Résumé

Clerk, oil company, San Francisco, CA, 1910. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 41, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_101; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0269; FHL microfilm: 1374114, accessed 10/21/2020.)

Mechanical and marine design engineer, D. Dorward, Jr., San Francisco, CA, 06/1917. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Registration State: California; Registration County: Alameda, Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 10/21/2020.)

Principal, Edward K. Hussey, Consulting Civil Engineer, Oakland, CA, c. 1930-1946. In 1930, the US Census indicated that Hussey was a civil engineer engaged in "sub-division work." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0114; FHL microfilm: 2339839, accessed 10/21/2020.)

On 04/26/1942, Hussey leased an office in Room #711 of the Syndicate Building in Oakland, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 10/21/2020.)

College

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA.

Relocation

Born in CA, Edward Knight Hussey's family had moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from Brazil, Indiana, a town in the west-central part of the state, sometime between 1885 and 1888. Edward was born in San Jose, CA, in 1888.

By 1900, his parents had a residence at 1749 Buchanan Street in San Francisco. In addition to Edward's parents and three siblings, the household included a boarder, Richard B. Cook, (born 07/1883 in CA), a clerk who shipped wholesale drugs. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: San Francisco Assembly District 41, San Francisco, California; Roll: T624_101; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0269; FHL microfilm: 1374114, accessed 10/21/2020 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0205; FHL microfilm: 1240105, accessed 10/21/2020.)

Hussey resided at 1973 Jackson Street in San Francisco, CA, in between 1910 and 1914, at least. (See University of California Register, 1913-1914, [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1914], p 90.) On 06/05/1917, Hussey had lodgings at 2726 College Avenue, Berkeley, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Registration State: California; Registration County: Alameda, Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 10/21/2020.)

The engineer lived with his family and widowed mother-in-law, Cordelia Peet, (born c. 1871 in IN), at 612 Mariposa Avenue in Oakland, CA. The Hussey Family owned its own home that had an approximate value of $8,500 according to the US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0114; FHL microfilm: 2339839, accessed 10/21/2020.) Edward, his wife, Helen, their two daughters, and his mother-in-law, Cordie Peet, continued to reside at 612 Mariposa in 1940. The census of that year indicated its value had declined to approximately $5,000. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Oakland, Alameda, California; Roll: m-t0627-00440; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 61-63, accessed 10/21/2020.)

Hussey died in Oakland, CA, at the age of 57.

Parents

His father, John Barr Hussey (born c. 03/1851 in IN-d. 09/25/1926 in Alameda County, CA), worked as a bookkeeper for a china company in 1900. Back in Brazil, IN, in 1880, he worked as an express agent. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: Brazil, Clay, Indiana; Roll: 269; Page: 389A; Enumeration District: 228, accessed 10/21/2020.)

Minnie Elizabeth Wallace, (born c. 10/1859 in OH-d. 02/27/1919 in Oakland, CA), managed household activities.

She and John had had four children according to the US Census of 1900 that included Gertrude Eliza Hussey (born 01/1881 in IN), Wallace Maxwell Hussey, (born c. 06/13/1883 in IN-d. 01/19/1951 in Alameda County, CA), and Helen M. Hussey Adams, (born 01/11/1885 in Clay County, IN-d. 08/16/1912 in Spokane, WA). (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Page: 4; Enumeration District: 0205; FHL microfilm: 1240105, accessed 10/21/2020.)

Gertrude worked as a public school teacher in Contra Costa County, CA, in 1940, and did not marry. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Contra Costa, California; Roll: m-t0627-00196; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 7-42, accessed 10/21/2020.)

Spouse

He wed Helen Peet (born c. 1896 in IL) on 05/20/1922 in Berkeley, CA.

Children

He and Helen had two daughters, Janet E. Hussey Viney, (born 1923 in CA-d. 2009), and Barbara Lee Hussey, (born c. 1935 in CA).

Janet Hussey married US Naval Commander Irwin John Viney (1922-2005), and was buried at the US Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, MD.

Biographical Notes

According to his World War I draft registration card, Hussey was Caucasian, of medium height and slender build, with brown eyes and dark hair. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: Registration State: California; Registration County: Alameda, Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 10/21/2020.) His World War II draft registration card, listed him as being 5-feet, 10-inches tall, and weighing a meagre 125 pounds.(See Ancestry.com, Source Citation: The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 10/21/2020.)

SSN: 573140875.

• San Jose, CA (Architect's Birth)
  San Jose, CA 95113

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• Oakland, CA (Architect's Death)
  Oakland, CA 94612

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