Résumé

Architectural draftsman, Watsonville, CA, c. 1940.

Partner, Weihe, Frick and Kruse, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1954-1965.

Principal, William B. Fox, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1965-1977.

Archives

Some papers created by William B. Fox are contained in the Weihe, Frick and Kruse Collection maintained at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), College of Environmental Design (CED) Archives, Berkeley, CA. The CED web site said of this collection: "The bulk of the Weihe, Frick & Kruse collection consists of records documenting Weihe, Frick & Kruse projects. The collection also contains records from predecessor firms of Brown & Frick, and Bakewell & Weihe, as well as material created by the successor firm of William B. Fox. Materials include a few student drawings by Edward Frick and project files and drawings of Frick, and Bakewell & Weihe. Project files and drawings also document Weihe, Frick & Kruse projects, as well as Grace Cathedral, the largest project in the collection." (See University of California, Berkeley (UCB), College of Environmental Design Archives, "Weihe, Frick & Kruse," accessed -7/11/2019.)

Relocation

William spent his adolescence and early adulthood in Watsonville, CA, where his parents lived at 111 Stanford Street. He lived in this same house from at least 1927 until 1940. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Santa Cruz, California, City Directory, 1927, p. 328. The address was listed as "211 Stanford" in 1927.)

As per the 1940 US Census, William resided with his parents in Watsonville, CA, at 111 Stanford Street. The census noted that they had lived in this same house in 1935. At the this time, the Foxes had a lodger, W.G. Hines (born c. 1895 in CA), who had served in the US Merchant Marine, but worked in 1940 as a traveling salesman for a meat company.

In 1955, he and his wife Juanita resided at 77 Walnut Avenue in Atherton, CA. (See Redwood City, California, City Directory, 1955, p. 1048.)

Parents

His mother Alice Burk (born 09/03/1882 in Selma, KS-d. 08/22/1969 in Santa Clara County, CA), was raised on farms and wed twice. She first wed Walter G. Kerr (born 01/31/1877-d. 05/14/1946 in Los Angeles, CA), a carpenter, on 04/30/1910 in Fresno County, CA. She lived with Kerr in rural Kern County, CA, in 1910. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Township 16, Kern, California; Roll: T624_78; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0235; FHL microfilm: 1374091, accessed 02/26/2024.) Kerr was William's biological father.

Alice's second husband, William's stepfather, Charles Patrick "Pat" Fox (born 03/26/1865 in Canada-d. 12/02/1945 in Santa Cruz County, CA), worked as a plaster contractor in Watsonville, CA, in 1940 and was about 12 years older than Alice.

Spouse

He wed Juanita Fox.

Biographical Notes

SSN: 555108882.