FAMILY LINE AND HISTORY
Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg
Note: (Roy Leavitt Clement used the last name of his stepfather, Milo Bailey Kellogg
1st of 2 children of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement
Born: Apr 16, 1892, San Francisco, California
Died: Sep 26, 1959 (age 67), Anaheim, Orange Co., California
Buried: Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster, Orange Co., California
Occupation: Lumber grader, sheet metal worker electrician, owned coffee shops and restaurants in Seattle, San Francisco, Boulder Creek, and Buena Park in California
Married (1): Dec 23, 1910, Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen, Hartford, Snohomish Co., Washington
Four children: Karen Elizabeth Kellogg, Alice Marion Kellogg, Eldon Sydney [Kellogg] Farcy, Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] Farcy
[Note: Helen’s 2nd husband, Glenn Farcy, adopted the four children, the last two taking the Farcy name]
Married (2): Feb 27, 1927, Mildred Evelyn “Millie” Bryant, Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington
No children
(m1) Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen
Daughter of Knute Andreas Halvorsen & Karen H. (Broderson) Nilsen
Married (1): Dec 23, 1910, Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg, Snohomish Co., Washington
Four children: Karen Elizabeth Kellogg, Alice Marion Kellogg, Eldon Sydney [Kellogg] Farcy, Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] Farcy
Born: 1895, Norway
Died: Dec 19, 1946 (age 50), Puyallup, Pierce Co., Washington
Buried: New Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington
Emigrated: 1898, from Norway, Naturalized 1916
Four children: Karen Elizabeth Kellogg, Alice Marion Kellogg, Eldon Sydney [Kellogg] Farcy, Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] Farcy
Married (2): aft 1920, Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy
No children
(m2) Mildred Evelyn “Millie” Bryant
Daughter of Almond Clark Bryant & Matilda “Tillie” Eaton
Born: Oct 30, 1903, Lime Creek Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa
Died: Feb 9, 1995 (age 91), Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California
Buried: Westminster Memorial Park in Westminster, Orange Co., California
Occupation: Office work, stenographer, restaurant owner with husband Roy, teacher
Married: Feb 27, 1927, Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg, Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington
Divorced & remarried again
No children
Four children of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen:
1. Karen Elizabeth Kellogg
Born: Dec 8, 1911, Pierce Co., Washington
Died: Feb 13, 1978 (age 66), Yelm, Thurston Co., Washington; cancer of sinus
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery in Lacey, Thurston Co., Washington (cremated)
Married: Mar 3, 1928, Harold Milton “Bill” Foster, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington
Two children: Glenn Eldon Foster, Carole Ann Foster
2. Alice Marion Kellogg
Born: Dec 5, 1913, Snohomish, Snohomish Co., Washington
Died: Feb 28, 1954 (age 40), Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington; suicide
Occupation: Waitress
Buried: Mountain View Memorial Park in Lakewood, Pierce Co., Washington
Married (1): Aug 12, 1929, Arthur Eugene Gammons, Pierce Co., Washington
Married (2): Oct 2, 1937, Charles Ulric Everett, Olympia, Thurston Co., Washington
Divorced: in 1940 Washington U.S. Census
One child: Eldon Glenn Everett (also used middle initial “K”)
Married (3): Oct 15, 1940, Orville David Colson, King Co., Washington
Note: Orville Colson at age 19 was in Wisconsin State Penitentiary in 1930 census
Married (4): Sep 28, 1941, Clarence Otto Wilcox, King Co., Washington
Married (5): Feb 7, 1945, Oscar Milton, Seattle, King Co., Washington
Married (6): 1950, Lloyd George Shisler
3. Eldon Sidney [Kellogg] Farcy
Born: May 26, 1916, Lake Stevens, Snohomish Co., Washington
Died: Mar 7, 1989 (age 72), Grapeview, Mason Co., Washington; liver cancer
Cremated: Ashes w/family
Occupation: Mechanic, Simpson Lumber Company, cook
Married: May 4, 1946, Marilyn Lucille Jenkins, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington
Two children: Sidney Eldon Farcy, David Roy Farcy
4. Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] Farcy
Born: Jun 12, 1919, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington
Died: Sep 11, 2006 (age 87), Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington; lymphoma
Buried: Sep 15, 2006, New Tacoma Cemetery in University Place, Pierce Co., Washington
Married: Oct 23, 1937, Albert Balster Buss, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington
Occupation: Waitress
Two children: John David Buss, Joyce Diane Buss
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Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy
Son of Henry Farcy & Irma Hatchett
Born: May 18, 1904, Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois
Died: Jun 12, 1958 (age 54), Puyallup, Pierce Co., Washington
Buried: New Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington
Married (1): aft 1920, Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg
No children (adopted the four children of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Helen Kestine “Hanna” 
Halvorsen: Karen Elizabeth Kellogg, Alice Marion Kellogg, Eldon Sydney [Kellogg] Farcy, Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] Farcy
Married (2): Feb 21, 1948, Ruth Ellen Oberg, Thurston Co., Washington
Three children: Phillip Henry Farcy, Brian Ralph Farcy, Sharon Anne Farcy
Ruth Ellen Oberg
Daughter of Jakob/Jacob Emil Öberg/Aberg & Anne Elise “Annie” Halvorsen
Born: Feb 16, 1928, Jordan, Snohomish Co., Washington
Died: May 27, 2020 (age 92), Poulsbo, Kitsap Co., Washington
Married (1): Feb 21, 1948, Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy, Thurston Co., Washington
Three children: Phillip Henry Farcy, Brian Ralph Farcy, Sharon Anne Farcy
Married (2): Oct 5, 1964, Lorne David Bennett, Coeur de Alene, Kootenai Co., Idaho
Parents of Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy: Henry Farcy & Irma (Hatchett) Farcy
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Timeline and Records
Spellings and information in census and other records are retained
as reflected in the original documents
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Sep 29, 1890: Marriage of Edmond Peter Clement & Alice Josephine Yates, in San Francisco, California, parents of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg
note: Edmond is 37, Alice is a day short of age 15
Two children:
1. Roy Leavitt Clement [took the name of Kellogg]
1892 – 1959
2. Edna Marguerite Clement [took the name of Kellogg]
1896 – 1983
Apr 16, 1892: Birth of Roy Leavitt Clement, 1st of two children of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement, San Francisco, California
Apr 18, 1892: The San Francisco Call and Post, San Francisco, California (Monday, pg 7):
From the notes of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg (Grandson of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement & Alice Josephine Yates):
“Alice Yates was not quite 16 years of age when she married Edmond Clement in 1890. This Union did not last long. Edmond was a fine fellow and provider but knew every Irishman in San Francisco and attended every wake. Wakes in those days usually turned out to be all night drinking parties. Edmond once said he would rather lose an arm than to miss an Irish wake. Because there were too many Irishmen dying and one Frenchman couldn’t resist being present and stay home, this marriage broke up. He was a well-known member of the Fire Department. His station was where the south entrance of the Stockton Street Tunnel now is. His father Peter was a was a worker in brass and made many beautiful clocks still in use.”
1895: Birth of Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen in Norway, daughter of Knute Andreas Halvorsen & Karen H. (Broderson) Nilsen and 1st wife of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg
abt 1896: Divorce of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Peter Clement, parents of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg, San Francisco, California
note: Edmond is abt 43, Alice is about age 21
Feb 25, 1896: Birth of Edna Marguerite Clement, 2nd of two children of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement and sister of Roy Leavitt Clement, California
Apr 15, 1896: Marriage of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement, San Francisco, California
note: Milo is age 53, Alice is 21; her son Roy Leavitt Clement is a day short of age 4, her daughter Edna Marguerite Clement is two months old
Two children:
1. Leo Yates Kellogg
1898 – 1952
2. Milo Martin Kellogg
1903 – 1906
1896: Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg, holding daughter Edna, at the Sanger Hotel, in Sanger, Fresno Co., California; Roy is at the lower right of photo in a dress (which was common apparel for boys that age) leaning against man, who may be Milo Bailey Kellogg, Alice’s second husband.
