Résumé

Principal, Harold Eugene Reed, Building Contractor, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1917. Reed had an office in Room #414 of the Van Nuys Building in Los Angeles. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 01/09/2023.)

Partner, Stanton, Reed and Hibbard, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1923.

Partner, Stanton and Reed, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1931- . In 1931, Stanton and Reed maintained their office in Room #1107 of the Architects Building in Los Angeles. (See Architect and Engineer, 1931, vol. 104-105, p. 104.)

Relocation

Harold Eugene Reed was born in Portland, OR, the eldest child of Waler Reed and Rosamond Coursen, who later divorced between 1900 and 1910. In 1900, 12-year-old Harold lived with his parents and siblings at 394 Yamhill Street in Portland. The Reeds could afford a servant, Clara Hitchcock (born c. 08/1878 in IL), who lived with the family. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Portland Ward 4, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: 1350; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0052; FHL microfilm: 1241350, accessed 03/02/2023.)

In 06/1917, Reed lived at 201 South Kingsley Drive in Los Angeles. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 01/09/2023.)

He was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA.

Parents

His parents were Walter Reed (born 11/23/1865 in CA-d. ) and Rosamond A. Coursen (born 09/13/1867 in San Francisco, CA-d. 09/081952 in Salem, OR). They wed on 09/14/1885. Their marriage ended in either 1900 or 1901. Walter married a younger woman, . Rosamund married Alpheus Leon Hanscome (1874-1939) on 02/05/1910 in Alameda County, CA, while Walter wed Helene Wallace (1886-1963) likely in 1901.

In 1900, Walter Reed was a seller of optical goods, according to the US Census of that year. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Portland Ward 4, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: 1350; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0052; FHL microfilm: 1241350, accessed 03/02/2023.) Ten years later, he worked as a theatre's advertising agent in the same city. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Portland Ward 2, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T624_1285; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0129; FHL microfilm: 1375298, accessed 03/02/2023.) He managed a theatre in Portland by 1920 and lived with Helene and their two children at 585 East 18th Avenue North (Now NE 18th Avenue) in Portland. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Portland, Multnomah, Oregon; Roll: T625_1502; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 143, accessed 03/02/2023.)

Rosamund was a musician and applied for a US passport on 11/12/1890 in Portland, OR. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, 1795-1905; Roll #: 361; Volume #: Roll 361 - 01 Nov 1890-31 Dec 1890, accessed 03/02/2023.)

Walter and Rosamond had three children: Vida Rosalind Reed (born 04/09/1889) and Gerald Walter Reed (born 05/21/1892). (See Ella Reed-Wright, Reed-Read Lineage, [Waterbury, CT: Nattatuck Press, Incorporated, 1909], p. 323.)

Spouse

He wed Adele Clare Hunstberger (born 12/07/1886 in NE-d. 03/07/1982 in Los Angeles County, CA) in 1911.

Biographical Notes

His World War I draft registration card described Reed as being Caucasian with gray eyes and light hair. It noted that he was of medium height and build. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: Los Angeles Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 01/09/2023.) His World War II draft registration card listed his height as 5-feet, 9-and-1/2-inches tall and his weight as 172 pounds. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards [4th Registration] For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 03/02/2023.)

SSN: 545467681.

• Portland, OR (Architect's Birth)
  Portland, OR

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