Jeffrey Robson Short

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name
Jeffrey Robson Short
aka
[Jeff Short, Geoffrey R. Short]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Eldest child of John G. Short and Mary Pattullo, born at Woodstock, Ontario, in 1880 and named for his grandmothers' families. He came with his family to Chicago in 1897 and made his life in its suburbs, at La Grange and Winnetka, with his wife Nancy. Brother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood, he carried Cudge Ellingwood through the Depression and in 1940 backed his Culligan soft-water franchise at Spokane.
born
date
18 Aug 1880
place
Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[birth-register-jeffrey-short-1880, census-1900-chicago-short]
note
His birth registration (registered 2 Sep 1880 by his father); "Aug 1880" in the 1900 census.
residences
date
1900
place
Chicago, Illinois
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1900-chicago-short]
note
"Geoffrey R.," 19, in his parents' household in Hyde Park; an assistant salesman. Came to the United States in 1897.
date
1919
place
La Grange, Illinois
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
note
"Jeff and Nancy were living in LaGrange, Ill. when I first met them in 1919" (Cudge's memoir); later at Winnetka.
father
id
john-short-1845
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[birth-register-jeffrey-short-1880, census-1900-chicago-short]
mother
id
mary-pattullo-1852
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[birth-register-jeffrey-short-1880, census-1900-chicago-short]
spouses
name
Nancy Trumbull
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
note
Nancy, a sister of Jay Trumbull of the Chicago investment firm of Trumbull and Walton (Cudge's memoir); her maiden name is inferred from her brother's.

Brother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood. Born at Woodstock to John G. Short, then a hardware merchant, and Mary Pattullo, he was named for his two grandmothers, Mary Jeffrey and Jane Robson (record). The family moved to Chicago in 1896-97, and in 1900 he was nineteen and an assistant salesman (record). He stayed in the Chicago area when his parents went west to Spokane.

In Cudge Ellingwood's memoir he is "Jeff": living with his wife Nancy at La Grange when Cudge met them in 1919, later in "that beautiful home" at Winnetka; a very good tennis player; the brother-in-law who lent Cudge money for more than a year in the late 1930s and, at Christmas 1939, suggested he look into the Culligan Soft Water Company, in which Nancy's brother Jay Trumbull had money. "Jeff and I decided to go along with the deal, and we got a franchise," Cudge recalled; Jeff backed it with working capital, and the Spokane business opened on 15 February 1940. Their children were Marian, who married Stanley Harris, a Seattle banker, and Jeffrey Jr.

Open questions

  • His death, and Nancy's dates.
  1. ---
  2. name: Jeffrey Robson Short
  3. aka: [Jeff Short, Geoffrey R. Short]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Eldest child of John G. Short and Mary Pattullo, born at Woodstock, Ontario, in 1880 and named for
  8. his grandmothers' families. He came with his family to Chicago in 1897 and made his life in its
  9. suburbs, at La Grange and Winnetka, with his wife Nancy. Brother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood, he
  10. carried Cudge Ellingwood through the Depression and in 1940 backed his Culligan soft-water
  11. franchise at Spokane.
  12. born:
  13. date: 18 Aug 1880
  14. place: Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
  15. basis: documented
  16. confidence: proven
  17. sources: [birth-register-jeffrey-short-1880, census-1900-chicago-short]
  18. note: His birth registration (registered 2 Sep 1880 by his father); "Aug 1880" in the 1900 census.
  19. residences:
  20. - date: "1900"
  21. place: Chicago, Illinois
  22. basis: documented
  23. confidence: proven
  24. sources: [census-1900-chicago-short]
  25. note: '"Geoffrey R.," 19, in his parents'' household in Hyde Park; an assistant salesman. Came to the United States in 1897.'
  26. - date: "1919"
  27. place: La Grange, Illinois
  28. basis: documented
  29. confidence: probable
  30. sources: [memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
  31. note: '"Jeff and Nancy were living in LaGrange, Ill. when I first met them in 1919" (Cudge''s memoir); later at Winnetka.'
  32. father:
  33. id: john-short-1845
  34. basis: documented
  35. confidence: proven
  36. sources: [birth-register-jeffrey-short-1880, census-1900-chicago-short]
  37. mother:
  38. id: mary-pattullo-1852
  39. basis: documented
  40. confidence: proven
  41. sources: [birth-register-jeffrey-short-1880, census-1900-chicago-short]
  42. spouses:
  43. - name: Nancy Trumbull
  44. basis: documented
  45. confidence: probable
  46. sources: [memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
  47. note: Nancy, a sister of Jay Trumbull of the Chicago investment firm of Trumbull and Walton (Cudge's memoir); her maiden name is inferred from her brother's.
  48. ---
  50. Brother of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood. Born at Woodstock to John G. Short, then a hardware merchant, and
  51. Mary Pattullo, he was named for his two grandmothers, Mary Jeffrey and Jane Robson
  52. ([record](/files/sources/birth-register-jeffrey-short-1880/)). The family moved to Chicago in 1896-97, and
  53. in 1900 he was nineteen and an assistant salesman ([record](/files/sources/census-1900-chicago-short/)). He
  54. stayed in the Chicago area when his parents went west to Spokane.
  56. In Cudge Ellingwood's memoir he is "Jeff": living with his wife Nancy at La Grange when Cudge met them
  57. in 1919, later in "that beautiful home" at Winnetka; a very good tennis player; the brother-in-law who
  58. lent Cudge money for more than a year in the late 1930s and, at Christmas 1939, suggested he look into
  59. the Culligan Soft Water Company, in which Nancy's brother Jay Trumbull had money. "Jeff and I decided
  60. to go along with the deal, and we got a franchise," Cudge recalled; Jeff backed it with working
  61. capital, and the Spokane business opened on 15 February 1940. Their children were Marian, who married
  62. Stanley Harris, a Seattle banker, and Jeffrey Jr.
  64. ## Open questions
  66. - His death, and Nancy's dates.
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