May 25, 1898: Birth of Leo Yates Kellogg, 1st of 2 children of Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement & Milo Bailey Kellogg and the half-brother of Roy Leavitt Clement, Seattle, King Co., Washington
circa 1899: Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement and daughter Edna Marguerite Clement, the father and sister of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg
Jun 11, 1900: U.S. Federal Census, San Francisco, 31st Assembly District, California:
Clement, Mrs. A J: Lodger, Female, born Sep 1875, age 24, divorced, 3 children born: 3 children living, born California, father born California, mother born Pennsylvania, launderer, overalls maker (Alice Josephine Clement; Mrs. and launderer were crossed out on census)
Clement, Leroy: Lodger, Male, born Sep 1875, age 8, born California, father born France, mother born California (Roy Leavitt Clement, son of Alice & Edmond))
Clement, Leon: Lodger, Male, born May 1898, age 2, born Washington, father born France, mother born California (Leo Yates Kellogg, son of Alice & Milo)
Note: Alice Josephine Clement is living at 123 10th St. with two of her children and 11 other lodgers in a boarding house run by a Mrs. M.H. Phillips. According to this census, Alice is divorced. In 1897 she married Milo B. Kellogg in San Francisco. Their son Leo was born in Washington in 1899. Here she is using the name Clement rather than Kellogg. She and Milo must have re-united as she had Milo Martin Kellogg in 1903; unknown as to whereabouts of her daughter Edna Clement [Kellogg], age 4. Family recollects her being placed in a convent as a child.
Jun 30, 1900: U.S. Federal Census, 3rd Township, Fresno Co., California:
Kellogg, Milo B: Male, born 1843, age 57, widowed, born New York, nurse
Note: Milo is working as a nurse in the Fresno County Hospital. He states he is widowed, but is separated from his 3rd wife Alice.
Feb 28, 1903: Birth of Milo Martin Kellogg, 2nd of 2 children of Alice Josephine Yates & Milo Bailey Kellogg and half-brother of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg, in California. Appears that Milo parents, Milo B. and Alice, reunited.
Oct 3, 1903: Birth of Mildred Evelyn Bryant, daughter of Almond Clark Bryant & Matilda “Tillie” Eaton and future 2nd wife of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg, in Lime Creek Twp., Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa
Oct 3, 1903: Iowa Birth and Christenings Index:
Name: Mildred Evelyn Bryant
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1903
Birth Place: Lime Creek Twp
Father: Almond C Bryant
Mother: Tillie Eaton
FHL Film Number 1503077
May 18, 1904: Birth of Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy, son of Henry Farcy & Irma Hatchett and 2nd husband of Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg, Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois
Jun 5, 1904: Baptismal Record: Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Illinois Sacramental Records (record in Latin)
Name: Gilar Emanuel Farcy
Baptism Age: 0
Record Type: Baptism
Birth Date: 18 May 1904
Baptism Date: 5 Jun 1904
Baptism Place: St. James, Decatur, Illinois,
Father: Henrico Farcy
Mother: Herma Hachet
Apr 18, 1906: San Francisco Earthquake
(Written Apr 18, 1956, by Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg}:
I Remember When the Walls Came Tumbling Down (Roy was age 14 at the time)
Some time before the great earthquake and fire in San Francisco in 1906, a number of light shocks were reported by the newspapers, as they became more frequent, they soon began to report them by number as each one occurred. There was a rumor at that time that the city hall had shifted on its foundations due to the recurring shocks.
Away down, deep in the San Andreas fault, the great rift that had been inching along was preparing to slide. On Wednesday morning, April 18, 1906 at twelve minutes past five, the built up tension gave way and the earth cracked open. Twenty miles deep and nearly three hundred miles long, two great sections of the earth slipped in opposite directions.
With an indescribable roll of sound, the first shock came in with a lurching motion that became more intense by the second, then with a terrific shaking that seemed to be coming from all directions at once, it reached its peak and stopped suddenly. After a pause of a few moments, it started all over again, although shorter in duration, it was just as severe as the first shock. It seemed as if the earth would never stop shaking, but it was all over in just a little more than a minute.
The rift came in from the sea splitting the coast range of hills in two, leaving behind a wide open crack in the earth, along the crest of the peninsula hills.
Part of a dam forming one of the Spring Valley Lakes and a nearby orchard moved several feet out of line, leaving behind a yardstick with which to measure the distance the earth moved. Steel rails of the Southern Pacific tracks near San Bruno were twisted and broken in several places – clean breaks with the broken ends of bright raw steel pointing skywards. In the mountains near Santa Cruz, great slides occurred in several places, one of which covered up a sawmill and buried nine men and a dog. The great pipe of the Spring Valley water company in its wooden flume was broken in several places where it crossed the salt marshes and sloughs near south San Francisco. This cut off the water supply of San Francisco, spelling catastrophe for the doomed city.
In San Francisco, buildings sank a story into the ground. Others collapsed, trapping some of the occupants, some of whom perished in the fire that followed, when the rescue crews were driven away by the flames and heat. The Valencia Hotel a wooden building collapsed like a folding accordion, twenty of its guest were killed by the crushing weight of the still intact fourth story. Great cracks opened up in the pavement and the streets were littered with broken glass and fallen bricks. Some streets were blocked by piles of stone shaken from the frames of the larger buildings. Brick fronts of many buildings fell away into the street exposing the rooms to view. The naked frame of the city hall stood out against the sky, with only part of the stone still clinging to its dome, and blocks of dressed stone were scattered all around in the lawns and gardens. On Van Ness Avenue, the beautiful St. Ignatius Cathedral was a total loss. These scenes, repeated in a thousand places, describes the appearance of the city after the earth stopped shaking.
Soon after fire broke out in several places, some of them started by exploding gas mains. Unchecked and out of control, they soon merged into solid walls of flame, which consumed block after block of buildings. The docks were saved by the fire boats, which came from all parts of the bay. As long as the fire engines had fresh water in their boilers, they pumped salt water from the bay saving the waterfront. In the rest of the city, there was no water with which to fight the flames except from some long unused almost forgotten cisterns of early days. Soon reports of exploding dynamite were heard as building after building was blown flat in a vain attempt to check the flames. For three days the fire burned out of control. It was finally halted at Van Ness Avenue, and soon after the last flame was extinguished. When it was all over, only twenty percent of the city remained, the rest was a blackened smoking ash covered ruin.
A ghost city of fire gutted buildings, of blackened brick walls and chimneys standing like dead trees in a burnt out forest. In the sky above hung a stratus of smoke, built up from thousands of curling wisps rising up from the piles [of] hot bricks and ashes.
Over five hundred lives had been lost and the injured numbered over two thousand. So great had been the heat of the fire that burning pieces of wood were lifted high into the sky, pieces of charred wood drifted back to earth as far as twenty miles from the city. In South San Francisco the sky was darkened by falling pieces of charred wood and paper. At night people in San Mateo County climbed to the top of the San Bruno Hills, and from hundreds of feet above the burning city had a ringside seat to one of the greatest spectacles of all times. People living in the surrounding cities, even as much as forty miles away, were able to read the story of the great fire in their newspapers by the light of the fire itself.
The People
There were 260,000 homeless refugees, many of whom crossed over the bay to the safety of the surrounding counties, while others sought refuge in the Presidio, the parks and on the beaches. Thousands more fled into San Mateo County to the south. Out Market into Valencia Street they came an endless line of walking humanity that joined with others on Mission Street, all going in one direction, out. I watched them moving out of the city, with their belongings bundled up in sheets and carried on their backs, they filled the street from curb to curb. Some were pushing baby buggies and wheelbarrows, while others pulled carts and toy wagons, piled high with the few things they were able to take from their homes. Scattered among them were a few horse-drawn vehicles, but most of the people walked out.
