Kettells, Orin Alfred

Birth Name Kettells, Orin Alfred 1a 2a 3a
Gender male
Age at Death 64 years, 10 months, 9 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1903-08-23 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa   1a 4a 5a 2a 6a 3a
Census 1905-01-01 Mitchellville, Polk, Iowa   7a
  Card No.: 236 7a
  County: Polk 7a
  Township: Beaver 7a
  Name: Kettells, Orin Alfred 7a
  P.O. Address: Mitchellville 7a
  Sex: M 7a
  Color: White 7a
  Age: 1 7a
  Place of Birth-Self: Iowa 7a
  Place of Birth-Mother: Iowa 7a
  Place of Birth-Father: N.Y. 7a
  Years in Iowa: 1 7a
Census 1920-01-01 1309 Lyon Street, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa   8a
  NARA publication: T625 8a
  Roll No.: 509 8a
  State (or Territory) of: Iowa 8a
  County of: Polk 8a
  Supervisor's Dist. No.: 7 8a
  Enumeration Dist. No.: 155 8a
  Page No.: 4B 8a
  Division of County: 4th precinct part of 8a
  City, Town, Village: Des Moines city 8a
  Ward of city: 6 (part of) 8a
  Enumeration Date: 5 Jan 1920 8a
  Street Address: 1309 Lyon Street 8a
  Name: Kettells, Orin 8a
  Relationship to head: Son 8a
  Sex: M 8a
  Color: W 8a
  Age: 16 8a
  Single, married, widowed or divorced: S 8a
  Attended school since Sept. 1, 1919: Yes 8a
  Able to read: Yes 8a
  Able to write: Yes 8a
  Place of birth: Iowa 8a
  Place of birth of father: New York 8a
  Place of birth of mother: Iowa 8a
  Able to speak English: Yes 8a
  Occupation: None 8a
Residence 1924-08-27 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa   9a
Occupation 1924-08-27   Truck driver 9a
Census 1925-06-01 Lyon street, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa   4a
  Name: Kettells, Orin 4a
  Street: Lyon 4a
  House Number: 31 4a
  Relation: Son 4a
  Sex: M 4a
  Color or Race: W 4a
  Age: 21 4a
  Marital Status: M 4a
  Years in US: 21 4a
  Years in Iowa: 21 4a
  Attended High School: / 4a
  Highest Grade High School: 10 4a
  Able to Read: Yes 4a
  Able to Write: Yes 4a
  Place of Birth: Iowa 4a
  Father's Name: Kettells Frank 4a
  Father's Place of Birth: N. York 4a
  Father's Age: 52 4a
  Mother's Name: DeLong Ada 4a
  Mother's Place of Birth: Iowa 4a
  Mother's Age: 50 4a
  Parents Place of Marriage: Iowa 4a
  Unclassified Laborer: / 4a
  Church: Protestant 4a
Census 1930-04-01 216 Garfield Street, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa   10a
  NARA publication: T626 10a
  Roll No.: 676 10a
  State of: Iowa 10a
  County of: Polk 10a
  Division of County: Lee Township (pt) 10a
  Incorporated place: Des Moines City 10a
  Ward of city: 6 10a
  Supervisor's Dist. No.: 9 10a
  Enumeration Dist. No.: 77-62 10a
  Sheet No.: 5B 10a
  Enumeration Date: 9 Apr 1930 10a
  Street Address: 216 Garfield Street 10a
  Name: Kettells, Orin Alfred 10a
  Relationship to head: Head 10a
  Home owned or rented: R 10a
  Value of home or monthly rental: 27.50 10a
  Farm?: No 10a
  Sex: M 10a
  Color: W 10a
  Age: 26 10a
  Marital condition: M 10a
  Age at first marriage: 21 10a
  Attended school since Sept. 1, 1929: No 10a
  Able to read and write: Yes 10a
  Place of birth: Iowa 10a
  Place of birth of father: New York 10a
  Place of birth of mother: Iowa 10a
  Able to speak English: Yes 10a
  Occupation: Bailiff 10a
  Industry: Dis. Court 10a
  Class of worker: W 10a
  Employed: Yes 10a
  Veteran: Yes 10a
Census 1940-04-01 1413 Mattern Avenue, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa   11a
  NARA publication: T627 11a
  Roll No.: 1196 11a
  State of: Iowa 11a
  County of: Polk 11a
  Division of County: Lee Twp. 11a
  Incorporated place: Des Moines City 11a
  Ward of city: 7 11a
  Supervisor's Dist. No.: 6 11a
  Enumeration Dist. No.: 188-121 11a
  Sheet No.: 17A 11a
  Enumeration Date: 27 April 1940 11a
  Street Address: 1413 Mattern 11a
  Name: Kettells, Orin Alfred 11a
  Home Owned/Rented: R 11a
  Home value/monthly rental: 30.00 11a
  Farm?: No 11a
  Relationship: Head 11a
  Sex: M 11a
  Color/Race: W 11a
  Age at Last Birthday: 36 11a
  Marital Status: M 11a
  Attended school/college since March 1, 1940: No 11a
  Highest grade completed: 1H 11a
  Place of birth: Iowa 11a
  City (April 1, 1935): Same Place 11a
  At Work during week March 24-30: Yes 11a
  public Emergency Work?: - 11a
  Seeking work?: - 11a
  Have a Job?: - 11a
  housework (H), school (S), unable to work (U) or other (Ot): - 11a
  # hours worked during week March 24-30, 1940: 54 11a
  Occupation: Policeman 11a
  Industry: City 11a
  Class of worker: GW 11a
  # weeks worked in 1939: 52 11a
  Amount of money, wages, salary in 1939: 1920 11a
  Income of more than $50 from other sources?: No 11a
Residence 1968-07 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa   5a
Death 1968-07 Polk, Iowa   5a 2a
Note

