Résumé

Principal, I.E. Frary, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1912. Partner, MacGibbon-Frary Company, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1913. Architect, Lescher and Kibbey, Architects, Phoenix, AZ, c. 06/1917.

Relocation

Frary was born in the furniture-making city of Grand Rapids, MI in 1890. Ten years later, the family lived at 232 West Bridge Street in Grand Rapids. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Grand Rapids Ward 8, Kent, Michigan; Roll: 722; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0077; FHL microfilm: 1240722, accessed 09/13/2016.)

The family had relocated to Berkeley, CA, by 1910, where they lived at 3021 Dana Street. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Berkely, Alameda, California; Roll: T624_72; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0057; FHL microfilm: 1374085, accessed 09/13/2016.) Ira, Sr., continued his work as a real estate agent.

Ira Earl had moved to Southern CA within three years, going into an architectural partnership with Eugene H. MacGibbon. He married in Santa Barbara, CA, in 1916, amd resided in Santa Monica, CA, when he applied for a US Passport in 04/1917. He intended to go on a pleasure trip to Chile, Brazil and Argentina starting on 04/27/1917 from Los Angeles's port of San Pedro, CA.

By 06/1917, Frary resided at 1434 North 2nd Street, Phoenix, AZ, with his wife and infant child. He passed away in Los Angeles, CA, at the age of 28.

Parents

His father, Ira Elmer Frary, (born c. 01/1863 in MI-d. 1932 in Chico, CA) worked in real estate. His mother, Helen F., (born 1865 in MI-d. 1935 in Chico, CA), maintained the household. They married c. 1886 and had four children, Ira Earl, Marjorie (born 08/1895 in MI), and Fred (born 10/1898 in MI-d. 1904 in Chicago, IL). One other child died in early childhood.

Spouse

He married Henrietta Lenen Chittenden on 05/15/1916 in Santa Barbara, CA.

Biographical Notes

He went by his middle name "Earl."

Frary was of medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair, according to his World War I Draft Registration Card. (See Source Citation. Registration State: Arizona; Registration County: Maricopa; Roll: 1522449 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 09/13/2016.) His US Passport Application of 1917 stated that he was described as standing 5-feet, 8 and 1/2-inches tall, with an long, oval face, high forehead, square chin, aquiline nose, fair complexion, light blue eyes and light brown hair. (See Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 356; Volume #: Roll 0356 - Certificates: 50301-50700, 07 Apr 1917-13 Apr 1917. Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, accessed 09/13/2016.)

• Grand Rapids, MI (Architect's Birth)
  Grand Rapids, MI

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• Los Angeles, CA (Architect's Death)
  Los Angeles, CA

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