Résumé

Architect, William C. Hays, Architect, Berkeley, CA, c. 1920. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 09/07/2023.)

Teaching

Instructor in Architecture and Greek Architecture, University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1917-1918. (See Circular of Information Academic Departments, University of California Bulletin, Third Series, vol. XI, no. 2, 08/1917, p. 32.)

College

B.S., University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1912. While at the UCB, Jory had two years of military training.

M.S. and Gr. Arch., University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Berkeley, CA, 1914. (See Circular of Information Academic Departments, University of California Bulletin, Third Series, vol. XI, no. 2, 08/1917, p. 32.)

Relocation

Jory was born in Stockton, CA, on 08/24/1889. He was six years older than William W. Wurster (1895-1973), who also had been born in Stockton, attended the University of California, Berkeley, and taught there.

Stafford Jory dwelled in England during 1902, according to US passport paperwork of 02/23/1921. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 1511; Volume #: Roll 1511 - Certificates: 147876-148249, 02 Mar 1921-03 Mar 1921, accessed 08/07/2023.)

On 06/05/1917, Jory lived at 1420 Scenic Avenue in 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. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm, accessed 09/07/2023.) Jory remained living at this address in 1920. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 09/07/2023.)

Jory's family resided at 1370 Euclid Avenue in Berkeley, CA, in 1950. The household included Stafford and Grace and their two children, Margaret L. Jory and Howard R. Jory. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Berkeley, Alameda, California; Roll: 3222; Page: 75; Enumeration District: 61-33, accessed 09/07/2023.)

He was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, CA, as were his wife and son.

Parents

His father was John Jory, an Englishman who came to the US in 1872. John came to CA in 1878, where he resided in 1921.

He had been naturalized in the Superior Court of California at Stockton c. 1878.

His mother Elizabeth Roberts was also of English descent.

Spouse

He wed Grace Yale Weeks (born 01/29/1889 in Medford, OR-d. 11/28/1973 in Contra Costa County, CA) in Berkeley, CA, on 01/17/1920.

Her parents were Arthur John Weeks (born 08/1853 in Ontario, Canada-d. 02/17/1928 in Jackson County, OR) and Anna Belle Stewart (born 09/1856 in Hannibal, MO-d. 01/03/1939 in Jackson County, OR)

Children

He and Grace had three childen: Margaret Lelean Jory Tracy (born 1923 in Berkeley, CA-d. 12/05/2016 in Livermore, CA), Farnham Stewart Jory (born 12/06/1926 in Berkeley, CA-d. 02/23/2004 in Danville, CA) and Howard Roberts Jory (born 12/08/1931 in Berkeley, CA). All of the Jory children excelled academically. Farnham was a Phi Beta Kappa physics graduate of the University of California, Berkeley (1948), who would earn a graduate degree in mathematics at ETH-Zurich in 1951 and doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Chicago in 1955. (See Find a Grave.com, "Farnham Stewart Jory," accessed 09/07/2023.)

In 1950, the US Census listed Margaret as working as an interior designer. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Berkeley, Alameda, California; Roll: 3222; Page: 75; Enumeration District: 61-33, accessed 09/07/2023.) She attended the University of California, Berkeley, c. 1944, majoring in decorative art. She was an outstanding student at UCB, earning admission to Phi Beta Kappa. (See University of California, Grizzly Yearbook, 1944, p. 53.) She married James F. Tracy in 1957.

Howard Jory became an engineer working with Varian Associates, c. 1973. (See Menlo Park, California, City Directory, 1973, p. 179.)

Biographical Notes

His World War I draft registration card indicated that Jory was Caucasian with blue eyes and brown hair. He was of medium height and had a "stout" build. (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. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm, accessed 09/07/2023.)

His US passport paperwork of 1921 listed Jory as being 5-feet, 10-inches tall and having blue-grey eyes.

In 1921, Jory and his wife took an eight-month study tour of Europe that would include the British Isles, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland. He and his wife were to leave New York, NY aboard the Cunard cargo-passenger liner, S.S. Albania, on 03/24/1921. His witness to verify his identity was the architect Irving Morrow. (1884-1952), who indicated that he had known Jory for ten years. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; NARA Series: Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925; Roll #: 1511; Volume #: Roll 1511 - Certificates: 147876-148249, 02 Mar 1921-03 Mar 1921, accessed 08/07/2023.)