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Father: Alvin Lysander Ormsby
Mother: Rose Evermont McGrorty
Date of Birth: July 21, 1873
Place of Birth: Emmetsburg, Iowa
First Marriage:
Nov 25, 1896, Grace
Albetine Pullen, Emmetsburg, Iowa
Second Marriage: June 16, 1928, Helen Warren, Boston MA
Date of Death: Sep/Oct 1936
Place of Death: Emmetsburg, IA (Iowa City, IA)
First Spouse: Grace Albertine Pullen (Photo)
Father:
Mother: Mrs. W. S. (Pullen) Wright
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Second Spouse: Helen Warren
(See Family Letters) Date and place of death from letters written by Helen to Alvin Lysander and Margaret Ormsby.
Occupation: Real Estate
Living 1934 at Emmetsburg, Ia. Real Estate Business
(See Family Letters) Alvin Scott Ormsby was commissioned a Capt. in WW1, detailed to Washington and served in Military Intelligence Dept.
A National Register of The Society Sons of The American Revolution,
with Palo Alto County, Iowa Connections:
ALVIN SCOTT Ormsby, Emmetsburg, Iowa (13059). Son of Alvin Lysander
and Rose Evermont (McGrorty) Ormsby; grandson of Lysander and
Olive Clarinda (Burnham) Ormsby; great-grandson of Samuel and
Rachel (Day) Ormsby; great2-grandson of Nathaniel Ormsby, private,
Nixon's Mass. Regt. died in service.
(See Family Letters)
From Polk's Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory 1922-1923:
Ormsby A Scott, Wm Dick-Peddie Mrg, Real Estate and General Insurance,
Tel 57
Ormsby Land & Mortgage Co, A Scott Ormsby pres
From the Palo Alto Reporter, June 4, 1897
A.S. Ormsby arrived home, Tuesday, from a three weeks business
trip in Nebraska.
From the Palo Alto Reporter April 4, 1901:
L.T. Graves left on Monday for an extended trip through South
Dakota and Nebraska for A.S. Ormsby.
From: A. Scott Ormsby, grandson; Grandfather purchased a large home in California from Thadeous Lowe, he was a Balloonist in the Civil War. Grandmother sold it to Pancho Barnes. (The grandfather spoken of here is Alvin Scott Ormsby. The grandmother spoken of here was Grace Pullen Ormsby. Here's the story as I remember it. My grand father bought a house in South Pasadena from the family of Thaddeus Lowe. Lowe was a balloonist during the civil war. After the war he settled in Pasadena and built a huge mansion. At sometime he, or his son, built the house in South Pasadena (or maybe called San Marino). It was a big house - 32 rooms - and had a stable that grandfather turned into a 16 car garage. When I was a kid the family drove by it many times and dad explained that it was the house he grew up in. That of course was mind boggling to me......we were living in the little house in Temple City. The address was 1350 South Garfield Avenue. My grandparents would have lived there from around 1910 until maybe the early 30s. The story went on that at sometime, either when my grandparents were divorced or my grandmother died, the house was sold back to Pancho Barnes and she remodeled it into a Spanish villa.
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Information Added May 20, 2001
The Happy Bottom Riding Club
The Life and Times of Poncho Barnes
By: Lauren Kessler
House in Pasadena
Thaddeus Lowe born in 1832 in Jefferson Mills New Hampshire. Chemist
and Civil War Balloonist. Considered the father of the United
States Air Force.
Thaddeus Lowe Jr, the seventh child of Thaddeus Lowe and Leontine married Florence Mae Dobbins. Her father, Richard J. Dobbins, was a noted architect, the designer of the the official buildings of the 1876 Centennial. His wife was Caroline. They had two children: William Emmert and Florence Leontine.