These were the middle and low income groups; the rich had long since passed by having driven down to their peninsula estates. On and on they came, men, women and children stumbling along over the cobbled streets, some carried cages containing birds and other pets. Lost dogs darted in and out of the crowd seeking their masters. It was a sight I never will forget, I can see them yet, thousands and thousands of people walking out of the city, with white bundles on their backs, that bobbed and swayed far into the distance. On and on they came, out Mission Road thru Ocean View, seldom looking back and when exhausted, they fell out of line and made camp at the roadside. Far down the peninsula, El Camino Real was lined with refugees seeking shelter under the great trees that lined the road.
In the city, the parks were filled with the homeless who built crude shelters from packing cases, pieces of lumber and all manner of material. Some set up housekeeping in piano cases and tents made from carpets. The people, many of whom now owned only the clothes on their backs and living in these makeshift shelters, never lost their sense of humor. On these crudely built huts were scribbled such names as Palace Hotel, Russ House, Poodle Dog and the names of many famous hotels and restaurants that had been destroyed by the fire.
In the districts that had escaped the fire, the people were forbidden to build fires in their houses until the chimneys were inspected, found safe or had been repaired. They moved their stoves into the streets and it was quite a sight to see both sides of the streets lined with stoves and the family meals being prepared at the curb. The use of many of these stoves were shared with the refugees in the parks.
Saved from the fire a long line of street cars stretched out San Bruno road into Visitation Valley. In them, some of the homeless found shelter from the cold April nights. Supplies of food, clothing and tents began to arrive in the city, food and clothing from Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland, tents from the United States Army. Then from all over America came supplies by the trainload and boatload and soon there was enough for all. It was a generous America that opened up its heart and purse strings.
No time was lost. While the bricks were still hot and the ashes were still smoking, the people went to work clearing up the streets. Bricks were cleaned of mortar and stacked in neat piles for future building. It was said, that anyone found downtown without a good reason for being there was put to work cleaning bricks. Loafers and rubbernecks were not tolerated as there was so much work to be done.
Receiving a shipment of previously ordered merchandise, a Mission Street merchant set up shop on the sidewalk in front of his still smoking store, displaying a sign reading “BUSINESS AS USUAL”.
One of the first bars to open on the waterfront, painted a sign all across the front of his building, calling for “TEN THOUSAND SAILORS TO HELP UNLOAD SCHOONERS”.
At Fifth and Mission Streets a jeweler who had lost everything built a shack from salvaged sheetmetal and made money buying gold and silver. Quite a little gold was found by workmen cleaning away the debris of the burnt out buildings. Panning the ashes became quite profitable as much gold coin was in use at that time. Watches and jewelry of solid gold were more in use then than plated ones.
The streets were open again, fire gutted buildings were being rebuilt, and as fast as the rubble of the old ones were cleared away, new ones were started on the foundations of the old, everything and everybody were in high gear.
Just a few buildings came thru the fire intact, one of them was the United States Mint. The shells of other buildings were rebuilt, the Call Building (Spreckles) was one of them. Almost overnight Fillmore Street became the main shopping district of the city. In a short space of time, the city was functioning normally again.
The Colonial Theatre, at McAllister near Market Street, was offering stoch [sic], Wednesday matinee all seats twenty-five cents. Kolb and Dill with their own company were playing at the Central Theatre on Market at Eighth, and Grauman’s announced their opening in the fall at Page and Fillmore. A city had been destroyed, many a newer building had been shaken flat, but the mission chapel of San Francisco de Assisi (Dolores) which gave the city its name still stood untouched.
Written April 18, 1956
Just fifty years after
Except for the statistics, this story was written from memory, and from notes made by me – an eyewitness (at age 14). Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg
Note: I have corrected the spelling in this to facilitate the reading and to eliminate numerous ‘sics’
Apr 5, 1910: U.S. Federal Census, Norden, Snohomish Co., Washington:
Halverson, Knute: Head, age 47, married 20 yrs, born Norway
Halverson, Karen: Wife, age 46, married 20 yrs, born Norway
Halverson, Hanna: Daughter, age 16, born Norway
Halverson, Halvor: Son, age 13, born Norway
Halverson, Nels: Son, age 8, born Norway
Apr 27, 1910: U.S. Federal Census, Hartford, Snohomish Co., Washington:
Kellogg, Milo B.: Head, age 65, married 2, married 13 years, born New York, father born United States, mother born United States, laborer in woods
Kellogg, Alice J.: Wife, age 34, married 2, married 13 years, 4 children born, four children living, born California, father born California, mother born Phil, Pennsylvania
Clement, Edna M.: Step Daughter, age 14, single, born California, father born France, mother born California
Kellogg, Leo Y.: Son, age 12, born Washington, father born New York, mother born California
Kellogg, Milo M.: Son, age 7, born California, father born New York, mother born California
Smith, Marjorie: Daughter, age 30, married 1, 2 children born, 2 children living, born Kansas, father born New York, mother born Pennsylvania
Smith, Lucy E.: Grand Daughter, age 9, born Michigan, father born New York, mother born Kansas
Smith, Carrie M.: Grand Daughter, age 7, born Michigan, father born New York, mother born Kansas
Note: indexed as Mils B. Kellogg
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Letter from Lucy Newman to Wichita Historical Society: They lived in Fresno for three years when Vira Kellogg died of cancer. Marjorie Elva, their only child was then 12 yrs old. …at age 20 she married Arthur L. Smith of Clinton, Mich. My sister Carrie Marie and I (Lucy Elvira) were born there and were the only children, except for twin boys who died at three months. They were divorced when I was eight years old and we moved to Washington.
Milo Kellogg went to San Francisco after his wife’s death and worked in hospital as an orderly. While there he married Alice Clement. I do not know much about her history. She was raised in a convent and was a very lovely person. She had two children when they were married—a girl whose present name and address are Mrs. Edna Blackman 203A Bartlett St. San Francisco, Cal 94110 and Roy. They took the Kellogg name, but do not believe they were adopted. Roy died in the 50’s and his wife Mildred probably still lives at 6382 Marshall St., Buena Park, Calif. Leo Yates Kellogg was born in 1898 in San Francisco and five years later Milo was born. I believe they also lived in San Jose part of that time. He seemed to be chasing rainbows.
In about 1906 they made the mistake of moving to Washington and taking a homestead 2½ miles from Hartford, Wash. It was beautiful virgin timber and nothing but hard work and very little income for about six years. While they were there we came to Hartford and my sister and I lived with them while my mother worked. Wish I had been old enough to gather some information.
