Ruel Woolley Kelsey

Brief Life History of Ruel Woolley

When Ruel Woolley Kelsey was born on 28 October 1917, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, Newel Kelsey, was 25 and his mother, Esdale Woolley, was 20. He married Kathryn Mary Jorgensen on 28 October 1938, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Samoa in 1935 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1939. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 20 November 1987, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ruel Woolley Kelsey
1917–1987
Kathryn Mary Jorgensen
1915–2009
Marriage: 28 October 1938
Ruel Brent Kelsey
1941–2005
Kevin Lynn Kelsey
1956–2022

Sources (35)

  • Reuel W Kelsey, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Ruel Woolley Kelsey, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Ruel Woolly Kelsey, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1918 · Chapman Branch Library

The Chapman Branch Library is a Carnegie library that was built in 1918 and is now is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, so named from an uncertain initial element (perhaps an Old English personal name with genitive -es) + Old English ēg ‘island’.

Possibly also an Americanized form of German Gelzer.

History: William Kelsey was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, in 1635 (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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