Mary Blair Short

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name
Mary Blair Short
aka
[Mary B. Short]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Born at Newcastle, Canada West, in 1844, a daughter of John Short and Mary Jeffrey. She lived most of her life at Woodstock, Ontario, a bookkeeper in 1891, sharing a home with her sister Isabella and James Hay, and outlived all her brothers and sisters, dying in 1928. Aunt of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood.
born
date
22 Jan 1844
place
Newcastle, Durham County, Canada West
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, findagrave-short-family]
died
date
30 Sep 1928
place
Middlesex County, Ontario
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, findagrave-short-family]
note
WikiTree's date and place; Find a Grave has 1928.
residences
date
1891
place
Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
note
A bookkeeper, living with her sister Isabella and James Hay (the 1891 census, as WikiTree has it).
date
1924
place
Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[newspaper-high-river-times-1924-01-10-short]
note
"Mrs. Mary B. Short of Woodstock," among her brother Joseph William's surviving sisters.
father
id
john-short-1808
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, findagrave-short-family, newspaper-high-river-times-1924-01-10-short]
note
WikiTree and Find a Grave; her brother Joseph William's obituary names her as his sister.
mother
id
mary-jeffrey-1809
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, findagrave-short-family]

Aunt of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood. Born at Newcastle in January 1844, the year before her brother John Gerald, she moved with her widowed mother to Cobourg and Woodstock after 1858. In 1891 she was a bookkeeper at Woodstock, living with her sister Isabella and Isabella's husband, James Hay (the census, as WikiTree gives it). When her brother Joseph William died at High River in 1924 she was one of the two sisters who survived him, "Mrs. Mary B. Short of Woodstock" (record); no marriage is known, and the "Mrs." may be the paper's. Her sister Isabella died four days later, and Mary, the last of John Short and Mary Jeffrey's children, died in September 1928.

Open questions

  • Her grave (Find a Grave has a memorial with a photograph of her stone) and her death record (Middlesex County, 1928).
  • Her middle name, Blair: a family surname?
  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Blair Short
  3. aka: [Mary B. Short]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Born at Newcastle, Canada West, in 1844, a daughter of John Short and Mary Jeffrey. She lived most of
  8. her life at Woodstock, Ontario, a bookkeeper in 1891, sharing a home with her sister Isabella and
  9. James Hay, and outlived all her brothers and sisters, dying in 1928. Aunt of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood.
  10. born:
  11. date: 22 Jan 1844
  12. place: Newcastle, Durham County, Canada West
  13. basis: compiled
  14. confidence: probable
  15. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, findagrave-short-family]
  16. died:
  17. date: 30 Sep 1928
  18. place: Middlesex County, Ontario
  19. basis: compiled
  20. confidence: probable
  21. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, findagrave-short-family]
  22. note: WikiTree's date and place; Find a Grave has 1928.
  23. residences:
  24. - date: "1891"
  25. place: Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
  26. basis: compiled
  27. confidence: probable
  28. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  29. note: A bookkeeper, living with her sister Isabella and James Hay (the 1891 census, as WikiTree has it).
  30. - date: "1924"
  31. place: Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
  32. basis: documented
  33. confidence: probable
  34. sources: [newspaper-high-river-times-1924-01-10-short]
  35. note: '"Mrs. Mary B. Short of Woodstock," among her brother Joseph William''s surviving sisters.'
  36. father:
  37. id: john-short-1808
  38. basis: compiled
  39. confidence: probable
  40. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, findagrave-short-family, newspaper-high-river-times-1924-01-10-short]
  41. note: WikiTree and Find a Grave; her brother Joseph William's obituary names her as his sister.
  42. mother:
  43. id: mary-jeffrey-1809
  44. basis: compiled
  45. confidence: probable
  46. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, findagrave-short-family]
  47. ---
  49. Aunt of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood. Born at Newcastle in January 1844, the year before her brother John
  50. Gerald, she moved with her widowed mother to Cobourg and Woodstock after 1858. In 1891 she was a
  51. bookkeeper at Woodstock, living with her sister Isabella and Isabella's husband, James Hay (the census,
  52. as WikiTree gives it). When her brother Joseph William died at High River in 1924 she was one of the two
  53. sisters who survived him, "Mrs. Mary B. Short of Woodstock"
  54. ([record](/files/sources/newspaper-high-river-times-1924-01-10-short/)); no marriage is known, and the "Mrs."
  55. may be the paper's. Her sister Isabella died four days later, and Mary, the last of John Short and Mary
  56. Jeffrey's children, died in September 1928.
  58. ## Open questions
  60. - Her grave (Find a Grave has a memorial with a photograph of her stone) and her death record (Middlesex
  61. County, 1928).
  62. - Her middle name, Blair: a family surname?
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