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Dec 23, 1910: Marriage of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen, Snohomish Co., Washington (Roy was 18, Helen 15)
Four children: Karen Elizabeth Kellogg, Alice Marion Kellogg, Eldon Sydney [Kellogg] Farcy, Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] Farcy
[Note: Helen’s 2nd husband, Glenn Farcy, adopted the four children, the last two taking the Farcy name]
1. Karen Elizabeth Kellogg
1911 -1978
2. Alice Marion Kellogg
1913 – 1954
3. Eldon Sidney [Kellogg] Farcy
1916 – 1989
4. Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] Farcy
1919 – 2006
Dec 23, 1910: Washington Marriage Record:
Name: Roy Levitt Kellogg (Roy Leavitt Kellogg)
Marriage Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1892
Birth Place: San Francisco, California
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1910
Marriage Place: Hartford, Snohomish, Washington
Father: Milo B Kellogg
Mother: Alice Yates
Spouse: Hanna Restine Halversen (Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen)
Name: Hanna Restine Halversen (Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen)
Marriage Age: 17
Birth Date: abt 1893 (born 1895)
Birth Place: Wefoos Norway
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1910
Marriage Place: Hartford, Snohomish, Washington,
Father: Knute Halversen
Mother: Karen Brodersen
Spouse: Roy Levitt Kellogg (Roy Leavitt Kellogg)
Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen:
Dec 8, 1911: Birth of Karen Elizabeth Kellogg, 1st of 4 children of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen, in Pierce Co., Washington
Early 1912: Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg holding daughter Karen Elizabeth Kellogg:
Dec 5, 1913: Birth of Alice Marion Kellogg, 2nd of 4 children of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen, in Snohomish, Snohomish Co., Washington
1913: Milo B. Kellogg “w/family & friends, 1913” (Alice (#5) and Milo B. Kellogg (#12), back row:
Source: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Assumptions in red as to their identities:
1. Lucy Smith (age 12) born 1901 in Clinton, Lenawee Co., Kansas
(daughter of Marjorie E. Kellogg & Arthur L. Smith)
2. Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg (age 21) born Apr 16, 1892 in San Francisco, California
(son of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre Clement, stepson of Milo B. Kellogg)
3. Leo Yates Kellogg (age 15) born May 25, 1898 in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington
(son of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg)
4. Carrie “Marie” Smith (age 10) born 1903 in Clinton, Lenawee Co., Kansas
(daughter of Marjorie E. Kellogg & Arthur L. Smith)
5. Karen Elizabeth Kellogg (age 2) born Dec 8, 1911, Pierce Co., Washington
(daughter of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Hanna Halvorsen)
6. Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg (age 38) born Sep 30, 1875 in Mayfield, Santa Clara Co., California
(3rd wife of Milo Bailey Kellogg)
7. Milo Martin Kellogg (age 10) born Feb 28, 1903 in California
(son of Milo Bailey Kellogg & Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg)
8. Helen “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg (age 18) born 1895 in Norway
(wife of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg)
9. Alice Marion Kellogg (age ? months) born Dec 13, 1913, Snohomish, Snohomish Co., Washington
(daughter of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Hanna Halvorsen)
10. Karen H. (Nilsen) Halvorsen (age 48) or ?? Marjorie Elva Kellogg (age 34) born Aug 1879 in Kansas
(Helen (Halverson) Kellogg’s mother) or daughter of Milo Kellogg & Miranda Church
11. Halvor Halvorsen (age 16) born abt 1897, Norway
(Hanna (Halvorsen) Kellogg’s brother)
12. Milo Bailey Kellogg (age 70) born Sep 16, 1843 in Marion, Wayne Co., New York
(patriarch of this family and husband of Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg)
13. perhaps Nels Halvorsen (age 11) born Nov 12, 1901, Norway, Helen (Halverson) Kellogg’s brother
14. unkn man, perhaps Knute Halverson, Helen “Hanna” (Halverson) Kellogg’s father 1863
Circa 1915: Kellogg/Halvorsen relations:
Back row: Halvor Halvorsen, Nels Halvorsen, Karen Halvorsen, Roy Kellogg holding baby Karen Kellogg, Knute Halvorsen, unkn
In front: Alice (Clement) Kellogg, Helen “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg, baby Alice Kellogg
May 26, 1916: Birth of Eldon Sidney [Kellogg] Farcy, 3rd of 4 children of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen, in Lake Stevens, Snohomish Co., Washington
Jul 5, 1917: WWI Draft Registration Card:
Name: Roy Leavitt Kellogg
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1892
Birth Place: California
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Residence Place: Snohomish County, Washington
Draft Board: 1
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Short
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Aug 18, 1917: Border Crossings from U.S. to Canada:
Name Mrs Hanna Kellogg
Gender Female
Age: 22
Birth Date: 1895
Birth Place: Norway
Arrival Date: 18 Aug 1917
Arrival Place: Huntingdon, British Columbia, Canada
Citizenship: American
Jun 12, 1918: Death of Milo Martin Kellogg (age 15), the 2nd of 2 children Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement & Milo Bailey Kellogg and half-brother of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg, Lake Stevens, Snohomish Co., Washington; of Bright’s Disease (kidney disease)
Oct 7, 1918: Death of Milo Bailey Kellogg (age 75), 2nd husband of Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg and step-father of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg, in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington; of chronic kidney trouble, paresis
Photo: Circa 1918, Milo B. Kellogg (age 75)
Source: Wichita Public Library Photograph Collection
Oct 1918: Burial of Milo Bailey Kellogg at the Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery in Orting, Pierce Co., Washington
1918: Tacoma City Directory, Tacoma, Pierce Co. Washington (pg 419):
Name: Roy L Kellogg
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1918
Street Address: 1018 S State
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington
Occupation: Laborer
Spouse: Anna K Kellogg (Hanna)
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1918
Jun 12, 1919: Birth of Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] Farcy, 4th of 4 children of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen, in Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington
1919: Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg holding daughter Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] Farcy:
Jan 3, 1920: U.S. Federal Census, Tacoma, Pierce Co, Washington:
Name: Kellog, Roy L (Kellogg)
Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1892
Birthplace: California
Home in 1920: Tacoma Ward 1, Pierce, Washington
Street: North 27th
House Number: 2301
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse’s Name: Hanna Kellog (Kellogg)
Father’s Birthplace: New York
Mother’s Birthplace: California
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: saw mill
Employment Field: Wage or Salary
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship:
Kellog, Roy L: 28 Head, born California, father born New York (France), mother born California, laborer in saw mill
Kellog, Hanna: Age 24, Wife, born Norway, father born Norway, mother born Norway
Kellog, Karen: Age 8, Daughter, born Washington, father born California, mother born Norway
Kellog, Alice: 6 Daughter, born Washington, father born California, mother born Norway
Kellog, Eldron: Age 3, Son, born Washington, father born California, mother born Norway (Eldon)
Kellog, Ellen: Age 0, Daughter, born Washington, father born California, mother born Norway
aft 1920, Marriage of Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg & Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy
No children (note: Glenn adopted Hanna’s four children, the youngest two taking the Farcy name)
1. Karen Elizabeth Kellogg
1911 -1978
2. Alice Marion Kellogg
1913 – 1954
3. Eldon Sidney [Kellogg] Farcy
1916 – 1989
4. Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] Farcy
1919 – 2006
circa 1914: sisters Karen and Alice Kellogg:
1923: Tacoma City Directory, Tacoma, Pierce Co. Washington (pg 273):
Name: Glen E Farcy
Residence Year: 1923
Street Address: R D 5
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington
Occupation: Mechanic
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1923
1924: Tacoma City Directory, Tacoma, Pierce Co. Washington (pg 274):
Name: Glen E Farcey (Farcy)
Residence Year: 1924
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington
Occupation: Mechanic
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1924
Feb 27, 1927: Marriage of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Mildred Evelyn “Millie” Bryant, Bellingham, Whatcom Co., Washington; his 2nd marriage
Note: One of Mildred’s stipulations of their marrying was that he not have contact with his former wife Helen or his children again. He agreed. His children were ages 7 through 16. Roy did not see his children again except Karen, his eldest, who by then was an adult.
