Mary Pattullo
Mother of Ruth Ethelwyn (Short) Ellingwood and wife of John Gerald Short, whom she married at Woodstock, Ontario, in 1879. The youngest of the children of Halkett Pattullo and Jane Robson, Scottish settlers of Caledon, she was an aunt of Duff Pattullo, premier of British Columbia. Born at Caledon in 1852, she bore five children at Woodstock, moved with them to Chicago in 1897 and later to Spokane, where she died in 1932.
Life
- 1852Born17 Sep 1852, Caledon, Ontario
The Ancestry tree's date; WikiTree has 17 Jul. Her ages, 27 at her marriage in November 1879 and 47 in June 1900 (born "Sept. 185[2?]" in that census), fit September 1852.
- 1879Lived
- 〃Married John Gerald Short5 Nov 1879, Woodstock, Oxford County, Ontario
By licence, by Rev. W. T. McMullen; both Presbyterian; the witnesses her brother Andrew Pattullo and Geo. D. McKay [?] of Woodstock.
- 1900LivedChicago, Illinois
With her husband and children in Hyde Park; she came to the United States in 1897. Five children born, four living.
- 1910LivedSpokane, Washington
"Mary Short, wife of John G. Short, of Spokane," giving notice of intent to buy land in British Columbia.
- 1932Died23 Nov 1932, Spokane, Washington
Washington death certificate, Spokane, ref. 1214 (FamilySearch N35X-8MK, as WikiTree cites it; not seen).
- —BuriedGreenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Washington
Find a Grave 143119849, a flat marker, "Mary Pattullo Short, 1852 - 1932," beside her husband's.
Family
- Father
- Halkett Pattullo
Her marriage registration (Woodstock, 1879), seen, names her parents "Halket Pattullo" and "Jane Robson"; her Washington death certificate (Spokane, 1932) also names Halkett (index, not seen). Bourdon names her as the youngest of Halkett and Jane's children.
documentedprovenSources
- Ontario marriage registration, John G. Short and Mary Pattullo, Woodstock, 1879
- FamilySearch record indexes for the families of the Ellingwood wives, as cited on WikiTree
- Bourdon, "Barkerville's Thomas Robson Pattullo in Life and Death," BC Studies 185 (Spring 2015), pp. 49-77
- Reasoning:
research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Wives_Families.md
- Mother
- Jane Robson
Named on her marriage registration (Woodstock, 1879).
documentedprovenSources
- Ontario marriage registration, John G. Short and Mary Pattullo, Woodstock, 1879
- Bourdon, "Barkerville's Thomas Robson Pattullo in Life and Death," BC Studies 185 (Spring 2015), pp. 49-77
- WikiTree profiles for the Ellingwood line's ancestors (Woodbury, Cheever, Pattullo, Short, Jeffrey, Elliott, Adams, Deyoe, Rice, Warren, Holdershaw)
- Spouse
- John Gerald Shortdocumentedproven
Sources
Pedigree
Notes
Mother of Ruth Ethelwyn (Short) Ellingwood. Cudge’s memoir has Ruth’s cousin as Duff Pattullo, premier of British Columbia, and Ruth’s daughter Mary Jane named for her two grandmothers. When Cudge asked for Ruth’s hand in 1920 “her sweet mother” gave her consent “with that nice quiet smile of hers.”
She was the youngest of the children of Halkett Pattullo (1809-1855) and Jane Robson (1809-1879),
Scottish settlers of Caledon who moved to Blenheim Township, Oxford County, in 1855. Her marriage
registration names her parents (record), her
death certificate (Spokane, 1932) her father, and a study of her brother Thomas, the Barkerville gold
miner, calls her “the youngest” and “a favourite”; his will left her two thousand dollars
(source). Her brothers included George Robson
Pattullo, editor of the Woodstock Sentinel and father of Duff Pattullo, and
Andrew Pattullo, member of the Ontario legislature, who was a witness at her wedding: so Duff was Ruth’s first cousin
(research/ellingwood/Ellingwood_Wives_Families.md).
She married John G. Short at Woodstock on 5 November 1879, and bore him five children there between 1880 and 1893: Jeffrey, Mary, Jeannie Beatrice, Arthur, who died as a baby, and Ruth. She followed her husband to Chicago with the children in 1897 (record), and by 1910 they were at Spokane. Widowed in 1916, she lived on in Spokane with her unmarried daughter Mary, and was a witness, as “Mrs. J. G. Short,” at Ruth’s wedding in 1921.
Open questions
- Her birth date: 17 Sep 1852 in the Ancestry tree, 17 Jul 1852 on WikiTree; the 1900 census favours September. The Caledon register or a baptism would settle it.
- The image of her 1932 death certificate.
Cudge's memoir
In 1920 Ruth's mother joined her daughters Ruth and Mary on the summer holiday at Twin Lakes, Idaho, where Cudge came to visit.
They were going to Twin Lakes, Idaho--she and her mother and Mary and their friend Jane Burchett.
p. 83 →When Cudge told Ruth's mother of their engagement she gave her consent with a quiet smile; her children were Jeff, Mary, Beatrice and Ruth, and Cudge thought a son had died young.
Her sweet mother! I remember how sweet she was with that nice quiet smile of hers, giving her consent. I fell in love with her too. She had Jeff, Mary, Beatrice and Ruth.
p. 84 →Cudge and Ruth's third daughter, Mary Jane, born in 1926, was named after her two grandmothers.
Our third daughter, Mary Jane (named after her two grandmothers) was born on September 29, 1926.
p. G19 →By the time Cudge came to Spokane to find work, Ruth's mother had died some years before, and her daughter Mary lived on alone in the family home.
Mary was delighted that some of her family were going to be near her. Her Mother had passed away some years before, and she was alone in their home, with an elderly companion.
p. G37 →
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Connections
- In her ancestry
- 4 notable connections →
Every notable ancestor and famous relative that Mary's own ancestors lead to, with the lines drawn down to her.