George Shortley was the son of John J. and Mary (Mardy) Shortley, both born in Ireland. He married Inez May (Amsdel) Disler on July 31, 1917 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI. He was the 2nd husband of Inez May (Amsdel) Disler Shortley. After the death of Inez, George moved from Illinois to California and remarried Clara P.
According to the Social Security Death Index and his death certificate, George was born on Feb. 20, 1885. The WWI draft registration card has his birthday as Feb. 22, 1885. His death certificate says that he was buried on Aug. 9, 1967.
In the 1920 Census and 1917/1918 draft registration card, George was a motorman for Chicago Surface Lines. According to the 1930 Census, George P. Shortley was a streetcar conductor. In the marriage record for Inez and George, he was a machinist. Chicago Surface Lines was a streetcar company that existed between 1913 and 1947. It is now called Chicago Transit Authority. According to his death record, he worked as a motorman for Amalgamated Chicago Transit for 35 years.
His wife Inez is buried next to Guy and Blanche Disler, her son and daughter-in-law at Maple Grove Cemetery in Mason, MI. Cemetery records show that George Shortley purchased the gravestone and burial plots with Guy and Blanche Disler when Inez died. So George Shortley's name is on the gravestone at Maple Grove. However, George is buried at Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park in Hayward, California. He is buried in the Garden of Hope, Section 9 North, 2 East, plot F #1. No one else is buried on this lot.
According to the Social Security Death Index and his death certificate, George was born on Feb. 20, 1885. The WWI draft registration card has his birthday as Feb. 22, 1885. His death certificate says that he was buried on Aug. 9, 1967.
In the 1920 Census and 1917/1918 draft registration card, George was a motorman for Chicago Surface Lines. According to the 1930 Census, George P. Shortley was a streetcar conductor. In the marriage record for Inez and George, he was a machinist. Chicago Surface Lines was a streetcar company that existed between 1913 and 1947. It is now called Chicago Transit Authority. According to his death record, he worked as a motorman for Amalgamated Chicago Transit for 35 years.
His wife Inez is buried next to Guy and Blanche Disler, her son and daughter-in-law at Maple Grove Cemetery in Mason, MI. Cemetery records show that George Shortley purchased the gravestone and burial plots with Guy and Blanche Disler when Inez died. So George Shortley's name is on the gravestone at Maple Grove. However, George is buried at Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park in Hayward, California. He is buried in the Garden of Hope, Section 9 North, 2 East, plot F #1. No one else is buried on this lot.
George Shortley was the son of John J. and Mary (Mardy) Shortley, both born in Ireland. He married Inez May (Amsdel) Disler on July 31, 1917 in Battle Creek, Calhoun, MI. He was the 2nd husband of Inez May (Amsdel) Disler Shortley. After the death of Inez, George moved from Illinois to California and remarried Clara P.
According to the Social Security Death Index and his death certificate, George was born on Feb. 20, 1885. The WWI draft registration card has his birthday as Feb. 22, 1885. His death certificate says that he was buried on Aug. 9, 1967.
In the 1920 Census and 1917/1918 draft registration card, George was a motorman for Chicago Surface Lines. According to the 1930 Census, George P. Shortley was a streetcar conductor. In the marriage record for Inez and George, he was a machinist. Chicago Surface Lines was a streetcar company that existed between 1913 and 1947. It is now called Chicago Transit Authority. According to his death record, he worked as a motorman for Amalgamated Chicago Transit for 35 years.
His wife Inez is buried next to Guy and Blanche Disler, her son and daughter-in-law at Maple Grove Cemetery in Mason, MI. Cemetery records show that George Shortley purchased the gravestone and burial plots with Guy and Blanche Disler when Inez died. So George Shortley's name is on the gravestone at Maple Grove. However, George is buried at Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park in Hayward, California. He is buried in the Garden of Hope, Section 9 North, 2 East, plot F #1. No one else is buried on this lot.
According to the Social Security Death Index and his death certificate, George was born on Feb. 20, 1885. The WWI draft registration card has his birthday as Feb. 22, 1885. His death certificate says that he was buried on Aug. 9, 1967.
In the 1920 Census and 1917/1918 draft registration card, George was a motorman for Chicago Surface Lines. According to the 1930 Census, George P. Shortley was a streetcar conductor. In the marriage record for Inez and George, he was a machinist. Chicago Surface Lines was a streetcar company that existed between 1913 and 1947. It is now called Chicago Transit Authority. According to his death record, he worked as a motorman for Amalgamated Chicago Transit for 35 years.
His wife Inez is buried next to Guy and Blanche Disler, her son and daughter-in-law at Maple Grove Cemetery in Mason, MI. Cemetery records show that George Shortley purchased the gravestone and burial plots with Guy and Blanche Disler when Inez died. So George Shortley's name is on the gravestone at Maple Grove. However, George is buried at Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park in Hayward, California. He is buried in the Garden of Hope, Section 9 North, 2 East, plot F #1. No one else is buried on this lot.
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Note: This gravestone is in Maple Grove Cemetery in Mason, MI not at Chapel of the Chimes in California.
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