Caroline Dobbins built her Daughter and Son-in-law a three-story, thirty-five-room mansion. It featured eighteen-foot ceilings, English wood paneling, hand-carved moldings, and a massive crystal chandelier. A harpsichord chime called the family to meals. Upstairs, the baths were marble and the spigots were silver. Outside, a spacious patio surrounded a circular pool dotted with water lilies. The estate had tennis courts, stables, and a three-quarter-mile exercise riding ring. It was located on south Garfield Avenue in San Marino. The mansion was built about 1903 (When Florence Leontine, born July 22, 1901, was two.)
The reference does not indicate this home had ever left the control of the Lowe family. However, Ormsby family records have the home in the possession of Alvin Scott and Grace Ormsby between the time frame of 1910 to 1927/28. Grace is believed to have died in 1928. It is believed the house was sold to Poncho Barnes (Florence L. Lowe) in 1927.
In March of 1927, Florence arranged to have her parentsí San Marino mansion redecorated in Spanish style. The newly refurbished home featured a dramatic entryway, flagstoned floors, and ceilings with handcarved hardwood beams. In the enormous dining room stood and antique Spanish refectory table thirty feet long. In the foyer, there were tow Spanish saddles detailed in sterling silver. It was one of the showplaces of Southern California.
The last mention of the house in this reference is: Feb 1935 Poncho rented the place for the summer to Jack Maddux, an airline owner.
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Information added May 31, 2001. Excerpt from Bradford Scott Ormsby autobiography. Broadoaks
Alivn Scott and Grace seperated. Grace remained in California with Bradford and Richard. Alvin Scott and his son Alvin Lysander moved to Boston and eventually returned to Emmitsburg, IA. Alvin Scott married a second time Helen Warren. After the death of Alvin Scott, Helen went to stay with her sister in Ohio. In a family letter to her step-son she speaks of not being able to keep this house.) Family story has it that Edwin Samuel Ormsby was buried in Emmitsburg, IA in the front lawn. (From A. Scott Ormsby, grandson: Dad drove his car on the front lawn to wash it. My Grandfather said, you've run over my uncle.)
From: A. Scott Ormsby, grandson; Harriet Pyle, was my Grandmothers (Grace Pullen Ormsby) best friend. She was not a family member but we called her Aunt Harriet while growing up.
Social Security Death Index, Harriet Pyle SSN 552-28-3555, born Dec 28, 1874, died Dec 1973, Residence Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
Census Year 1880
Microfilm #T9-359
State Iowa
County Palo Alto
District 167
Enumerator William G Henry
Post Office town of Emmetsburg
Last First Color Sex Age Relat Occu B/P B/P/F B/P/M Ormsby, Alvin L W M 32, Banker Mich Mass Mass Ormsby, R. Ever W F 30 Wife Keeping House Kentrucky Ireland Kentucky Ormsby, Scott A W M 7 Son Iowa Mich Kentucky Ormsby, Daisy W F 5 Daug Iowa Mich Kentucky Wellas, Arthur J W M 21 Boarder Bank Clerk Conn Conn Conn Graves, Lodell F W M 22 Boarder Bank Clerk Minn N.Y. N.Y. Ryerson, Matilda W F 19 Servant Servant Norway Norway Norway Ryerson, Thomas W M 16 Servant Servant Norway Norway Norway Campbell, Joel W M 56 Farm Hand Farm Hand Wis Wis Wis
Census Year 1900
Microfilm Roll # T623-452
State Iowa
County Palo Alto
Enum/Distr 151
Incorp-Place Emmetsburg
Ward of city 2
Enumerator Charles S Duncan
Enumeration Date 18th day of June, 1900
Last First Name Rela. Race Sex B/M Age B/P B/P/F B/P/M Ormsby R Ever Head w f Sept 1849 50 Kentucky Ireland Kentucky Ormsby Alive Daug w f May 1873 17 Iowa Michigan Kentucky Ormsby A. Scott Head w m July 1873 26 Iowa Michigan Kentucy Real Estate Ormsby Gerice P. Wife w f July 1877 22 Illinois Illinois Wisconsin
Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
13 Apr 1910
W.J. TYSON is suffering from a lame back. He injured it a few
days ago while shipping A. Scott Ormsby's household goods to California.