Feb 27, 1927: Washington Marriage Record, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington:
Name: Roy Kellogg
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 33
Birth Date: abt 1894
Birth Place: California
Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1927
Marriage Place: Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington
Father: Milo B Kellogg
Mother: Alice Kellogg
Spouse: Mildred Bryant
Name: Mildred Bryant
Gender: Female
Marriage Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1905
Birth Place: Iowa
Marriage Date: 27 Feb 1927
Marriage Place: Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington
Father: Almond Bryant
Mother: Tillie Eaton
Spouse: Roy Kellogg
Note: I find no other information that this was Roy’s third marriage and Mildred’s second, as per this record
Circa 1927: Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg standing, Roy (in front) holding dog; the other couple are his in-laws, Mildred Bryant’s mother Matilda “Tillie” Eaton and stepfather Mr. George E. Field (they were married Sep 8, 1923):
Sep 22, 1927: Death of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement (age 74), 1st husband of Alice Josephine (Yates) Kellogg; arteriosclerosis, cerebral hemorrhage
Sep 24, 1927: Burial of Edmond Pierre/Peter Clement at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo Co., California
1929: Tacoma City Directory, Tacoma, Pierce Co. Washington (pg 275):
Name: Glenn E Farcy
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1929
Street Address: 401 St Helens av apt 1C
Residence Place: Tacoma, Washington
Occupation: Mechanic
Spouse: Helen Farcy
Publication Title: Tacoma, Washington, City Directory, 1929
Apr 3, 1930: U.S. Federal Census, Tacoma, Pierce Co. Washington:
Name: Farcy, Helen (Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg Farcy)
Birth Year: 1896
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age in 1930: 34
Birthplace: Norway
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Homemaker?: Yes
Home in 1930: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Street Address: St Helens
House Number: 401
Age at First Marriage: 15
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father’s Birthplace: Norway
Mother’s Birthplace: Norway
Language Spoken: Norwegian
Immigration Year: 1907
Naturalization: Naturalized
Able to Speak English: Yes
Household members, Name, Age:
Farcy, Glen E: Age 28, age at 1st marriage 24, born Illinois, father born France, mother born Belgium, automobile mechanic
Farcy, Helen: Age 34, age at 1st marriage 15, Naturalized Citizen 1908, born Norway, father born Norway, mother Born Norway
Farcy, Eldon: Adopted son, age 13, born Washington, father born California, mother born Norway
Farcy, Ellen: Adopted daughter: age 10, born Washington, father born California, mother born Norway
Apr 5, 1930: U.S. Federal Census, San Francisco, California:
Name: Kellogg, R (Roy Leavitt Kellogg)
Birth Year: abt 1892
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 38
Birthplace: California
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Street Address: 20th Street. Bet. York and Hampshire St. South Side
House Number: 2705
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: 32.50
Radio Set: No
Age at First Marriage: 31
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father’s Birthplace: France
Mother’s Birthplace: California
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Sign Builder
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: No
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship:
Kellog, R: Age 38, Head (Roy Kellogg), born California, father born France, mother born California, sign builder
Kellog, Mildred: Age 26, Wife (Mildred Kellogg), born Iowa, father born Iowa, mother born Scotland, stenograph for Maywood Co.
1931: San Francisco City Directory (pg 671):
Name: Roy L Kellogg
Gender: Male
Residence Year: 1931
Street Address: 2705 20th
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Occupation: Painter
Spouse: Mildred E Kellogg
Publication Title: San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1931
Apr 5, 1940: U.S. Federal Census, San Francisco, California:
Name: Kellog, Ray (Roy Kellogg)
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: California
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Street: Cal Street
House Number: 4727
Inferred Residence in 1935: San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Residence in 1935: San Francisco
Occupation: Owner
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 30.00
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 52
Duration of Unemployment: 0
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 2400
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship:
Kellog, Ray: Age 38, age married 31, Head, born California, owner of restaurant (Roy Kellogg)
Kellog, Mildred: Age 26, Wife, age married 19, born Iowa, owner of restaurant (Mildred Kellogg)
1932: U.S. Voter Registration, San Francisco, California (roll 44):
Name: Kellogg, Roy L (Roy Leavitt Kellogg)
Residence Date: 1932
Street Address: 333 Tocoloma Ave
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Party Affiliation: Democrat
1932: U.S. Voter Registration, San Francisco, California (roll 44):
Name: Kellogg, Mrs Mildred (2nd wife of Roy Leavitt Kellogg)
Residence Date: 1932
Street Address: 333 Tocoloma Ave
Residence Place: San Francisco, California
Party Affiliation: Republican
Apr 11, 1940: U.S. Federal Census, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington:
Name: Farcy, Glen E
Age: 37
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1903
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Map of Home in 1940: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Street: 10th
House Number: 3320
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Residence in 1935: Tacoma
Resident on farm in 1935: No
Occupation: Mechanic
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 20
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 40
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 1920
Income Other Sources: No
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship:
Farcy, Glen E: Age 37, Head, Born Illinois, airport mechanic
Farcy, Helen: Age 43, Wife, Born Norway
1942: WWII Draft Registration Card:
Name: Glen Emanuel Farcy
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 37
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 18 May 1904
Birth Place: Decatur, Illinois
Residence Place: Puyallup, Pierce, Washington
Registration Date: 15 Feb 1942
Registration Place: Washington
Employer: Mueller Haskins Motor Co
Height: 5 9
Weight: 165
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Hazel
Next of Kin: Henry Farcey (probably wife, Mrs. Helen Farcy)
Household Members (Name) Relationship:
Glen Emanuel Farcy: Self (Head)
Helen (Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg Farcy) & husband Glen Farcy, at the beach:
1942: WWII Draft Registration Card:
Name: Roy Leavitt Clement Kellogg
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1892
Residence Place: Boulder Creek, California
Military Draft Date: 1942
Next of Kin: Mrs Mildred Kellogg
circa 1946: Marilyn (Jenkins) Farcy with her husband Eldon Sidney [Kellogg] Farcy and his mother, Helen (Halvorsen) Farcy:
Dec 19, 1946: Death of Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg Farcy (age 50), daughter of Knute Andreas Halvorsen & Karen H. (Broderson) Nilsen, 1st wife of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg, 2nd wife of Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy, in Puyallup, Pierce Co., Washington
Dec 19, 1946 Washington Death Index:
Name: Helen Farcy
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Birth Year: 1896
Death Date: 19 Dec 1946
Death Place: Pierce, Washington
Burial Date: 1946
Certificate Number: 899
Mother: Karen Broderson
Dec 19, 1946: Washington State Death Records:
Name: Helen Farcy
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 1896
Death Date: 19 Dec 1946
Age at Death: 50
Death Location: Puyallup, Pierce, Washington
Father: Knute Halvorson
Mother: Karen Broderson
Record Source: Washington State Death Records
Dec 1946: Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) [Kellogg] Farcy obituary, Puyallup, Pierce Co., Washington :
Mrs. Glenn Farcy of Rt 3 Box 202 [Puyallup, Pierce, WA] died Wednesday evening while en route to a Puyallup hospital. A native of Norway, she had lived in this vicinity for 26 years. She was a member of the Louella Joy Birthday and Home craft clubs. Besides her husband, Glenn, she is survived by daughters, Mrs. Karen Foster of Santa Cruz, CA, Alice Evert, and Mrs. Ellen Buss, both of Tacoma, son Eldon, of Puyallup, sister, Mrs. Ann Oberg of Arlington, brothers, Halvor Halverson of Snoqualmie and Mills [Nils] Halverson of Tacoma; and six grandsons. Piper mortuary will make funeral arrangements.
