Résumé

Military service, US Army, World War I.

Draftsman, unknown architectural offices, New York, NY, c. 1925.

Draftsman, Julia Morgan, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1930. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1930, p. 850.)

Associate, Clark, Gromme and Lloyd, Architects, San Francisco, CA, 1941-1942.

Principal, Francis E. Lloyd, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1931-1941, 1945-1965. Lloyd practiced in Room #404 in the building at 360 Pine Street. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1934, p. 667.) He moved to Room #503 by 1937. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1937, p. 846.) In 1945, Lloyd maintained an office at 210 Post Street, Room #1119. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1945, p. 1062.) According to his obituary in the San Francisco Examiner, Lloyd closed his San Francisco office in 1965. (See "Lloyd, Francis Ellsworth," San Francisco Examiner, 04/04/1987, p. 6.)

Principal, Francis E. Lloyd, Architect, Grass Valley, CA, c. 1965-1975. After moving to Grass Valley, CA, Lloyd designed some commercial and residential buildings in that area.

Professional Activities

He participated with Hervey Parke Clark (1899-1982), Ronald Lynn Campbell and David Bohannon (1898-1995) on an Architecture Forum project to convert World War II worker's housing to post-war use. (See "Converted War Housing, San Francisco," Architectural Forum, vol. 10, no. 4, 10/1943, pp. 69-75.)

High School / College

Graduate, Nampa High School, Nampa, ID, c. 1917.

Coursework in engineering, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, c. 1918.

B.S.,Arch., University of Pennsylvania (Penn), Philadelphia, PA, 1922.

Relocation

Francis Ellsworth Lloyd, Jr., was born in Ord, NE, on 02/24/1900 the son of Francis E. Lloyd, Sr., and Mary F. Timm. His father operated a restaurant in Ord, according the 1900 US Census. His sister Marguerite and brother Windsor also had been born in NE, indicating that the family had lived in the state for at least ten years. The Lloyds were prosperous enough for them to employ a household worker, Jennie Thusen (born c. 03/1874 in Denmark). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Ord, Valley, Nebraska; Roll: 941; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0203, accessed 01/29/2026.) By 1908, at least, the Lloyds lived at 524 East 6th Street in York, NE. (See R.L. Polk and Company's York, Nebraska, City Directory, 1908, p. 72.)

In 1910, the Lloyds lived at 815 East 7th Street in York, NE. The 1910 US Census indicated that Francis, Sr., lived on his "own income." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: York Ward 1, York, Nebraska; Roll: T624_857; Page: 8b; Enumeration District: 0208; FHL microfilm: 1374870, accessed 02/03/2026.) The family had switched York habitations to 503 Thompson Avenue by 1911. (See R.L. Polk and Company's York, Nebraska, City Directory, 1911, p. 78.)

Francis's parents moved the family from York, NE, to Nampa, ID, sometime between 1911 and 1913. He attended Nampa High School in that city, graduating in 1917.

As a student at the University of ID in Moscow, he listed his parents address of 607 11th Avenue South, Nampa, ID on his World War I draft card of 09/12/1918. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: Idaho; Registration County: Canyon County Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 02/03/2026.)

Francis Lloyd served with the US Army in World War I, and then subsequently, traveled in Europe, taking at least two "grand tours" in 1924 and likely 1925. He returned from his first European journey aboard the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique's SS De Grasse, sailing from Le Havre, France, to New York, NY, arriving in the latter place on 11/04/1924. The ship's passenger manifest indicated that Lloyd gave his parent's residential address of 310 West Broadway, Long Beach, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715; RG Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; RG: 85, accessed 02/03/2026.) Francis Lloydreturned to Europe likely in 1925 or 1926 and traveled aboard the United States Lines' SS Republic (launched in 1903 as the "SS Servian,") between Cherbourg, France, and New York, NY, during the period 08/25/1926 until 09/04/1926. On this ship's manifest he gave the same Long Beach address. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; Microfilm Serial or NAID: T715; RG Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; RG: 85, accessed 02/03/2026.)

Lloyd lived in New York, NY, during the 1920s, for part of the time serving as a furniture designer in the Eleanor Roosevelt Furniture Workshop. (See "Lloyd, Francis Ellsworth," San Francisco Examiner, 04/04/1987, p. 6.)

The architect moved to San Francisco, CA, in 1927, residing at 735 Taylor Street in 1928 and 1929. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1928, p. 959. and San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1928, p. 955.) Lloyd worked in various San Francisco architectural offices until 1931, when he opened his own office. (See "Lloyd, Francis Ellsworth," San Francisco Examiner, 04/04/1987, p. 6.)

