Résumé

Partner, Allen and Lutzi, Architects, Los Angeles, CA.

Lutzi worked In South Pasadena, CA, until mid-1963.

Principal, W. George Lutzi, Architect, San Clemente, CA, 1963- .He moved to an office at 4011 Calle Abril, San Clemente, CA, by 08/1963. (See "Address Changes," Architecture / West, vol. 69, no. 9, 09/1963, p. 9.)

Relocation

William George Lutzi was born in Los Angeles, CA, on 05/22/1902 to Josias and Bertha Lutzi. In 1908, the Lutzis lived at 2133 South Los Angeles Street in Los Angeles. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (Nara); Washington, D.C.; Naturalization Records in the Superior Court of Los Angeles, California, 1876-1915; Microfilm Roll: 21; Microfilm Serial: M1614, accessed 12/02/2025.)

By 1920, the family had relocated to 1633 Vernon Avenue in Los Angeles. Their immediate neighbors on Vernon Avenue were of German and Luxembourger extraction and likely spoke German. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 72, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_112; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 350, accessed 12/02/2025.)

The architect relocated his office from South Pasadena, CA, to San Clemente, CA, c. 08/1963. (See "Address Changes," Architecture / West, vol. 69, no. 9, 09/1963, p. 9.)

Later in life he had an address of 135 Avenue San Fernando in San Clemente.

Lutzi died in Orange County, CA, at the age of 92.

Parents

His father was Josias August Lutzi (born 08/03/1875 in Jenaz, Switzerland-d. 07/28/1957 in Los Angeles County, CA), who came to the US aboard the ship Normandie between 08/05/1893 and 08/11/1893. Josiah applied for US citizenship in Los Angeles on 06/09/1908. He worked as a waiter in Los Angeles in 1908. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (Nara); Washington, D.C.; Naturalization Records in the Superior Court of Los Angeles, California, 1876-1915; Microfilm Roll: 21; Microfilm Serial: M1614, accessed 12/02/2025.) Josias Lutzi continued to work in a restaurant in 1940, as a steward, according to the US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00423; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 60-522, accesssed 12/02/2025.)

He married Bertha Price on 06/06/1901 in Los Angeles County, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images. Source Information: California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017, acccessed 12/02/2025.) Bertha (born c. 1878 in CA) also had been raised in Southern CA. She was one of five children had by a farmer William H. Price (born c. 07/1848 in TX- d. 01/25/1938 in Los Angeles County, CA) and Eliza Hafen (born 02/1856 in Switzerland-d. 1936 in CA). William and Eliza wed on 10/18/1888 in Los Angeles County, CA, and she had five children during her lifetime, of whom Bertha was the eldest. ((See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images. Source Information: California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017, accessed 12/02/2025 and Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Florence, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 92; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0122, accessed 12/02/2025.)

Bertha worked as a dressmaker in 1900 before her marriage to George Lutzi. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Florence, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 92; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0122, accessed 12/02/2025.)

He had a sister Dorothy Lutzi (born 09/05/1903 in Los Angeles, CA)

Biographical Notes

SSN: 557462370.