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/

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/ > >