Washington certificate of death, John G. Short, Spokane, 1916
Record
- Date
- 20 Oct 1916
- Held by
- Washington State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics; Washington State Archives; FamilySearch
- Reference
- Spokane County, record no. 887
- Seen as
- originalimagetranscriptabstractindex
What it says
Downloaded 10 Oct 2026 (the image only).
John G. Short, of E 715 25th Ave., Spokane. Male, white, married. Born Dec. 22, 1845; age 70 years, 9 months, 18 days. Occupation: retired. Birthplace: Ontario. Father: John Short, born England. Mother: Mary Jeffrey, born Scotland. Informant: “Dau.-Beatrice Short,” E 715 25th Ave. Filed Oct. 20, 1916, May E. Bartelt [?], deputy registrar.
Died Oct. 20, 1916, at 4:30 a.m. The physician, F. Epplen, M.D., of Spokane, attended him from Jan. 15 to Oct. 20, 1916, and last saw him alive on Oct. 19. Cause: chronic myocardial degeneration and arteriosclerosis, of several years; contributory, senile dementia, of several months. Burial: Greenwood, 10-22-1916. Undertaker: Smith & Co.
What it shows:
- His parents again, now with their birthplaces, England and Scotland. The informant was his daughter Jeannie Beatrice.
- 22 Dec 1845, the birth date the Ancestry tree carries. His age at marriage and the 1900 census
both point to 1847 instead (
marriage-register-short-pattullo-1879,census-1900-chicago-short). The age given here does not quite match it either: from 22 Dec 1845 to 20 Oct 1916 is 70 years, 9 months and 28 days. - Greenwood is Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane, where Find a Grave has him (memorial 143119792).