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Shorter: Origin, Geographical Distribution
An abbreviation of courteous. It may be from Curthose, a name given for wearing short hose, as the name Curtmantle was given to Henry the Second of England, from his introducing the fashion of wearing shorter mantlee than had been previously used.
Shorter Surname Origin
Spelling Variations : SCHORTER | SHORTER
Shorter: Place of Origin :  London (United Kingdom) |  Kent (United Kingdom) |  Surrey (United Kingdom) |  Oxfordshire (United Kingdom) |  Norfolk (United Kingdom) |  Berkshire (United Kingdom)
Shorter: Online Family Trees
SHORTER Bybrook England (Kent, England, United Kingdom) 1682 - 1682
SHORTER Chelsea (Middlesex) England (London, England, United Kingdom) 1737 - 1737
SHORTER London (Middlesex) England, Knightsbridge Church (London, England, United Kingdom) 1700 - 1700
SHORTER Londres (G.B.) (London, England, United Kingdom) 1701 - 1701
SHORTER Normandie (Gb) (United Kingdom) 1908 - 1908
SHORTER Chelsea, Middlesex (London, England, United Kingdom) 1682 - 1737
SHORTER Asford (Kent, England, United Kingdom) 1906 - 1910
SHORTER Arrow (Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom) 1733 - 1733
SHORTER Bybrook (Kent, England, United Kingdom) 1683 - 1683
SHORTER Lindsey House, Chelsea, Middlesex (London, England, United Kingdom) 1716 - 1716

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Shorter: Books that contain this surname
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SHORTERA genealogic and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire g by Bernard Burke,...
Author: John Bernard Burke - Published in 1860
... Charlotte, dau. of Aldorman Sir John Shorter, Knt., lord-mayor of London in 1688, and sister-in-law of the celebrated minister, Sir ...		 SHORTERTransactions of the Alabama historical society (Volume 4)
Author: Owen, Thomas McAdory, 1866-1920, ed - Published in 1898
... to Mary Linguard, daughter of James Linguard Hunter and wife Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Gen. Reuben and Mary (Gill) Shorter. ...
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