Ormsby, ? Land Co. 120N 68W 6
Ormsby, A. L. 119N 67W 23
Ormsby, A. S. 120N 69W 1
Ormsby, A. Scott 117N 72W 17, 24
Ormsby, A. Scott 118N 70W 30
Ormsby, A. Scott 118N 71W 34
Ormsby, A. Scott 119N 66W 6
Ormsby, A. Scott 120N 70W 11
Ormsby, Anna. Scott 117N 71W 23
Ormsby, O. S. 118N 68W 11
Ormsby, R. E. 117N 67W 9
Ormsby, R. E. 119N 72W 2
Ormsby, R. E. 120N 69W 1, 10
Ormsby, R. S. 119N 72W 24
Ornesby, R. E. 120N 70W 11
Ellis Island
Name: Ormsby, A. Scott
Ethnicity: American
Place of Residence: Chicago, ILL.
Date of Arrival: October 31, 1906
Age on Arrival: 33
Gender: M
Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Konig Albert
Port of Departure: Naples, Campania, Italy
Ellis Island
Name: Ormsby, Grace P.
Ethnicity: American
Place of Residence: Chicago, ILL.
Date of Arrival: October 31, 1906
Age on Arrival: 29
Gender: F
Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Konig Albert
Port of Departure: Naples, Campania, Italy
Ellis Island
Name: Ormsby, Alvin Scott
Ethnicity: U.S.A.C.
Date of Arrival: May 30, 1908
Age on Arrival: 34y 8m
Gender: M
Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Amerika
Port of Departure: Cuxhaven, Hamburg, Germany
Ellis Island
Name: Pullen Ormsby, Grace
Ethnicity: U.S.A.C.
Date of Arrival: May 30, 1908
Age on Arrival: 30y 8m
Gender: F
Marital Status: M
Ship of Travel: Amerika
Port of Departure: Cuxhaven, Hamburg, Germany
From Polk's Iowa State Gazeteer and Business Directory 1922-1923
Ormsby A Scott, Wm Dick-Peddie Mrg, Real Estate and General
Insurance, Tel 57
Ormsby Land & Mortgage Co, A Scott Ormsby pres
I, A. Scott Ormsby, of the City of Emmetsburg, County of Palo Alto,
and State of Iowa, being of sound and disposing mind and memory,
do hereby revoke any and all wills and codicils by me theretofore
made, and do make, publish and declare this to be my LAST WILL AND
TESTAMENT, to witt;
I. I direct that my just debts, my funeral expenses, and the cost
of administering my estate be paid as soon after my death as
practicable.
II. I give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Helen W. Ormsby,
all the estate, real, personal and mixed, of which I may die
possessed, for her own use and benefit.
III. To my three sons, Alvin Lycander Ormsby, Bradford Scott Ormsby,
and Richard Reed Ormsby, I give my dear love.
IV. I hereby nominate and appoint said Helen W. Ormsby executrix of
this my last will and testament, and direct that she be not
required to furnish bond as such executrix.
In witness whereof, I, A. Scott Ormsby, the above testator, have
hereunto subscribed my name at Emmetsburg, Iowa, this twenty-fifth
of June, A. D., 1936.
A. SCott Ormsby
We whose names are hereunto subscribed do hereby certify that
A. SCOTT ORMSBY, the testator, subscribed his name to this instrument
in our presence and in the presence of each of us, and at the same
time in our hearing and presence declared this instrument to be his
last will and testament, and we at his request sign our names hereto,
in his presence and in the presence of each other, as attesting
witnesses.
Jeannette Jamieson Address Emmetsburg, Ia.
W. S. Dick Peddie Address Emmetisburg, Ia.
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