Imperial County
Biographies
EDWARD
ERNEST KIEFER
Edward
Ernest Kiefer, who is living retired in an attractive home at 436 Rosemont street
in Calexico, came to the Imperial Valley in
1918, was for a number of years in the service of the Imperial Irrigation
District and has also figured prominently in public affairs here. He was born
in London, England, within the sound of the Bow bells, on the 12th
of November, 1886, his parents being Edward Charles and Caroline Elizabeth
(Hardy) Kiefer, who were natives of Germany and England, respectively, and are
now deceased. The father was a master mechanic. Three of the five children of
the family survive.
Edward
E. Kiefer was educated in the St. Andrews school and Battersea Polytechnic, of London, England,
and when he had attained his majority crossed the Atlantic to Canada, located in Saulte
Ste. Marie, Ontario.
In the year 1908 he crossed the border into the United States. He was a resident of
Denver and Trinidad,
Colorado, as chief clerk in railway service
and also spent a short time in Tucson, Arizona, as accountant in railway service, prior to
taking up his permanent abode in the Imperial Valley
in 1918. Following his arrival in California
he was identified with the Imperial Irrigation District for a period of eight
years in the capacity of chief clerk and cost accountant.
In
1913, in Denver, Colorado,
Mr. Kiefer was united in marriage to Miss Maybelle Zerr, of that city, and they are the parents of a daughter,
Willow Irene, now a sophomore in the University
of California at Los Angeles.
An
influential figure in the public life of his community, Mr. Kiefer served as
city judge of Calexico for a number of years and also rendered valuable service
to the cause of education as president of the school board. His religious faith
is that of the Episcopal Church, while fraternally he is affiliated with the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and with the Masons, belonging to
Calexico Lodge, No. 412, F. & A.M., of which he was master for two years;
and to El Centro Chapter, R.A.M. He has made many friends in the varied
relations of life and is widely known as an exemplary, public-spirited and
popular citizen.
Transcribed
7-25-12 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: California
of the South Vol. V, by John Steven McGroarty, Pages
211-212, Clarke Publ., Chicago, Los Angeles, Indianapolis. 1933.
© 2012 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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