Lloyd and his wife Frances resided at 3311 Washington Street in San Francisco, in 1930. The Lloyds paid $55 per month to live in this affluent neighborhood. (Houses in the immediate vicinity had values of between $20,000 and $50,000. See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0325; FHL microfilm: 2339941, accessed 01/29/2026.) He worked as a draftsman for the architect Julia Morgan in 1930. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1930, p. 850.) Lloyd remained at 3311 Washington Street in 1934, although he had opened his own office by that time. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1934, p. 667.)

The architect and his wife dwelled at 2735 Green Street in San Francisco's Cow Hollow neighborhood between at least 1937 and 1942. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1937, p. 846 and San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1945, p. 1062.) The architect listed an address of 2541 Washington Street in San Francisco when he filled out his World War II draft registration card. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1061, accessed 02/03/2026.) The 1950 US Census located Lloyd at 2735 Green Street. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 1813; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 38-498, accessed 02/03/2026.)

According to his obituary in the San Francisco Examiner, Lloyd and his wife retired to Grass Valley, CA, in 1965. (See "Lloyd, Francis Ellsworth," San Francisco Examiner, 04/04/1987, p. 6. Their names, however, were not listed in Polk's Grass Valley-Nevada City [Nevada County, Calif,] Directory, between 1965 and1968.) In 1974. The Lloyds dwelled on Highland Drive in Grass Valley. (See Grass Valley, California, City Directory, 1974, p. 117.) They lived here for about 22 and 24 years, respectively.

He died in Grass Valley, CA, on 03/31/1987.

Parents

His parents Francis E. Lloyd, Sr., (born c. 03/1865 in PA-d. 07/05/1931 in Long Beach, CA) and Mary Francis Timm (born c. 02/1867 in MI-d. 1934 in CA) married c. 1890. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Ord, Valley, Nebraska; Roll: 941; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0203, accessed 01/29/2026.) His father operated a lumber and coal business in York, NE. (See R.L. Polk and Company's York, Nebraska, City Directory, 1908, p. 72.) Francis, Sr., and Mary had three children: Francis, Jr., Lucille Marguerite Lloyd Hughes (born 08/11/1890 in NE-d. 11/13/1956 in Santa Cruz County, CA), and Windsor James Lloyd (born 09/06/1892 in Ord, NE-d. 12/20/1968 in Nampa, ID).

Francis operating a lumber yard influenced the lives of all three of his children. Francis, Jr., became an architect, while Marguerite married Earl Carlton Hughes (born 01/17/1889 in NE-d. 03/26/1959 in Santa Cruz, CA), who operated the Hughes Lumber Company in Santa Cruz, CA. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Santa Cruz, California, City Directory, 1938, p. 102.) Windsor James Lloyd also worked as a lumberman in ID.

Between at least 1923 and 1931, Francis, Sr., and Mary Lloyd lived in Long Beach, CA, at 310 West Broadway, Apartment #701. In 1930, the US Census indicated that the apartment had a value of $16,000, the highest valuation in this multi-family building. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 1063; FHL microfilm: 2339863, accessed 02/03/2026.)

Spouse

He wed Frances Kellam (born 01/31/1901 in San Francisco, CA-d. 03/21/1999 in Mill Valley, CA) on 07/31/1929 in Santa Barbara, CA.

Frances's father was Frederick Benjamin Kellam (born 09/09/1865 in New Haven, CT-d. 09/10/1953 in Santa Barbara, CA), a man who grew wealthy operating American operations of the Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool. Between 1886 and 1922, Kellam managed Royal's West Coast operations, and between 1922 and 1929, he lived in the New York area presiding over East Coast business. He retired to Santa Barbara, CA, in 1929. Frances's mother was Edith Bishop (born 12/01/1875 in Placerville, CA-d. 05/31/1963 in Santa Barbara, CA). She and Frederick had three children, Frances, Elizabeth Kellam (born 02/19/1898 in San Francisco, CA-d. 03/04/1984 in Santa Barbara, CA) and Gareth Kellam (born 10/12/1903 in San Francisco, CA-d. 12/29/1956 in Atherton, CA).

Frances Kellam graduated from the Katherine Delmar Burke School in San Francisco, CA, in 1919. After 1929, Frederick and Edith Kellam dwelled in a residence on Todos Santos Lane designed by San Francisco architect William W. Wurster (1895-1973). Next door to the Kellams, the landscape architect Lockwood De Forest III lived with his wife, Elizabeth Kellam, in another house by Wurster. Wurster socialized with Lockwood and Elizabeth during the 1920s and 1930s.

Children

He and Frances had two sons, Windsor James Lloyd and Thomas Kellam Lloyd.

Biographical Notes

His World War II draft registration card described Lloyd as Caucasian with a light complexion, hazel eyes and brown hair. He sported a moustache in 1942, and stood 6-feet tall, weighing 200 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Wwii Draft Registration Cards For California, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1061, accessed 02/03/2026.)

Lloyd authored the book, Flowers of the Foothills: An Introduction to 81 California Wildflowers, (Truckee, CA: Tulip Press, 1973).