, born Glenbrook, County Monaghan, enlisted Monaghan, >residence Three Mile House, County Monaghan, private, number 23589, >died 16/08/1917, killed in action, France & Flanders, Casualty type: >Commonwealth War Dead, Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 140 to 141. > >I have contacted the Royal Irish Fusillers Museum in Armagh but no >reply as yet. > >Also any information re a Samuel Short birth, 1896, County Tyrone. > >Thanks for any help. Margaret Gordon, London, Ontario