John Gerald Short

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name
John Gerald Short
aka
[John G. Short, John Gerald Short II]
sex
male
access
public
summary
Father of Ruth Ethelwyn (Short) Ellingwood. Born at Newcastle, Canada West, in 1845 or 1847, the son of John Short, its first postmaster, and Mary Jeffrey, he was a hardware merchant and then an organ manufacturer at Woodstock, Ontario, where he married Mary Pattullo in 1879. The family moved to Chicago in 1896-97 and later to Spokane, Washington, where he died in 1916.
born
date
22 Dec 1845
place
Newcastle, Durham County, Canada West
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[death-certificate-john-short-1916, marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879, census-1900-chicago-short, online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
note
The date from his death certificate (his daughter Beatrice the informant), as the Ancestry tree has it. But he was 31 at his marriage in November 1879 and the 1900 census has "Dec 1847," aged 52; those two agree on 1847. The place from his marriage registration ("Newcastle, Ont."), where his father was postmaster; the Ancestry tree's Woodstock is where he lived later.
died
date
20 Oct 1916
place
Spokane, Washington
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[death-certificate-john-short-1916, online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
note
At his home, E 715 25th Avenue, retired, of chronic myocardial degeneration and arteriosclerosis.
buried
date
22 Oct 1916
place
Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Washington
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[death-certificate-john-short-1916, findagrave-short-family, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
note
"Greenwood" on his death certificate; Find a Grave 143119792, a flat marker, "John Gerald Short, 1845 - 1916," beside his wife's.
residences
date
1879
place
Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879]
note
A merchant, at his marriage.
date
1880
place
Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[birth-register-jeffrey-short-1880]
note
Hardware merchant, at his son Jeffrey's birth; also at Jeannie's (1884) and Arthur's (1886).
date
1891
place
Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
note
With his wife and three eldest children, an "organs" manufacturer (the 1891 census, as WikiTree summarises it).
date
1893
place
Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[birth-register-ruth-short-1893]
note
Manufacturer, at his daughter Ruth's birth.
date
1900
place
Chicago, Illinois
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1900-chicago-short]
note
In Hyde Park (ward 34), renting; came to the United States in 1896, his family in 1897; "Sec'y of Mfg. Co." [?].
date
1910
place
Spokane, Washington
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[other-british-columbia-gazette-1910-short]
note
"John G. Short, labourer [later book-keeper], of Spokane, Wash.," giving notice of intent to buy land in the District of Yale, B.C. (Nov 1910 - Apr 1911).
events
what
Land in British Columbia
date
Nov 1910
place
Yale, British Columbia
sources
[other-british-columbia-gazette-1910-short]
note
John G. Short of Spokane gave notice in the British Columbia Gazette (17 Nov 1910, 6 Apr 1911) of intent to apply to purchase land in the District of Yale.
father
id
john-short-1808
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879, death-certificate-john-short-1916, gravestone-john-short-1858, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
research
research/ellingwood/Short_Pattullo_Comparison.md
note
His marriage registration (Woodstock, 1879) names his parents John Short and Mary Jeffrey; so does his death certificate (Spokane, 1916), with their birthplaces, England and Scotland. The 1900 census also has his father born in England and his mother in Scotland.
mother
id
mary-jeffrey-1809
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879, death-certificate-john-short-1916, gravestone-john-short-1858, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
research
research/ellingwood/Short_Pattullo_Comparison.md
spouses
id
mary-pattullo-1852
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879, census-1900-chicago-short, other-british-columbia-gazette-1910-short]
married
date
5 Nov 1879
place
Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879, index-familysearch-ellingwood-wives]
note
By licence, by Rev. W. T. McMullen; both Presbyterian; the witnesses her brother Andrew Pattullo and Geo. D. McKay [?] of Woodstock.

Father of Ruth Ethelwyn (Short) Ellingwood. He was born at Newcastle, in Clarke Township, Durham County, where his father John Short was the first postmaster, to John Short and Mary Jeffrey; his father died in 1858 and the family moved to Cobourg and then Woodstock. At Woodstock he was a merchant at his marriage in 1879, a hardware merchant through the 1880s, like his uncle Andrew Jeffrey of Cobourg, and by 1891 a manufacturer of organs. His elder brother Joseph William was in the hardware business at Woodstock from 1870 until he went west to High River in 1883 (source); the brothers very probably worked together, John carrying on after Joseph left [I]. His brothers and sisters were Jane, Richard, Joseph William, Mary Blair and Isabella (Mrs. James Hay); see his father's page.

He married Mary Pattullo, sister of the Woodstock newspapermen George and Andrew Pattullo, at Woodstock on 5 November 1879 (record). Their children, all born at Woodstock: Jeffrey Robson (18 Aug 1880; Cudge's partner "Jeff"), Mary Isabella (Oct 1881; the piano teacher), Jeannie Beatrice (22 May 1884; "Bea"), Arthur Wendell (1886-1887) and Ruth Ethelwyn (13 Jan 1893). In 1900 Mary had borne five children, four living.

