1900 United States census, Chicago (Hyde Park Township, ward 34), Cook County, Illinois: John G. Short household
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- 1900 United States census, Chicago (Hyde Park Township, ward 34), Cook County, Illinois: John G. Short household
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- 8 Jun 1900
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- National Archives (T623); FamilySearch, "Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States records"
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- Supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 1086, sheet 18, lines 27-32; house 253, dwelling 221, family 346; FamilySearch image group 004113748, image 466 of 894
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Downloaded 10 Oct 2026. Enumerated 8th June 1900 by Albert C. Stuart. The street, written up the margin, is East Sixty-Sixth Place [?].
| Name | Relation | Born | Age | Married | Birthplace (self, father, mother) | Came | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short, John G. | Head | Dec 1847 | 52 | M, 20 years | Canada (Eng), England, Scotland | 1896, 4 yrs, alien | Sec'y of Mfg. Co. [?] |
| Mary P. | Wife | Sept 185[2?] | 47 | M, 20 years; 5 children, 4 living | Canada (Eng), Scotland, Scotland | 1897 | |
| "Geoffrey" R. | Son | Aug 1880 | 19 | S | Canada (Eng) | 1897, alien | Asst. salesman |
| Mary I. | Daughter | Oct 1881 | 18 | S | Canada (Eng) | 1897 | At school |
| Jennie B. | Daughter | May 1884 | 16 | S | Canada (Eng) | 1897 | At school |
| Ruth E. | Daughter | Jan 1893 | 7 | S | Canada (Eng) | 1897 |
They rented the house; all could read, write and speak English.
What it shows:
- The whole family in Chicago in 1900: John G. came in 1896, Mary and the children in 1897. The 1930 census has Ruth coming in 1895.
- John G.'s birth, December 1847. That agrees with his age at marriage (31 in Nov 1879), against 22 Dec 1845 on his death certificate. His father was born in England, his mother in Scotland.
- Mary's age, 47, fits a birth in September 1852, as the Ancestry tree has it, rather than July. Her parents were both born in Scotland.
- Five children born, four living: Jeffrey, Mary, Jeannie Beatrice and Ruth, and Arthur Wendell, who died young.
---title: "1900 United States census, Chicago (Hyde Park Township, ward 34), Cook County, Illinois: John G. Short household"type: censusdate: 8 Jun 1900repository: "National Archives (T623); FamilySearch, \"Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States records\""reference: "Supervisor's district 1, enumeration district 1086, sheet 18, lines 27-32; house 253, dwelling 221, family 346; FamilySearch image group 004113748, image 466 of 894"url: "https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6PS5-P7"seen: imageaccess: public---Downloaded 10 Oct 2026. Enumerated 8th June 1900 by Albert C. Stuart. The street, writtenup the margin, is East Sixty-Sixth Place [?].| Name | Relation | Born | Age | Married | Birthplace (self, father, mother) | Came | Occupation ||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|| Short, John G. | Head | Dec 1847 | 52 | M, 20 years | Canada (Eng), England, Scotland | 1896, 4 yrs, alien | Sec'y of Mfg. Co. [?] || Mary P. | Wife | Sept 185[2?] | 47 | M, 20 years; 5 children, 4 living | Canada (Eng), Scotland, Scotland | 1897 | || "Geoffrey" R. | Son | Aug 1880 | 19 | S | Canada (Eng) | 1897, alien | Asst. salesman || Mary I. | Daughter | Oct 1881 | 18 | S | Canada (Eng) | 1897 | At school || Jennie B. | Daughter | May 1884 | 16 | S | Canada (Eng) | 1897 | At school || Ruth E. | Daughter | Jan 1893 | 7 | S | Canada (Eng) | 1897 | |They rented the house; all could read, write and speak English.What it shows:- **The whole family in Chicago in 1900**: John G. came in 1896, Mary and the children in 1897. The1930 census has Ruth coming in 1895.- **John G.'s birth, December 1847.** That agrees with his age at marriage (31 in Nov 1879), against22 Dec 1845 on his death certificate. His father was born in England, his mother in Scotland.- **Mary's age, 47**, fits a birth in September 1852, as the Ancestry tree has it, rather than July.Her parents were both born in Scotland.- **Five children born, four living**: Jeffrey, Mary, Jeannie Beatrice and Ruth, and Arthur Wendell,who died young.