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Jerome Elijah Short 1849–1942 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 March 1849

Birth Location: Albany, Whiteside, Illinois, USA

Death Date: 17 April 1942

Death Location: Peoria Heights, Peoria, Illinois, USA

Father: Ira Short

Mother: Eliza Higgins

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The story of Jerome Elijah Short began in 1849 in Albany, Whiteside, Illinois, USA. Jerome Elijah Short passed away in 1942 in Peoria Heights, Peoria, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Jerome Elijah Short began in 1849 in Albany, Whiteside, Illinois, USA.
  • Jerome Elijah Short passed away in 1942 in Peoria Heights, Peoria, Illinois, USA.

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Jerome Short's Ancestors

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Jerome Short
1849–1942
Birth Place: Albany, Whiteside, Illinois, USA
Parents
Ira Short
1803–1863
Tioga County, New York, USA
Eliza (Ann) Higgins
1814–1884
New Jersey, United States of America
Grandparents
Benoni Short
1777–1824
Rhode Island, USA
Jerusha Mead
1783–1850
Stamford, Bennington County, Vermont, United States of America
Michael Higgins
1791–1851
Mount Airy, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA
Nancy (Anne) Brokaw
1793–1859
Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Great-Grandparents
Asa Short
1754–1824
Olive Burrell
1756–1841
Amos Mead
1756–1845
Eunice (Mead)
1760–1842
Michael Higgins
1739–1818
Ruth Brush
1757–1843
Abraham Brokaw
1760–1846
Phebe Brokaw
1765–1850
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Sr
1720–1779
Joseph Burrell
1728–1791
Anne Tompson
1728–1798
Benjamin Bates
1732–1810
Martha Harrington
1736–1813
Joseph Higgins
1716–1790
Mary Phillips
1717–1778
Israel Brush
1730–1779
Taphath Sexton
1736–1839
Joris Rapelye
1732–1815
Elizabeth Schenck
1732–1815

Jerome Short's Timeline

2 Records

1849
4 March 1849
Birth of Jerome Elijah Short in Albany, Whiteside, Illinois, USA
Albany, Whiteside, Illinois, USA
1942
17 April 1942
Age 93
Death of Jerome Elijah Short in Peoria Heights, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Peoria Heights, Peoria, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 March 1849
    Event Place: Albany, Whiteside, Illinois, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 April 1942
    Event Place: Peoria Heights, Peoria, Illinois, USA

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