When Elvie was a youth, he would frequently walk girls to their homes after church service. The girl's mother would invite him in and during his visit the mother would tell him how he is related to them. This happened often enough that, eventually, Elvie began to think that ALL of the local girls were related to him, so he decided he'd better leave the area.
He got his first job at the age of 16 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Richardson Paper Mill. In 1922, at the age of 19, he became a street car conductor in Cincinnati.
Elvie then moved to Detroit, Michigan where he worked for Grennen Bakery, 1926-1929. He started working part-time on the box machine, but he asked his boss for additional hours. Elvie was then asked to make the fire in the small stove that was in the little store in front of the bakery, where day-old baked goods and surplus items were sold. A young lady named Gladys Elizabeth Dunn was operator of the store and icer of cakes. One day she came in to work early and Elvie was sitting there with his feet up and reading the newspaper. Her first words to him were: "So you're the one that always leaves ashes in the stove!". Her annoyance lead to an attraction and they were married on June 30, 1928.
The Great Depression started in late 1929 and Elvie worked that winter in Cincinnati, after which he and his wife went to Kentucky where he took up farming in the Bethelridge area of Casey County, 1930-1935. It was here that their daughter Janice Lee Wesley was born May 27, 1932.
Tobacco was the big cash crop for the local farmers. Elvie's father, John Bruce Wesley, had an aversion to tobacco growing or tobacco use, so Elvie would not smoke in front of his father.
In 1936, Elvie, with his wife & daughter, returned to Detroit where he worked at Wesley Baking Company and then switched to Farm Crest Bakery in 1938, remaining there until 1942.
The family returned to Bethelridge in 1942 and Elvie took up farming once again for two years. Then back to Detroit where he worked for Farm Crest Bakery from 1944 to 1947. For a few months, in the winter, he worked at Thurston Lumber Company. Then he worked for GM Truck & Coach Works, 1947-1950 and following that, he worked at Pontiac (MI) State Hospital as a Quartermaster, and then retired in 1965 at the age of 62.
He continued working, however; obtaining the job of caretaker for the Skillman Estate in Bloomfield, Michigan and worked there six years, until 1984.
When Elvie & Gladys first lived at the estate, they occupied a room inside the large house, but the elevator there kept making disturbing noises, so they moved to a blessedly quiet apartment that used to be the chauffeur's quarters.
He got his first job at the age of 16 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Richardson Paper Mill. In 1922, at the age of 19, he became a street car conductor in Cincinnati.
Elvie then moved to Detroit, Michigan where he worked for Grennen Bakery, 1926-1929. He started working part-time on the box machine, but he asked his boss for additional hours. Elvie was then asked to make the fire in the small stove that was in the little store in front of the bakery, where day-old baked goods and surplus items were sold. A young lady named Gladys Elizabeth Dunn was operator of the store and icer of cakes. One day she came in to work early and Elvie was sitting there with his feet up and reading the newspaper. Her first words to him were: "So you're the one that always leaves ashes in the stove!". Her annoyance lead to an attraction and they were married on June 30, 1928.
The Great Depression started in late 1929 and Elvie worked that winter in Cincinnati, after which he and his wife went to Kentucky where he took up farming in the Bethelridge area of Casey County, 1930-1935. It was here that their daughter Janice Lee Wesley was born May 27, 1932.
Tobacco was the big cash crop for the local farmers. Elvie's father, John Bruce Wesley, had an aversion to tobacco growing or tobacco use, so Elvie would not smoke in front of his father.
In 1936, Elvie, with his wife & daughter, returned to Detroit where he worked at Wesley Baking Company and then switched to Farm Crest Bakery in 1938, remaining there until 1942.
The family returned to Bethelridge in 1942 and Elvie took up farming once again for two years. Then back to Detroit where he worked for Farm Crest Bakery from 1944 to 1947. For a few months, in the winter, he worked at Thurston Lumber Company. Then he worked for GM Truck & Coach Works, 1947-1950 and following that, he worked at Pontiac (MI) State Hospital as a Quartermaster, and then retired in 1965 at the age of 62.
He continued working, however; obtaining the job of caretaker for the Skillman Estate in Bloomfield, Michigan and worked there six years, until 1984.
When Elvie & Gladys first lived at the estate, they occupied a room inside the large house, but the elevator there kept making disturbing noises, so they moved to a blessedly quiet apartment that used to be the chauffeur's quarters.