He went to the United States in 1896, and his wife and children followed in 1897: in June 1900 they were renting in Hyde Park, Chicago, where he was secretary of a manufacturing company [?] and Jeff an assistant salesman (record). By November 1910 he was at Spokane: "John G. Short, labourer [later 'book-keeper'], of Spokane, Wash." and "Mary Short, wife of John G. Short, of Spokane" each gave notice of intent to buy land in the District of Yale, British Columbia (record). He died at his home, E 715 25th Avenue, Spokane, on 20 October 1916, after months of senile dementia; his daughter Beatrice gave the particulars (record). The Ancestry tree calls him "John Gerald Short II"; no record seen gives his father a middle name.

Open questions

  • His birth year: 1845 (his death certificate and his grave marker, both very probably from his daughter Beatrice) or 1847 (his age at marriage and the 1900 census). The 1851 and 1861 censuses (Newcastle; Cobourg) would show it.
  • The 1891 census entry itself, and when the family left Chicago for Spokane.
  1. ---
  2. name: John Gerald Short
  3. aka: [John G. Short, John Gerald Short II]
  4. sex: male
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Father of Ruth Ethelwyn (Short) Ellingwood. Born at Newcastle, Canada West, in 1845 or 1847, the
  8. son of John Short, its first postmaster, and Mary Jeffrey, he was a hardware merchant and then an
  9. organ manufacturer at Woodstock, Ontario, where he married Mary Pattullo in 1879. The family moved
  10. to Chicago in 1896-97 and later to Spokane, Washington, where he died in 1916.
  11. born:
  12. date: 22 Dec 1845
  13. place: Newcastle, Durham County, Canada West
  14. basis: documented
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [death-certificate-john-short-1916, marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879, census-1900-chicago-short, online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  17. note: 'The date from his death certificate (his daughter Beatrice the informant), as the Ancestry tree has it. But he was 31 at his marriage in November 1879 and the 1900 census has "Dec 1847," aged 52; those two agree on 1847. The place from his marriage registration ("Newcastle, Ont."), where his father was postmaster; the Ancestry tree''s Woodstock is where he lived later.'
  18. died:
  19. date: 20 Oct 1916
  20. place: Spokane, Washington
  21. basis: documented
  22. confidence: proven
  23. sources: [death-certificate-john-short-1916, online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  24. note: At his home, E 715 25th Avenue, retired, of chronic myocardial degeneration and arteriosclerosis.
  25. buried:
  26. date: 22 Oct 1916
  27. place: Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Washington
  28. basis: documented
  29. confidence: probable
  30. sources: [death-certificate-john-short-1916, findagrave-short-family, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  31. note: '"Greenwood" on his death certificate; Find a Grave 143119792, a flat marker, "John Gerald Short, 1845 - 1916," beside his wife''s.'
  32. residences:
  33. - date: "1879"
  34. place: Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
  35. basis: documented
  36. confidence: proven
  37. sources: [marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879]
  38. note: A merchant, at his marriage.
  39. - date: "1880"
  40. place: Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
  41. basis: documented
  42. confidence: proven
  43. sources: [birth-register-jeffrey-short-1880]
  44. note: Hardware merchant, at his son Jeffrey's birth; also at Jeannie's (1884) and Arthur's (1886).
  45. - date: "1891"
  46. place: Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
  47. basis: compiled
  48. confidence: probable
  49. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  50. note: With his wife and three eldest children, an "organs" manufacturer (the 1891 census, as WikiTree summarises it).
  51. - date: "1893"
  52. place: Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
  53. basis: documented
  54. confidence: proven
  55. sources: [birth-register-ruth-short-1893]
  56. note: Manufacturer, at his daughter Ruth's birth.
  57. - date: "1900"
  58. place: Chicago, Illinois
  59. basis: documented
  60. confidence: proven
  61. sources: [census-1900-chicago-short]
  62. note: In Hyde Park (ward 34), renting; came to the United States in 1896, his family in 1897; "Sec'y of Mfg. Co." [?].
  63. - date: "1910"
  64. place: Spokane, Washington
  65. basis: documented
  66. confidence: probable
  67. sources: [other-british-columbia-gazette-1910-short]
  68. note: '"John G. Short, labourer [later book-keeper], of Spokane, Wash.," giving notice of intent to buy land in the District of Yale, B.C. (Nov 1910 - Apr 1911).'
  69. events:
  70. - what: Land in British Columbia
  71. date: "Nov 1910"
  72. place: Yale, British Columbia
  73. sources: [other-british-columbia-gazette-1910-short]
