Mary SHORTT

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• Birth: Dec 1790
• Burial: Abt May 1828, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; in the Roblin Family Cemetery

Notes:

Birth:
Since Mary died in May 1828 aged 37 years, 5 months, her birth date was calculated as December 1790.

Mary married Levi ROBLIN about 1815 in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada. Levi (son of Philip ROBLIN, II and Prudence PLATT) was born on 30 Nov 1793 in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; died on 31 Jul 1878 in Ontario, Canada; was buried about 31 Jul 1878 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eliza ROBLIN was born in 1815 in Upper Canada, Canada; died on 30 May 1886 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1886 in Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

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• Emigration: Germany; "while still a young man" to America
• Immigration: New York, United States; from Germany
• Name: Adam Kurtz
• Occupation: Germany; as an apprendiced weaver
• Occupation: New Jersey, United States; weaving
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• Moved: Abt 1783
• Name: Abt 1784, Upper Canada, Canada
• Immigration: Abt 1800, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada; from New Jersey
• Residence: 24 Aug 1835, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada
• Residence: Abt 1839, Sophiasburgh Township, Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada

Notes:

Military:
He was a Prussian soldier. "Disliking both his master and his trade [weaving], Kurtz ran away to Hanover, where he found agents recruiting soldiers to fight for King George III in his War with the American Colonies. He enlisted, and so found his way to the Western World."

Immigration:
He arrived "after an eighteen weeks' passage."

Occupation:
"After serving three years, weaving cotton, linen and wool, he became a full-fledged journeyman, qualified to earn his living, which he did, travelling from place to place as the exigencies of his vocation demanded."

Occupation:
"There he lived and wove for fifteen years, and acquired a reputation for industry and integrity."

Moved:
"Peace having been declared he was given the option of returning to Europe or of taking up land in Canada. He chose the latter and located on the High Shore, where he acquired three hundred acres."

Name:
"With the very natural inclination to appear more British, he had his name translated into "Shortt".

Immigration:
"Being in sympathy with a British connection for the colonies, and averse from trusting himself and his means to an untried republic, he left New Jersey about the year 1800 with his wife - he had married a Miss Odell - and four children, came to Prince Edward County."

Residence:
His son, Adam John Shortt, was born around this time.

Adam married Miss ODELL about 1785 in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada, Canada. Miss and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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