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John Eales Short married Louisa Fogwell Goodridge in Dartmouth in the early 1860's probably in the Presbyterian Church. For Louisa's descent please go to the Goodridge page

Like his father and elder brother John was in the building trade and he became a Master Builder & Carpenter
In 1871 John and Louisa were at 2 Alma Place with their daughter Caroline and Louisa's widowed mother Jane Goodridge but in 1881 the family lived at 3 Brixham Terrace, Kingswear, next door to his younger brother James, another Master Mason, who lived at number 2. In fact John was in partnership with his brother James but the two fell out over something to do with building work at the Methodist Church in Dartmouth and the feud between then lasted to their deaths.

The couple had moved again by 1901 - to New Road - and John was now more than a mason - he is a housebuilder.
John died on 5th January 1922 and is buried at Kingswear.

The extended family group - this photo was taken on May 29th 1912; to celebrate the Golden Wedding of John Eales and Louisa Short.

John and Louisa, the younger ladies are Maud and Ida; Louisa on her own and John and Louisa and their two sons
and two of John alone

Caroline
Caroline is said in the 1881 census to be a schoolteacher (at the age of 17). She subsequently married Edward Jewell, believed to be from a Northampton where his family were involved in the coal business and the couple returned to Kingswear. They had seven children - John, Dorothy, Winifred, Reginald, Clifford, Bruce and Roy.

From the group photo, Caroline and her husband and Bruce, Clifford and Roy

Rosa
Died as a baby in 1873

Bruce
Married Minnie Dunn in Q4 1898 (ref Totnes 5b 375). They had four children:
Florence - Minnie Louisa Florence Josephine (born Q1 1899, ref West Ham 4a 336),
Wesley - John Wesley B (born Q3 1900, ref Devonport 5b 285),
Fernley Harry (born Q3 1903, ref Totnes 5b 142),
Geoffrey Bruce (born Q2 1913, ref Totnes 5b 269),

• Florence married Alfred George Partridge in Q2 1927, (ref Plymouth 5b 708) and had two children - Jean (born Q3 1928, ref Pontypridd 11a 849), and John (born Q1 1935, ref East Stonehouse 5b 352),
• Wesley died in Q1 1906 aged 5 (ref Totnes 5b 119)
• Fernley married Nellie Bullock in Q4 1931 (ref Lambeth 1d 696) and had a son Michael. He died in 1976.
• Geoffrey was thought to have emigrated but actually moved to London and married Phyllis Millard in Q3 1932 (ref Croydon 2a 1085). They had one daughter - Diana in Q3 1933 (ref Croydon 2a 706)

Bruce and Minnie were in Leytonstone in Essex at the time of the 1901 Census but were back in Kingswear by 1911

From the group photo - Bruce and Millie; Fernley and Flo. The right-hand photo shows Bruce in later life - front left. The lady to his left is probably his sister Caroline; behind them are his daughter Florence and her husband George and behind them are Fernley and Nellie.
Bruce was involved with Kingswear Rugby Club and is in the photo on the Kingswear page (second from right in the back row).

Henry Goodridge
Married Ruth Payne. Next in the direct line of descent, he and his wife have their own page