1946: Burial of Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) [Kellogg] Farcy at New Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington
circa 1947: Eldon Sidney [Kellogg] Farcy and Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy in Glenn’s Buick repair shop in Puyallup, Washington:
Feb 21, 1948: Washington U.S. County Marriage Record:
Name: Glenn Emanuel Farcy
Gender: Male
Marriage License Date: 21 Feb 1948
Registration Place: Thurston, Washington
Spouse: Ruth Ellen Oberg
Film Number: 4141499
Feb 28, 1948: Marriage of Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy & Ruth Ellen Oberg, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington
Three children: Phillip Henry Farcy, Brian Ralph Farcy, Sharon Anne Farcy
Note: Ruth is the daughter of Annie (Halvorsen) Oberg, Helen Kestine “Hanna” Halvorsen’s sister
Apr 13, 1950: U.S. Federal Census, Buena Park, Orange Co., California:
Name: Kellogg, Roy L
Age: 57
Birth Date: abt 1893
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: California
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Buena Park, Orange, California
Street Name: Commonwealth
House Number: 7942
Apartment Number: Ma
Occupation: Operator
Industry: Restaurant
Occupation Category: Working
Hours Worked: 102
Worker Class: Own Business
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship:
Kellogg, Roy L: Age 57, Head, born California, operator restaurant
Kellogg, Mildred B: Age 45, Wife, born Iowa
Roy L. Kellogg newspaper article:
Apr 24, 1950: U.S. Federal Census, Pierce Co., Washington:
Name: Farcy, Glen
Age: 45
Birth Date: abt 1905
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Place: Illinois
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Residence Date: 1950
Home in 1950: Pierce, Washington
Street Name: Cedar Rd
Apartment Number: lodger
Dwelling Number: 330
Farm: No
Inferred Previous Residence Place: Pierce, Washington
Occupation: Service Mgr
Industry: Automotive
Father Birth Place: France
Mother Birth Place: France
Occupation Category: Working
Hours Worked: 48
Worker Class: Own Business (service manager automotive)
Same House: Yes
School Completed: S8
Grade Completed: Yes
Weeks Worked: 51
Income: 4800
Other Income: none
Supplemental Income: none
Relative Income: none
Relative Other Income: none
World War I Veteran: Yes
Veteran: Yes
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship:
Farcy, Glen: Age 45, Head, Born Illinois
Farcy, Ruth: Age 22, Wife, Born Washington (his 2nd wife)
Farcy, Phillip: Age 1, Son, Born Washington (their first child)
Feb 28, 1954: Death of Alice Marion (Kellogg) Shisler (age 40), 2nd of 4 children of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) [Kellogg] Farcy, in Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington; suicide, hung herself in jail after she was arrested for drunk and disorderly behavior
1954: Burial of Alice Marion (Kellogg) Shisler at Mountain View Memorial Park in Lakewood, Pierce Co., Washington
Note: In his 1958 article “Saucers Over Puget Sound,” Eldon K. Everett (son of Alice (Kellogg) Shisler) references his mother’s death in February 1954 as “under mysterious circumstances.” He was only 15 or 16 when she died, and 19 or 20 at the time the article was published. He also says his mother was “not an angel, being (among other things) an alcoholic, and my family ties were never too strong. She had (over a period of years) been arrested for drunkenness on several occasions, so I wasn’t too surprised, when, in February 1954, her fifth (sixth) marriage broke up, and she was arrested one night for disorderly conduct.”
Eldon Glenn Everett (also used middle initial “K”):
The only child of Charles Ulric Everett & Alice Marion Kellogg
Born: Apr 21, 1938, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington
Died: Aug 5, 1992 (age 54), Seattle, King Co., Washington
Occupation: Science fiction writer: The Lotus Eaters, Saucers Over Puget Sound, Tom Mix Chronicles, The Dead City, The Black Book, The Soul-Sucker, The Great Grace Cunard—Frances Ford Mystery, etc.; film director of classic horror movies
Avocation: UFOs & vampires
Yates Family History, by Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg:
YATES FAMILY
Came from England, date Unknown. Moved from one of the colonies to New York sometime after the British took possession of that territory in 1664.
I here will try to give the story of the family beginning with Chapman Yates, Sr., my great grandfather. After the death of Chapman Yates Sr., everything owned by him went to Chapman Yates, Jr.
Chapman Jr. married and the couple was childless. They took care of a girl named Molly and at the death of Chapman Jr., Molly, who was like a daughter to him, received all his holdings. There were some family heirlooms that Chapman Yates wanted my mother to have, she being the daughter of his younger brother, Martin. At his death, my mother, Alice Yates Kellogg was his only living relative. What became of these records, keepsakes and books, we have never been able to find out. Only one book of Chapman Yates Sr. did we find: a bible from the Clipper Ship, Challenge. “Ship Challenge” is stamped in gold on the cover and inside is written in ink: Forecastel for the use of all hands and committed to their care, New York, June 1, 1851. The Clipper Challenge made a record run from New York to San Francisco in 108 days. She arrived in San Francisco Bay, October 29, 1851, with this bible on board. It is believed Chapman Yates Sr. being in the business of selling and buying books as well as printing same, bought the bible from a sailor. Mother holds title to the family burying plot in San Jose and when Molly died, she gave her consent to let her be buried there. Oak Hill Cemetery. The old bible, she gave to me.
GREAT GRANDFATHER AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER
In 1841, Chapman Yates and Harriet Barton Yates left Utica, New York for White Pigeon, Michigan where he opened a drug store in 1842. In 1849, Chapman Yates Sr., with his wife Harriet and young son, Chapman, Jr., set out for California.
The events of this trip were told to my mother by her Uncle Chapman Jr. In many places the trail was clearly marked by the white bleached bones of the oxen from the parties that had passed that way before them. Harriett gave birth to a child on the trip and the child died and the entire company of the wagon train attended the funeral. She was buried on the prairie beside the trail and the grave was marked with a cross made from a single tree found on the trail. Harriet Yates never fully recovered from the hard-ships of the trip and being in a very weakened condition, Chapman Yates paid as high as $1.00 for an egg and as much as 50 cents for a glass of safe water. Safe water free from alkali was hard to get. Water holes, partly dried creeks, furnished water to the train most of the time until the mountains were reached. They followed the Emigrant trail to Sacramento, arriving sometime in 1850. After a short stay in Sacramento during one of the great floods the family moved to San Jose, I believe it was in 1851. Chapman Yates and his son opened a printing shop in San Jose (an old picture in the San Jose Mercury of June 20, 1941, shows that the printing shop was operating as late as 1865.)
Chapman Sr. served on the city council and also as postmaster of San Jose. He also served as treasurer of Santa Clara County. Mother tells me that while serving on the city council, he and another member, she thinks the name was Quimbley, fought for the purchase of the land the park and city hall now occupies. The price was considered too high by other members. They were successful and the civic center was purchased for 300 or 400 dollars. Once when serving as postmaster, a group of men wanted their man appointed postmaster, so one of them was sent to Washington. Strings were pulled and lies were told and an attempt was made to blacken his character. When news of what was going on at the National Capitol reached San Jose, churches of all faiths, lodges business groups and even the Mexican population came to his defense and the roar was heard in Washington. Chapman Yates continued to serve as the postmaster of San Jose.
Thirteen children were born to Chapman and Harriet Yates in California. Only one of them lived to maturity, Martin Yates, my mother’s father. Chapman Yates taught both his boys to type set, Chapman Jr. is known to his fellow printers in San Jose as Brett, started the first give away or free newspaper in San Jose, known as the Saturday Advertiser.
Martin went to Santa Clara College. He had nothing but praise for his instructors, the priests who were of a different faith than his. He often said that if one showed a desire to learn, they would help at any time, even after classes. This was over 90 years ago. He also hunted pigeons in the Santa Cruz mountains. Martin found type setting that his father taught him to come in handy in later years. Reading and writing Spanish he later set type for a Spanish newspaper from English into Spanish. Just before his death, he was preparing to go to Mexico City to take charge of a paper there. He studied telegraphy when a boy as a hobby. Later he was offered the position as station master at Mayfield, by the Southern Pacific R.R. He married Josephine Des Granges there and they lived with her mother,
Southern Pacific Railway Station, Mayfield, California:
Marie Rose. A daughter, (my mother) Alice was born September 30, 1875 and a son, Martin, a couple of years later. Martin Sr. was transferred to San Francisco as telegrapher, stationed at Third and Townsend Sts. While there a third was child born. Josephine Yates died from childbirth and little Josephine died soon after (July 5, 1884). Both were buried in the old Odd Fellows cemetery in San Francisco.
After the death of his wife, he tried to raise his two children but did not take much interest in his work. He never worked steady after that. For a while he played piano, set type and founded the key of the telegraph. He finally secured a job setting type for a Spanish newspaper, translating English into Spanish as he set the type. He also spoke and wrote German. His big break came when he was offered the management of a paper in Mexico City. Death came while he was preparing for the trip. He died in Fresno, I think it was in 1898. I was then six years old but I remember him and I remember his playing for me. We were very close to each other.
