1900 United States census, Chicago (Hyde Park Township, ward 34), Cook County, Illinois: John G. Short household

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.