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Married 18-Dec-1915
Lud and Cora met at Cora's sister's birthday party.|
Husband:
Ludford William Elvy Born: 4-Apr-1890 Died: 12-Nov-1973 Father: John Elvy Mother: Harriet Lightfoot Ludford was born in 1890 in Arnold's Oak or in Eastlin, England (according to different family members), and baptised in Ospring. Lud had no schooling beyond about the fifth or sixth grade because of the need on the farm: his father removed him from school to go with him to cut down trees and pack the wood home on their backs. In 1908 when Lud was aged 18, Edmund Elvy, his cousin, invited his family to come to America on the Lusitania, and planned to leave all his money to Lud. They then went by train west to Los Angeles, California, and then on to Weed, California. From there they went by horse-drawn wagon to reach the family homestead in Siskiyou County, California, near the Oregon border where they settled, raised wheat and improved the property. Lud later worked in a cabinet shop in Sebastopol, California, where his wife Cora had been born and reared, and he loved to garden. Edmund married Alice late in life and his widow apparently took the fortune, leaving Lud only $1,000 instead of the intended $84,000. Alice Elvy then gave it all to her nephew, a lawyer, back East. |
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Wife:
Cora Louise Miller Born: 14-Aug-1893 Died: 19-Jun-1972 Father: Elmer Frank Miller Mother: Margaret Elinor Allen Occupation: Cora worked for about ten years as an elementary school teacher, often in one-room schoolhouses. Cora's maternal grandmother, Mrs. Alton, walked most of the way across the United States from Ohio to California in her early teen years. She walked because there wasn't enough room in the covered wagon. |
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Child 1:
Harriet Crystal ElvyBorn: 8-Mar-1917 Died: 25-Apr-1964 Spouse: Children: Occupation: Harriet had various occupations, including Housekeeper and Cook. Harriet was born on the family homestead in California. She loved nature and travelled occasionally. She never married and had no children. |
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Child 2:
Wilma Jean Elvy Born: 17-Apr-1918 Died: 29-Aug-2009 Spouse: Herbert Arthur Tibbits Children: Bertha Ann Tibbits, Herbert Arthur Tibbits, Dorothy Jean Tibbits Occupation: Wilma was a nurse and worked at a Veterans hospital where she met her future husband. Later she helped her husband run a small grocery store and pool-cleaning business. Like her sister, Wilma was born on the family homestead in California. Following her husband's death she became devoutly Christian. Her faith fills her days and directs all her activities and communications. |
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Child 3:
Edna Phillis Elvy Born: 5-Jul-1919 Died: 30-May-2002 Spouse: Arthur Nielsen Blasdel Children: Arthur Nielson Blasdel, Raymond Allen Blasdel, Norman Elvy Blasdel Occupation: Phillis became a nurse. Before attending nursing school, she had worked as stenographer. Phillis was born on the homestead in California. |
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Child 4:
Ludford William ElvyBorn: 12-Nov-1926 Died: 11-Sep-2007 Spouse: Glenda Ann Walter Children: Walter William Elvy, Joanna Marie Elvy, David Mark Elvy, Karen Yvonne Elvy Occupation: After two years in the Navy, Lud earned degrees in engineering and education then made his career teaching woodshop and other subjects for junior high students. Also, for decades been a house-painter, making this his primary but periodic occupation after his retirement from teaching. Lud was born in Sebastopol, California, and has lived there nearly his entire life. His hobby is to make wood projects of all types, especially making works of art on the lathe, including candlesticks, vases, bowls and scoops He loves puns and number/logic challenges. |
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