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Typed notes of Roy L. [Clement] Kellogg, son of Alice Josephine Yates & Edmond Pierre Clement:
Jean Baptiste (male) whose daughter Rose Baptiste married ____ Bailly whose daughter
Marie Anne Bailey married Nicholas Haine whose daughter Marie Rose Haine (born 31, January, 1827) married the Marquise Des Grange
Their daughter Josephine Des Granges married Martin Yates.
They had 3 children:
Alice Josephine Yates
Martin Yates Jr. and
Josephine.
Alice Yates married Edmond Clement, son of Peter Clement, born in Paris France, 1857.
They had two children:
Roy Leavitt Clement (born 16 April, 1892) and Edna.
Edmond Clement had been married before and had one son named Valentine.
A second marriage for Alice Clement to Milo B. Kellogg. Two children.
Leo Yates Kellogg and Milo Martin Kellogg
The Clement children were not adopted but assumed the name of Kellogg.
Edmond Clement married for the 3rd time and had 3 children.
Nellie Clement
William Peter Clement
Dewey Clement
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Marie Rose Haine came to America, leaving France Oct. or Nov. 1854 at the age of 27.
Arriving in San Jose and with funds she had brought with her, she purchased a plot of land in Mayfield, now Palo Alto, Ca.
She married the Marquise Des Granges, who came to California in the late forties.
(Note: they married abt 1857 and did not come to California until after that time)
She built what was then a large house with a brick oven in the rear. She baked French bread which they sold in Mayfield, Palo Alto and Redwood City.
Later they served meals to special parties who drove down from San Francisco. They made their own wine, did their own baking, and raised their own poultry and they prospered.
(Note: Rose may have done the above with her second husband, Jean B. Denis)
The Marquise had lost his inheritance and his holdings in France due to drinking too freely of his own wine. Later Marie Rose divorced him. The last heard of him, he was in New Orleans.
There was one child born to the Des Granges, Josephine Des Granges.
Fearing the return of the Marquise, Marie Rose had everything she in papers recorded. That is why her birth certificate was recorded in 1883.
(Note: Marie married Jean B. Denis bet 1860 & 1870, so perhaps it was his return she feared)
To her death, she was fearful that he might return and take away that which was hers. Some said the ordeal of his drinking and the divorce had affected her mind.
Sometime in 1874, a young telegrapher stationed at the Southern Pacific Depot in Mayfield, named Martin Yates of San Jose, married Josephine Des Granges.
They had three children born to them. Alice Yates was born 30 September 1875, in the house built by Marie Rose, in the same house her mother was born. Martin Yates, Jr. was born also in the same house several years later.
(Note: Josephine was not born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, not California)
Martin Yates, Sr. was later transferred to San Francisco Telegraph office at third and Townsend. The third child was born in San Francisco. The mother died in childbirth and the baby Josephine followed a few hours later. Both were buried in the old I.O.O.F Cemetery in San Francisco.
Martin Yates, Jr. later joined Jack London in traveling the country and has for years been given up as dead. Martin Yates, Sr. died in Fresno, California in 1898
My mother, still living at this writing (Alice Yates) is the last to bear the name of Yates, and her mother was the last Des Granges.
The oldest living descendent male could claim the right to Des Granges, but as France is no longer a kingdom and no estate remains. It has no practical value, who cares.
This is just a scrap book, and is a recorded of my family put together from memory of the events told to me by my mother and a few written records in my possession.
Where I have not used dates of marriages or deaths, same can be found in the records of Santa Clara County. Most of the family marriages were performed in Redwood City, and are on record there.
I do not have the date of the death of Marie Rose De Granges but believe it happened between 1893 and 1895. As my mother told me that I had seen her when I was quite small.
Marie Rose Des Granges left the house in Mayfield to Alice Yates and her brother Martin Jr., her grandchildren and only living relatives.
A recording dated Jan. 30, 1895 shows that Martin Yates Sr. was appointed guardian to Martin Yates Jr. so he and Alice could dispose of the property. It was sold for $600.00
The home still stands and is in use. A large market has been built next door.
Yates home in Mayfield, Santa Clara Co., California:
This is the house Marie Rose Haine built and where Josephine Des Granges Yates, was born and the birthplace of Alice Yates and Martin Yates, Jr.
(Note: again—Josephine Des Granges was born in Pennsylvania, not California)
The family has gone through some trying times since, it is a pity could not have been kept in the family; it would have been of great value to all many times since.
I have been unable to find out the given name or initials of Mr. Des Granges. To do so would take some time going thru the old records of Santa Clara Co. Was never referred to or called anything but Le Marquis by his friends and family.
Alice Yates was not quite 16 years of age when she married Edmond Clement in 1890. Their first child was born April 16, 1892. They named him Roy Leavitt Clement. Their second child was a girl named Edna.
This Union did not last long. Edmond was a fine fellow and provider but he knew every Irishman in San Francisco and attended every wake. Wakes in those days usually turned out to be all night drinking parties. He once said he would rather lose an arm than to miss an Irish wake. He was a member of the Volunteer Fire Department and was well known. Their station was where the south entrance of the Stockton Street Tunnel now is.
He came from France when only 12 years old, his father Peter was a worker in brass and made many beautiful clocks still in use.
He was born in France in 1857, came to America in 1864.
Because there were too many Irishmen dying and one Frenchman couldn’t resist being present and stay home, this marriage broke up.
Mother then stayed with her father in S.F. and Fresno. She supported her family, working as a garment worker. She was one of the first members of the Ladies Garment Workers Union on the Pacific coast.
After the death of her father she married Milo B. Kellogg, a Civil War veteran and a native of New York, Her two children were given the name of Kellogg.
From this marriage two children were born, Leo Yates Kellogg and Milo M. Kellogg.
The youngest son Milo Jr. died at home at the age of 14 years.
In the meantime Edmond Clement married and had three children:
Nellie, William Peter Clement, Dewey Clement who died quite young in S.F.
I do not have the time of death of my father Edmond Clement.
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Jun 12, 1958: Death of Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy (age 54), son of Henry Farcy & Irma Hatchett and 2nd husband of Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) [Kellogg] Farcy, in Puyallup, Pierce Co., Washington
Jun 12, 1958: Washington Death Index:
Name: Glen E Farcy
Gender Male
Birth Date: 1904
Death Date: 12 Jun 1958
Age at Death: 54
Death Location: Puyallup, Pierce, Washington
Father: Henry Farcy
Mother: Irma Hatchett
Record Source: Washington State Death Records
Jun 1958: Burial of Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy at Woodbine Cemetery in Puyallup, Pierce Co., Washington (Sec C, Blk 31, Lot 32, NW Corner)
Sep 26, 1959: Death of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg (age 67), 1st of 2 children of Edmond Pierre Clement & Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg, in Anaheim, Orange Co., California
Sep 26, 1959: California Death Record:
Name: Roy Leavitt Kellogg
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1892
Birth Place: California
Death Date: 26 Sep 1959
Death Place: Orange
Mother’s Maiden Name: Yates
Father’s Surname: Kellogg
Sep 1959: Burial of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg at Westminster Memorial Park in Westminster, Orange Co., California
Oct 15, 1959: Death of Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg (age 84), at the Laguna Honda Home in San Francisco, California; of hyperthermia (heat stroke), vascular thrombosis, arteriosclerosis
(Alice is the 1st of 3 children of Martin Hoffman Yates, Sr. & Josephine Cecille Des Granges; 1st marriage Edmond Peter Clement, 2nd marriage Milo Bailey Kellogg, mother of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg)
Oct 18, 1959: The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California (pg 51):
Alice J. Kellogg, beloved mother of Mrs. Edna M. Blackman and the late Roy, Leo and Milo Kellogg; native of California. Rosary Sunday, 8 p. m. Services Monday 8 a.m. Daphne SFFS on Church St. thence to Laguna Honda Chapel where a Requiem Mass will be offered at 8:30 a.m.
