Elwood Patterson Kerr

Bio

Born: 23 June 1906 in Baltimore, Maryland

Parents: Robert C. Kerr & Josephine Price

Brother: Kingdon Kerr

Married: 2 April 1936 to Ada Tindle

Children: Connie Kerr & Janet Kerr

Known Addresses:

1507 Fair Oaks Ave, South Pasadena, then somewhere on Ramona Ave.

1959 Benedict Canyon, Beverly Hills

Newport Beach

Schools:

South Pasadena High SchoolUCLA (two years)

Died: 23 Dec 1990.

Ashes were buried with Ada's in a private garden in Venice Beach, CA.

Elwood was named after Elwood Alexander, adopted father of his mother, Josephine.

Gallery

Ada Tindle Kerr, 1908-1991

Travels

Elwood & Ada were frequent travel companions of Kingdon & Margaret. These photos represent just a few of their trips together.

South Seas Adventure

In 1927, Elwood (22) and Kingdon (20) crossed the Pacific with pal, Sanford Wheeler, on a cattle freighter. Thus started a four-month adventure in the Southern hemisphere, which included one remote village on Fiji, where they were the first white men some indigenous people had seen.

This geyser in Rotura, New Zealand, erupts about every three months, shooting boiling water and steam to 80 feet. Kingdon, Sanford & Elwood, flanked by Maori guides, were lucky to catch it.