Mary Isabella Short

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name
Mary Isabella Short
aka
[Mary I. Short]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Second child of John G. Short and Mary Pattullo, born in Ontario in 1881. She came with her family to Chicago in 1897 and later to Spokane, where she taught piano, helped support the family and cared for her widowed mother, as Cudge Ellingwood's memoir has it. Sister of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood, unmarried when Cudge met the family in 1920.
born
date
1 Oct 1881
place
Ontario
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, census-1900-chicago-short]
note
The day from WikiTree; "Oct 1881," born in Canada, in the 1900 census. Very probably at Woodstock, where her brother and sisters were born; her birth registration is still to find.
residences
date
1900
place
Chicago, Illinois
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1900-chicago-short]
note
In her parents' household in Hyde Park, 18, at school. Came to the United States in 1897.
date
1920
place
Spokane, Washington
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
note
Living with her mother and her sister Ruth; with them on the summer holiday at Twin Lakes, Idaho (Cudge's memoir).
father
id
john-short-1845
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1900-chicago-short, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
mother
id
mary-pattullo-1852
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1900-chicago-short, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]

Sister of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood. She is "Mary I.," eighteen and at school, in her parents' Chicago household in 1900 (record). In Spokane she taught piano: "Mary had studied piano and helped support the family with her piano teaching in which she was unusually skilled as a teacher," Cudge wrote, and spent long years "in loving care of her mother." Neither she nor her sister Beatrice had married when Cudge met the family in 1920. She was very probably the "Mary [I.] Short" who witnessed Ruth's wedding in 1921 with their mother (record).

Open questions

  • Her birth registration (Woodstock, October 1881) and her death.
  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Isabella Short
  3. aka: [Mary I. Short]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Second child of John G. Short and Mary Pattullo, born in Ontario in 1881. She came with her family
  8. to Chicago in 1897 and later to Spokane, where she taught piano, helped support the family and cared
  9. for her widowed mother, as Cudge Ellingwood's memoir has it. Sister of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood,
  10. unmarried when Cudge met the family in 1920.
  11. born:
  12. date: 1 Oct 1881
  13. place: Ontario
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: probable
  16. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors, census-1900-chicago-short]
  17. note: The day from WikiTree; "Oct 1881," born in Canada, in the 1900 census. Very probably at Woodstock, where her brother and sisters were born; her birth registration is still to find.
  18. residences:
  19. - date: "1900"
  20. place: Chicago, Illinois
  21. basis: documented
  22. confidence: proven
  23. sources: [census-1900-chicago-short]
  24. note: In her parents' household in Hyde Park, 18, at school. Came to the United States in 1897.
  25. - date: "1920"
  26. place: Spokane, Washington
  27. basis: documented
  28. confidence: probable
  29. sources: [memoir-cudge-ellingwood-1970]
  30. note: Living with her mother and her sister Ruth; with them on the summer holiday at Twin Lakes, Idaho (Cudge's memoir).
  31. father:
  32. id: john-short-1845
  33. basis: documented
  34. confidence: proven
  35. sources: [census-1900-chicago-short, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  36. mother:
  37. id: mary-pattullo-1852
  38. basis: documented
  39. confidence: proven
  40. sources: [census-1900-chicago-short, online-tree-wikitree-ellingwood-ancestors]
  41. ---
  43. Sister of Ruth (Short) Ellingwood. She is "Mary I.," eighteen and at school, in her parents' Chicago
  44. household in 1900 ([record](/files/sources/census-1900-chicago-short/)). In Spokane she taught piano: "Mary
  45. had studied piano and helped support the family with her piano teaching in which she was unusually
  46. skilled as a teacher," Cudge wrote, and spent long years "in loving care of her mother." Neither she nor
  47. her sister Beatrice had married when Cudge met the family in 1920. She was very probably the "Mary [I.] Short" who witnessed Ruth's
  48. wedding in 1921 with their mother ([record](/files/sources/marriage-certificate-ellingwood-short-1921/)).
  50. ## Open questions
  52. - Her birth registration (Woodstock, October 1881) and her death.
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