Résumé

Principal, Roy C. Kelley, Architect, Dana Point, CA, c. 1928.

Principal, Roy C. Kelley, Architect, Honolulu, HI. c. 1929-1938. His obituary published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, indicated, "Kelley, arriving in Honolulu from California as a young architect in 1929, soon turned to developing small apartment buildings in Waikiki." (See

College

B.Arch., University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, c. 1926. The 1940 US Census noted that Roy C. Kelley had completed college. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii; Roll: m-t0627-04585; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 2-50, accessed 02/21/2020.)

Relocation

Kelley's family resided in Oklahoma before moving to Redlands, CA, area by at least 1904. Roy C. Kelley was born in Highlands, CA, north of Redland on 08/31/1905. He and his family lived at 424 Herald Street in Redlands according to the 1910 US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Redlands, San Bernardino, California; Roll: T624_94; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0108; FHL microfilm: 1374107, accessed 02/19/2020)

In 1915, Lewis F. and Minnie Kelley lived at 4021 Idaho Street in San Diego, CA, presumably with Roy living at this address. (See San Diego, California, City Directory, 1915, p. 662.)

In 1940, the US Census recorded that Roy and Estelle Kelley resided at 2270 Kuhio Avenue in Honolulu, HI, with their three children and four servants. The servants included Imi Sayeda (born c. 1897 in Japan), Betty Bradley (born c. 1910 in HI), Albert Guzman (born c. 1924 in HI) and Luis Navidad (born c. 1905 in HI). Sayeda worked as the cook, Bradley as a house maid, and Guzman and Navidad as janitors for the family's apartment properties. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii; Roll: m-t0627-04585; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 2-50, accessed 02/21/2020.)

In 1973-1974, he lived with Estelle in the penthouse of the Coral Seas Hotel at 250 Lewers Street in the Waikiki neighborhood of Honolulu, HI. (See Polk´s Directory of City and County of Honolulu, 1973, p. 740 and Polk´s Directory of City and County of Honolulu, 1974, p. 739.)

Parents

His father, Lewis Franklin Kelley, (born c. 1875 in AR-d. 12/27/1942 in Los Angeles, CA)), worked as a stone mason in Redlands, CA, in 1910. His mother, Mae Minnie Hutchens Kelley, (born c. 01/1886 in AR-d. 06/06/1961 in CA), managed the household, that contained, in 1910, three children: Ivy, (born c. 1898 in OK), Amos, (born c. 1899 in OK) and Cecil. Frank and Minnie married on 09/13/1903 in Craig County, OK, the marriage being his second and her first. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Redlands, San Bernardino, California; Roll: T624_94; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0108; FHL microfilm: 1374107, accessed 02/19/2020 and Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016, accessed 02/21/2020.) In 1915, Lewis worked as a cement worker in San Diego, possibly working on the Panama-California International Exposition of that year. (See San Diego, California, City Directory, 1915, p. 662.)

Frank's first marriage occurred c. 1896. It appears that children Ivy and Amos were his first wife's offspring, while Cecil Roy Kelley was that of Minnie. The 1910 US Census also recorded that Minnie had had two children, only one of whom survived in that year.

At age 45, Minnie married again to Charles Orville Hinshaw (born c. 1876 in Lawrence, KS) on 12/30/1930 in the State of IA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Iowa Department of Public Health; Des Moines, Iowa; Series Title: Iowa Marriage Records, 1923–1937; Record Type: Microfilm Records, accessed 02/21/2020.) She may have married again after this, but died in CA in 1961.

Spouse

He wed Estelle Louise Foote, (born 10/19/1906 in Jersey City, NJ), on 05/22/1929 in Los Angeles County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images, accessed 02/21/2020.)

In 1940, the US Census indicated that Estelle managed rental apartments as their landlady. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii; Roll: m-t0627-04585; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 2-50, accessed 02/21/2020.)

Children

He and Estelle had three children: Richard Roy Kelley (born 12/28/1933 in HI), Jean Estelle Kelley Rolles (born 10/12/1935 in HI) and Patricia Kelley (born 11/13/1937 in HI).

Richard Roy Kelley became a doctor, and married Jane Zieber Kelley (born 05/20/1935).

Biographical Notes

Kelley and his family, including his mother, traveled from Honolulu, HI, to Los Angeles, CA, aboard the S.S Mariposa, between 10/28/1935 and 11/02/1935. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Pedro/Wilmington/Los Angeles, California; NAI Number: 4486355; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85, accessed 02/21/2020.) Mae Kelley also traveled between Los Angeles and Honolulu, HI, in 1947, traveling by herself aboard a Pan American World Airways plane. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Hawaii, Passenger Lists, 1941-1948 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006, accessed 02/21/2020.)

Roy C. Kelley and his wife, Estelle, traveled aboard the S.S. Conte di Savoia, a ship owned by the Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico of Trieste, Italy, between Naples, Italy and New York, NY, during 11/03/1938 and about 11/10/1938. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1938; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 6247; Line: 25; Page Number: 154, accessed 02/21/2020.)

In 1956, Kelley, his wife and three children (plus a daughter-in-law) traveled from Liverpool, England to Montreal, QC, aboard the Canadian Pacific Steamship, Empress of Britain on 06/18/1956. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 1359, accessed 02/21/2020.)

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