Professional Activities

President, San Diego Architectural Association, 1917. Cressey served with William Templeton Johnson (Vice-President), Robert Halley, Jr., (Secretary) and G.A. Haussen (Treasurer). (See Architect and Engineer of California, vol. XLIX, no. 2, 05/1917, p. 106.)

Relocation

Born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, Charles Cressey immigrated to the US in 1909.

In 1930, he and his family resided in a dwelling at 512 West Vine Street in Glendale, CA. They owned the house at the time, that had a value of $6,000, a moderate amount for a house in the Los Angeles area at the time. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Glendale, Los Angeles, California; Page: 24B; Enumeration District: 0974; FHL microfilm: 2339862, accessed 08/03/2020.)

Spouse

He wed Alice A. Cressey, (born c. when he was 28 year old, she, 29.

Children

He and Alice had two sons, Arthur R. Cressey, (born c. 1907 in England), and Charles B. Cressey (born c. 1911 in CA).