I believe the Mission that you are speaking of is now called the Rescue Mission in downtown Los Angeles. Lureigne maharoni@netzero.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <chirokas@tiac.net> To: <SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2000 11:07 AM Subject: Re: Wm Booth to Holiness Mission 1893 > Heather Dawn - Thank you so much for your response. What a small world that > our ancestors both wrote about the same mission! That's so wonderful you > have a picture of the Kelley's and its interesting to know they were > Quakers. I'm not certain if my gg grandfather William Edward Booth stayed > on at the Holiness Mission or not. I know he stayed in LA for some time as > his daughter attended school there. Family members say he was a traveling > preacher, but no one knows what religion. In the 1901 census in Canada he > is listed as Methodist and a farmer. Below is what he writes about LA. He > also writes about a visit to see old neighbors Wood and Bodin at their > fruit orchard in San Diego, which I can put on the list if anyone is > interested. > > "On Monday evening, June 12th (1893), we land all safe and sound, in the > city of Los Angeles, feeling like praising God for His kind care over us > during our journey. We put up for the night and feel like enjoying the good > night's rest as ever we did in our lives. Finally, after a little > refereshment for the inner man, we do not forget the giver of all good, and > committing ourselves to His care we lay ourselves down to rest. > > Morning came, and as beautiful as ever the sun rose upon, and as soon as > the morning's refreshing was over with, we start out on a tour of > inspection of this southern city. We have now to say, it is beyond what we > expected to find. It claims to have a population of about 80,000; it is > very nicely situated, and a real lively, go-ahead place. Although not a > very extensive manufacturing city at present yet a considerable amount of > building and other public works is being carried on. There are some very > fine buildings, both public and private, well laid out streets, with the > electric and cable cars running on most all the principal ones. It is about > 15 miles to the seashore. There are a number of very beautiful seaside > resorts, to which the Sata Fe, Terminal and Southern Pacific railways > convey thousands of the citizens every Saturday and Sunday, by a reduced > fare to fifty cents for round tirp. There are a number of schools both > public and private, orphanages and shelters for the poor. Yes, the poor and > outcast are to be found in southern California as in any other part of the > world. But there are willing hands and hearts who have sacrificed every > wordly luxury and fame, to help gather in the wandering prodigals, who > having left their father's home, and spent all their living, have been > reduced down to the grade of swine-feeding, and without a friend, have > found in this city, an institution which caters to their needs known as > Holiness Mission and Faith Home, founded by the Lord, through the > instrumentality of Mr. W. M. Kelly; a man without any resources of his own, > but trusting wholly on the Lord for all. The poor and unemployed, who are > without means, can have two meals a day, and sheltered at night free. Two > meetings are held daily, at which they can hear the gospel preached in its > purity, and hundreds of those wandering prodigals have embraced salvation > at these meetings, some of which have been restored to their homes clothed > and in their right mind, while others have taken up their cross and gone > out to tell the glad tidings to others. Everything in this institution we > are told, is run on the faith line; no one is ever naked for anything save > the Lord, who supplies all their needs. At the time of writing there are > about 200 meals given out daily, but a much larger number is expected as > the winter season approaches. > > There are also a great many churches and other missions, besides two lively > Salvation Army Corps; and we believe there is no city in the world > according to the population, where are to be found so many different > religious denominations, or forms of worship. The population is made up of > most every nation, tribe and tongue. > > There are several very fine parks in and round the city, in which are to be > seen palm, banana, oak, magnolia and a large variety of other beautiful > trees and shrubs and flowers which seem to grow to perfection; in fact the > air is laden with the breath of flowers, and the blossoms of different > fruit trees. > > The climate is also very fine, every day seems to be about the same, > excepting the rising and falling of the temperature. The nights are cool > and refreshing; we can sleep quite comfortable 'neath a couple of good > quilts. The sea breeze rises about 9 o'clock in the morning and continues a > gentle gale till about five in the afternoon. > > There are many, no doubt, would like to know how people dress in this hot > climate. Well, we are sure you will be astonished when we tell you that > ladies with their furs are to be seen on the street any day during the > summer season. Some wear as heavy goods during the hottest time as we have > seen in Cowansville in the winter, and again, there are others who dress in > the opposite extreme, but all are very neat and fashionable to say the least." > > > Christine Chirokas > Massachusetts > > > At 11:10 PM 12/30/00 -0800, you wrote: > >I have a photo of Willis M. Kelley and his wife. Along with the Whites, > >Fraziers, and the Moyles (does his story mention them as well?). Mr. > >Kelley and his missionaries were Quakers for the most part. I do not > >know much about the Mission, though my ggrandmother's sister was a > >missionary as well (Jim & Alta Adams, Jim was born in Canada). My > >gggrandmother wrote her life's story which I am currently trying to > >transcribe it (I'm only through chapter 1 right now). The story mentions > >the Mission. > > > >chirokas@tiac.net wrote: > >> > >> Dear Listers: I'm hoping someone knows about or can steer me in the right > >> direction to find information on the Holiness Mission and Faith Home that > >> existed in Los Angeles in 1893. > >> > >> My gg grandfather William Edward Booth travelled from Province of Quebec, > >> Canada to LA in 1893 and stayed there for at least a year or two. He is > >> said by family to have been a preacher of some sort and his family was > >> first Anglican and later Methodist. In his journal written about his trip > >> he mentions the Holiness Mission founded by W.M. Kelly and I've wondered if > >> he stayed for a time to work there. I have not done California research > >> before, so any advice on finding info. on the mission would be appreciated. > >> Thank you! > >> > >> Christine Chirokas > >> Massachusetts > > > >-- > >o Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living. > > > >Isabell Frazier Haworth's Past Remembrance - A Gift of Love > >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~isabell/ > > > > > > ______________________________ Shop Safely Online Without a Credit Card http://www.rocketcash.com