  74. note: "John G. Short of Spokane gave notice in the British Columbia Gazette (17 Nov 1910, 6 Apr 1911) of intent to apply to purchase land in the District of Yale."
  75. father:
  76. id: john-short-1808
  77. basis: documented
  78. confidence: proven
  79. sources: [marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879, death-certificate-john-short-1916, gravestone-john-short-1858, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  80. research: research/ellingwood/Short_Pattullo_Comparison.md
  81. note: His marriage registration (Woodstock, 1879) names his parents John Short and Mary Jeffrey; so does his death certificate (Spokane, 1916), with their birthplaces, England and Scotland. The 1900 census also has his father born in England and his mother in Scotland.
  82. mother:
  83. id: mary-jeffrey-1809
  84. basis: documented
  85. confidence: proven
  86. sources: [marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879, death-certificate-john-short-1916, gravestone-john-short-1858, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  87. research: research/ellingwood/Short_Pattullo_Comparison.md
  88. spouses:
  89. - id: mary-pattullo-1852
  90. basis: documented
  91. confidence: proven
  92. sources: [marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879, census-1900-chicago-short, other-british-columbia-gazette-1910-short]
  93. married:
  94. date: 5 Nov 1879
  95. place: Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
  96. basis: documented
  97. confidence: proven
  98. sources: [marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879, index-familysearch-ellingwood-wives]
  99. note: By licence, by Rev. W. T. McMullen; both Presbyterian; the witnesses her brother Andrew Pattullo and Geo. D. McKay [?] of Woodstock.
  100. ---
  102. Father of Ruth Ethelwyn (Short) Ellingwood. He was born at Newcastle, in Clarke Township, Durham County,
  103. where his father John Short was the first postmaster, to John Short and Mary Jeffrey; his father died
  104. in 1858 and the family moved to Cobourg and then Woodstock. At Woodstock he was a merchant at his
  105. marriage in 1879, a hardware merchant through the 1880s, like his uncle [Andrew Jeffrey](/people/andrew-jeffrey-1800/) of Cobourg, and
  106. by 1891 a manufacturer of organs. His elder brother Joseph William was in the hardware business at
  107. Woodstock from 1870 until he went west to High River in 1883
  108. ([source](/files/sources/newspaper-high-river-times-1924-01-10-short/)); the brothers very probably worked
  109. together, John carrying on after Joseph left [I]. His brothers and sisters were [Jane](/people/jane-short-1836/), [Richard](/people/richard-short-1840/),
  110. [Joseph William](/people/joseph-short-1842/), [Mary Blair](/people/mary-short-1844/) and
  111. [Isabella](/people/isabella-short-1848/) (Mrs. James Hay); see his father's page.
  113. He married Mary Pattullo, sister of the Woodstock newspapermen [George](/people/george-pattullo-1845/)
  114. and [Andrew Pattullo](/people/andrew-pattullo-1850/), at
  115. Woodstock on 5 November 1879 ([record](/files/sources/marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879/)). Their
  116. children, all born at Woodstock: [Jeffrey Robson](/people/jeffrey-short-1880/) (18 Aug 1880; Cudge's
  117. partner "Jeff"), [Mary Isabella](/people/mary-short-1881/) (Oct 1881; the piano teacher), [Jeannie
  118. Beatrice](/people/jeannie-short-1884/) (22 May 1884; "Bea"), [Arthur Wendell](/people/arthur-short-1886/)
  119. (1886-1887) and [Ruth Ethelwyn](/people/ruth-short-d1974/) (13 Jan 1893). In 1900 Mary had borne five
  120. children, four living.
  122. He went to the United States in 1896, and his wife and children followed in 1897: in June 1900 they
  123. were renting in Hyde Park, Chicago, where he was secretary of a manufacturing company [?] and Jeff
  124. an assistant salesman ([record](/files/sources/census-1900-chicago-short/)). By November 1910 he was at
  125. Spokane: "John G. Short, labourer [later 'book-keeper'], of Spokane, Wash." and "Mary Short, wife of
  126. John G. Short, of Spokane" each gave notice of intent to buy land in the District of Yale, British
  127. Columbia ([record](/files/sources/other-british-columbia-gazette-1910-short/)). He died at his home, E 715
  128. 25th Avenue, Spokane, on 20 October 1916, after months of senile dementia; his daughter Beatrice gave
  129. the particulars ([record](/files/sources/death-certificate-john-short-1916/)). The Ancestry tree calls him
  130. "John Gerald Short II"; no record seen gives his father a middle name.
  132. ## Open questions
  134. - His birth year: 1845 (his death certificate and his grave marker, both very probably from his
  135. daughter Beatrice) or 1847 (his age at marriage and the 1900 census).
  136. The 1851 and 1861 censuses (Newcastle; Cobourg) would show it.
  137. - The 1891 census entry itself, and when the family left Chicago for Spokane.
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