James A. Houlihan and Gussie E. Kelly
James Anthony Houlihan was the fourth son of Bartholomew Houlihan and Johanna McCarthy. According to his obituary in the Oakland Tribune, James moved from Worcester to San Francisco in 1907, settling ultimately in Alameda County. He joined the Tribune staff in 1910 and ultimately became its automobile editor in 1918, a job he held until 1923 when he established an advertising agency.
His wife, Gussie Kelly, was born San Francisco in June 1886, and quite probably lived through the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Her mother was Myna (or Minnie) Schlutius, who may be the daughter of Herman and Augusta Schlutius, who emigrated to the United States from Germany (possibly Prussia). We do not know the first name of Gussie's father; her parents had not yet married by the 1880 census, and by 1900, her father had apparently already died.
At the time of his death in 1946, James had 14 nephews and nieces, including John F. Houlihan, Jr., who had moved to California in January 1946 to work with his uncle in the ad agency.
James Anthony Houlihan (b. 5 May 1888, Worcester, MA - d. 24 Oct 1946, Oakland, Alameda, CA)
m. 8 Oct 1908, San Francisco, CA
Gussie E. Kelly (b. 4 June 1886, San Francisco, CA - d. 27 Oct 1953, Butte, CA)
Children:
i. Helen Marie Houlihan (b. 14 Dec 1909, Alameda, CA - d. 7 Apr 2002 Trail, Jackson, OR); m. Louis Raphael Pitto, 3 July 1935, Oakland, CA