Oct 19, 1959: Burial of Alice Josephine (Yates) Clement Kellogg at Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, San Mateo Co., California; Alice has no headstone
Oct 5, 1964, Marriage of Ruth Ellen (Oberg) Farcy & Lorne David Bennett, Coeur de Alene, Kootenai Co., Idaho
Note: Ruth is the 2nd wife of Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy who died in 1958; Lorne is the son of Merrill A. Bennett & Enid Wright
Aug 22, 1972: Letter from Lucy Newman to Wichita Historical Society:
Aug. 22, 1972
Route G Box 231
Yakima, Wash. 98902
Mr. Clark Ellington, Jr.
Researcher, Local History
Wichita, Kansas
Dear Mr. Ellington,
Your letter asking for information on Milo Bailey Kellogg arrived, and I’ll try to fill in as many facts as I have or can remember. The letter informed us of some things that we didn’t know and appreciate very much.
I do not know where Vira Church and Milo Kellogg were married, but she was one of twelve children. Her parents were Rev. Jessie Church and Julia Bailey of Springboro, Penn. We have heard that she was instrumental in raising money for the first church in Wichita. Milo had at least two brothers. They were Lt. Norton P Kellogg 98 N.Y. Vol Inf. and Lewis T Kellogg Co. D. 160th N.Y. Vol. I have their pictures but you probably wouldn’t want them.
We hadn’t heard about the moves to Kingman, Colorado Springs, and Chadron, Nebraska. I do have a picture of Vira Kellogg and my mother taken in Colorado Springs. We also didn’t know about the baby born in Marshall, Mich. She had brothers living there and one was a doctor.
They lived in Fresno for three years when Vira Kellogg died of cancer. Marjorie Elva, their only child was then 12 yrs old. She had two brothers living there. One was Hon. Geo E Church, a judge, and Dr. W.B. Church. Marjorie was sent east to live with relatives in Mason City and Marshall Mich. She went to school in Ypsilanti, Mich. for a while and at age 20 married Arthur L. Smith of Clinton, Mich. My sister Carrie Marie and I (Lucy Elvira) were born there and were the only children, except for twin boys who died at three months. They were divorced when I was eight years old and we moved to Washington.
Milo Kellogg went to San Francisco after his wife’s death and worked in a hospital as an orderly. While there he married Alice Clement. I do not know much about her history. She was raised in a convent and was a very lovely person. She had two children when they were married—a girl whose present name and address are Mrs. Edna Blackman 203A Bartlett St. San Francisco, Cal 94110 and Roy. They took the Kellogg name, but do not believe they were adopted. Roy died in the 50’s and his wife Mildred probably still lives at 6382 Marshall St., Buena Park, Calif. Leo Yates Kellogg was born in 1898 in San Francisco and five years later Milo was born. I believe they also lived in San Jose part of that time. He seemed to be chasing rainbows.
In about 1906 they made the mistake of moving to Washington and taking a homestead 2½ miles from Hartford, Wash. It was beautiful virgin timber and nothing but hard work and very little income for about six years. While they were there we came to Hartford and my sister and I lived with them while my mother worked. Wish I had been old enough to gather some information. He sold it in five or six years and moved to Lake Stevens and lived on the money from the sale and his soldier’s pension for the rest of his life, until he went to the soldiers home in Orting. While in Lake Steven’s Milo died at the age of 14. He was never well and had rheumatic fever and loss of hearing. Leo was self supporting at an early age. He married a Lake Stevens girl name Ida ? and they had one daughter named Margaret. Her present name and address are Mrs Clarence Anderson 517 Vera Cruz Ave. Novato, Calif. 94947. He later married again and had two children. His wife is still living, but an invalid and cannot write. Her name at present is Mrs. Ted Schmidt 20809 Parthenia Apt 8, Canoga Park, Calif 91304. Leo and Joan spent ten years or more on the California coast, where he was a lighthouse keeper—first on Anacapa Island and later near Port Hueneme. I do not know where the two daughters live but can find out from his daughter Margaret; and also the date of his death. My mother, sister and I moved to Seattle, Wash in 1913, where we worked and went to school. In 1917 we moved to Yakima and have lived here ever since. My mother married Soren Sorensen on January 19th 1918 and in a few years they bought an apple orchard. It was profitable and they sold it about 1953, and moved to the city. They lived happily until he died in 1961 and she died four years later. Her last couple of years were spent in a nursing home.
My sister Marie died last January in a car accident. Her name was Mrs Mark Sanders. Her husband is still living and they have three children. They also lived for many years on an apple orchard until they retired.
My husband is still living as you know and we celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary last year. We are retired but still living on the property, which our son manages. We have three children, 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
I forgot to tell you about Robert Sorensen. He was born in Yakima in 1920. After serving about seven years in the Navy he married Ada ? and they have one son Robert. He is about 15 years old. He is a machinist and they live in San Pedro, Calif. 90731. I’ll get better dates and names for you later. Some of this information is probably superfluous and hope you can get what you need from it.
Sincerely,
Lucy Newman
Note: Lucy Elvira (Smith) Newman (1900-1975) is the daughter of Arthur L. Smith & Marjorie Elva Kellogg; Marjorie is the the 2nd of 2 children of Milo B. Kellogg & Elvira Miranda”Vira” Church, and the half-sister of Roy Leavitt Clement
Feb 13, 1978: Death of Karen Elizabeth (Kellogg) Foster, (age 66), 1st of 4 children of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & & Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg Farcy, in Yelm, Thurston Co., Washington; cancer of the sinus
Feb 15, 1978: The Daily Olympian, Olympia, Washington (pg 6):
Feb 1978: Burial of Karen Elizabeth (Kellogg) Foster at Woodlawn Cemetery in Lacey, Thurston Co., Washington (cremated)
Mar 7, 1989: Death of Eldon Sidney [Kellogg] Farcy (age 72), 3rd of 4 children of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg Farcy, in Grapeview, Mason Co., Washington; liver cancer. Cremated: Ashes w/family
Mar 15, 1989: The News Tribune, Tacoma, Washington (pg 41):
Feb 9, 1995: Death of Mildred Evelyn “Millie” Bryant (age 91), 2nd wife of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California. Lived in a cottage in the Teacher’s Retirement Home in Santa Barbara (on Modoc Road)
Feb 9, 1995: U.S. Social Security Application and Claims Index:
Name: Mildred Bryant Kellogg
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 30 Oct 1903
Birth Place: Mason City, Iowa
Death Date: 9 Feb 1995
Father: Almond C Bryant
Mother: Matilda Eaton
Notes: Nov 1936: Name listed as MILDRED BRYANT KELLOGG; 25 Feb 1995: Name listed as MILDRED B KELLOGG
Feb 1995: Burial of Mildred Evelyn “Millie” Bryant, alongside her husband Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg, at Westminster Memorial Park in Westminster, Orange Co., California
Sep 11, 2006: Death of Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] (Farcy) Buss (age 87), 4th of 4 children of Roy Leavitt [Clement] Kellogg & Helen Kestine “Hanna” (Halvorsen) Kellogg Farcy and wife of Albert Balster Buss, in Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington; lymphoma
Sep 13, 2006: The News Tribune, Tacoma, Pierce Co., Washington (pg B4):
Sep 15, 2006: Burial of Ellen Juanita [Kellogg] (Farcy) Buss, at New Tacoma Cemetery in University Place, Pierce Co., Washington (Sec 4, Block B, Lot 5 #s55)
May 27, 2020: Death of Ruth Ellen (Oberg ) Farcy Bennett (age 92), daughter of Jakob/Jacob Emil Öberg/Aberg & Anne Elise “Annie” Halvorsen and 2nd wife of Glenn Emanuel “Glen” Farcy, Poulsbo, Kitsap Co., Washington
2023. Researched and compiled by Catherine (Clemens) Sevenau, with contributions of cousins, kin, and fellow researcher, to various relations for the photos and written histories, and to Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson for providing the newspaper articles
Note: The cemetery headstone photos from Find A Grave contained herein are the property of those who photographed them.