findagrave says Jan 1968

Burial after 1968-07 Laurel Hill cemetery, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa   2a
Occupation     Police officer 2a
Note

Orin was born in Des Moines and was Polk County Deputy before being appointed to the Des Moines Police Dept. on 6/19/1930. He was issued Badge 130. He was promoted to Sgt. 8/13/1942, Lt. 6/1/1945, Captain 12/8/1950. His wife Dorothy also worked at the department. I show a date of death of 7/4/1968 which may be wrong.

Left by David Dearinger on 3 Dec 2013

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Kettells, Frank Asbury1872-10-25
Mother Delong, Ada Olla1874-10-111956-09-14
    Brother     Kettells, [Living]
         Kettells, Orin Alfred 1903-08-23 1968-07
    Brother     Kettells, Ralph Clayton 1908-03-11 1993-02-13
    Sister     Kettells, [Living]

Families

Family of Kettells, Orin Alfred and Utter, [Living]
Married Wife Utter, [Living] ( * + ... )
Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Kettells, [Living]

Source References

  1. Roelke, Wayne: Wayne Roelke's site on ancestry.com
      • Confidence: Low
  2. findagrave: Orin Alfred Kettells (1903-1968)
      • Page: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59246840/orin-alfred-kettells
  3. Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942
      • Page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZF-41FG
  4. 1925 Iowa census
      • Date: 1925-06-01
      • Page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQQ-RLQB ; GS Film Number 001429516 Digital Folder Number 007581567 Image Number 00392
      • Confidence: High
  5. Social Security Death Index
      • Page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V3F7-T53
  6. Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935
      • Page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJP6-4T54
  7. 1905 Iowa census
      • Date: 1905-01-01
      • Page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2S8D-359 ; GS Film Number 001430587 Digital Folder Number 007487649 Image Number 01952
  8. 1920 United States Federal Census
      • Date: 1920-01-01
      • Page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDM4-NBY ; Affiliate Publication Number T625 Affiliate Film Number 509 GS Film Number 1820509 Digital Folder Number 004965887 Image Number 00509
  9. Iowa Marriages, 1838-1934
      • Page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDS-3QRH
  10. 1930 United States Federal Census
      • Date: 1930-04-01
      • Page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMVK-M4Z ; Affiliate Publication Number T626 Affiliate Film Number 676 GS Film Number 2340411 Digital Folder Number 004950828 Image Number 00549
  11. 1940 United States Federal census
      • Date: 1940-04-01
      • Page: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMBX-JQ3 ; Affiliate Publication Number T627 Affiliate Film Number 1196 Digital Folder Number 005461597 Image Number 00675