When Elvie was a youth, he would frequently walk girls to their homes after church service. The girl's mother would invite him in and during his visit the mother would tell him how he is related to them. This happened often enough that, eventually, Elvie began to think that ALL of the local girls were related to him, so he decided he'd better leave the area.
He got his first job at the age of 16 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Richardson Paper Mill. In 1922, at the age of 19, he became a street car conductor in Cincinnati.
Elvie then moved to Detroit, Michigan where he worked for Grennen Bakery, 1926-1929. He started working part-time on the box machine, but he asked his boss for additional hours. Elvie was then asked to make the fire in the small stove that was in the little store in front of the bakery, where day-old baked goods and surplus items were sold. A young lady named Gladys Elizabeth Dunn was operator of the store and icer of cakes. One day she came in to work early and Elvie was sitting there with his feet up and reading the newspaper. Her first words to him were: "So you're the one that always leaves ashes in the stove!". Her annoyance lead to an attraction and they were married on June 30, 1928.
The Great Depression started in late 1929 and Elvie worked that winter in Cincinnati, after which he and his wife went to Kentucky where he took up farming in the Bethelridge area of Casey County, 1930-1935. It was here that their daughter Janice Lee Wesley was born May 27, 1932.
Tobacco was the big cash crop for the local farmers. Elvie's father, John Bruce Wesley, had an aversion to tobacco growing or tobacco use, so Elvie would not smoke in front of his father.
In 1936, Elvie, with his wife & daughter, returned to Detroit where he worked at Wesley Baking Company and then switched to Farm Crest Bakery in 1938, remaining there until 1942.
The family returned to Bethelridge in 1942 and Elvie took up farming once again for two years. Then back to Detroit where he worked for Farm Crest Bakery from 1944 to 1947. For a few months, in the winter, he worked at Thurston Lumber Company. Then he worked for GM Truck & Coach Works, 1947-1950 and following that, he worked at Pontiac (MI) State Hospital as a Quartermaster, and then retired in 1965 at the age of 62.
He continued working, however; obtaining the job of caretaker for the Skillman Estate in Bloomfield, Michigan and worked there six years, until 1984.
When Elvie & Gladys first lived at the estate, they occupied a room inside the large house, but the elevator there kept making disturbing noises, so they moved to a blessedly quiet apartment that used to be the chauffeur's quarters.
He got his first job at the age of 16 in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Richardson Paper Mill. In 1922, at the age of 19, he became a street car conductor in Cincinnati.
Elvie then moved to Detroit, Michigan where he worked for Grennen Bakery, 1926-1929. He started working part-time on the box machine, but he asked his boss for additional hours. Elvie was then asked to make the fire in the small stove that was in the little store in front of the bakery, where day-old baked goods and surplus items were sold. A young lady named Gladys Elizabeth Dunn was operator of the store and icer of cakes. One day she came in to work early and Elvie was sitting there with his feet up and reading the newspaper. Her first words to him were: "So you're the one that always leaves ashes in the stove!". Her annoyance lead to an attraction and they were married on June 30, 1928.
The Great Depression started in late 1929 and Elvie worked that winter in Cincinnati, after which he and his wife went to Kentucky where he took up farming in the Bethelridge area of Casey County, 1930-1935. It was here that their daughter Janice Lee Wesley was born May 27, 1932.
Tobacco was the big cash crop for the local farmers. Elvie's father, John Bruce Wesley, had an aversion to tobacco growing or tobacco use, so Elvie would not smoke in front of his father.
In 1936, Elvie, with his wife & daughter, returned to Detroit where he worked at Wesley Baking Company and then switched to Farm Crest Bakery in 1938, remaining there until 1942.
The family returned to Bethelridge in 1942 and Elvie took up farming once again for two years. Then back to Detroit where he worked for Farm Crest Bakery from 1944 to 1947. For a few months, in the winter, he worked at Thurston Lumber Company. Then he worked for GM Truck & Coach Works, 1947-1950 and following that, he worked at Pontiac (MI) State Hospital as a Quartermaster, and then retired in 1965 at the age of 62.
He continued working, however; obtaining the job of caretaker for the Skillman Estate in Bloomfield, Michigan and worked there six years, until 1984.
When Elvie & Gladys first lived at the estate, they occupied a room inside the large house, but the elevator there kept making disturbing noises, so they moved to a blessedly quiet apartment that used to be the chauffeur's quarters.
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