Gladys May SHORT (1897-1995)

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1. Gladys May Short (1897 - 1995)

Spouse : Frederick Edward Smidth

1. Nola Irene Warren

2. .... George Ernest Edward Warren & Iris Ella Ford

3. .... .... Leonard Leslie Warren & Burdett Launder

4. .... .... .... Charles James Warren & Agnes McNay

5. .... .... .... .... John Warren and Mary Manning

.... Children - 1. Elizabeth Warren & Richard Appleton

2. George Warren

3. Charlotte Warren & Francis Appleton
4. Emma Warren & William Chase
5. Oliver Warren & Elizabeth Hales

6. Montefiore Warren

7. Charles James Warren & Agnes McNay
8. Sarah Jane Warren & John Christie
.... Children - 1. Rosa (Rose) Christie & Christopher Charles Short

... Children - 1. Gladys May Short & Frederick Edward Smidth

2. George Alfred Short
3. Rosa Mary Jane Short
4. Christopher Charles Short
5. Alma Bertha Short
6. Ethel Beatrice Short
7. Thelma Rose Short
8. Herbert John (Peter) Short
9. Henry Arthur Short
10. Olive Elsie Short
11.Leslie Roy Short

2. Ethel Jane Christie
3. Charlotte Robenia Christie
4. Beatrice Alice Christie
5. Bertha Christie
6. Violet May Christie
7. Lendsley Harold Christie

Gladys May Short

Born                     1897, January 26 at Exeter, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Father                  Christopher Charles Short
Mother                 Rose (Rosa) Christie

Marriage             1918, February 9 at residence of W. Lightbody, Coobowie, Daly, SA
Spouse                Frederick Edward Smidth

Death                 1995 in South Australia

Age at Death 98 years

Children 1. Gladys Eileen Smidth

2. Betty Rose Smidth

Family of Frederick Edward Smidth and Gladys May Short

1 Gladys Eileen Smidth

Born                1919, January 8 at Yorketown, SA
Father              Frederick Edward Smidth
Mother            Gladys May Short

Married           1942, February 7 at Alberton, SA
Spouse           Percival George Curran (1919-….)

Children           1 Eileen May Curran

Born 1945, April 2

Father       Percival George Curran
Mother      Gladys Eileen Smidth
Spouse      Brenton James Felstead
Brenton James Felstead served in the Australian Airforce and was stationed in Malaysia where the first two of their children were born at Malaipia, Malaysia. The remaining children were born in Perth, Western Australia

Children 1 Amy Louise Felstead (1969-….)

  2 Penelope Ann Felstead (1970-.)
  3 Jessica Kate Felstead (1971-….)
  4 Elizabeth Ann Felstead (1974-….)
  5 Edward James Felstead (1977)-..

Gladys left school at 13 years of age and helped her father with fishing and building his boats. She once sailed from Port Vincent to Coobowie by herself in her own 14-foot sail-boat.

Gladys’ husband, Frederick Edward Smidth was a Norwegian and was a kind man. He was a seaman and worked on ships for over 25 years – with Coast Steamships Ltd. for over 8 years and also with the Adelaide Steamship Company.

During the wars, he served on many Australian Naval ships, including the Warawee, Kooraka, Karratta, Kapoola, Minippa and was on board the Kapara when it was sunk during WW2.

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2 Betty Rose Smidth

Born 1             1926, August 11
Father              Frederick Edward Smidth
Mother             Gladys May Short

Marriage          1950, November 4
Spouse            Allen Stewart Greer

Children           1 Frederick John Greer (1943-….)

1924 - Compensation for Frederick Edward Smidth

Port Adelaide News (SA :1913 - 1933), Friday 14 November 1924, page 1

1950 - Funeral - Frederick Edward Smidth

SMIDTH.— THE FRIENDS of the late Mr. FREDERICK EDWARD SMIDTH are respectfully informed that his Funeral will leave his late
residence, 59 Victoria road, Birkenhead, on WEDNESDAY, at 1.30 p.m., for the Crematorium, West terrace.
ADELAIDE FUNERAL DIRECTORS, PARTINGTON & SON. Funeral Directors. South road, Black Forest. LF1246.
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Wed 12 Apr 1950