Klinedale derives its name from E. Kline Stickney (1901-1962), who laid out the street in 1950 with Paul Wampler Garvey. Stickney – the “E” apparently stood for nothing but might have come from his parents Elijah and Edith; regardless, he went by “Kline” – was born in Ohio but raised in California: censuses showed him in Pasadena in 1910 and in Berkeley in 1920. He was living in Hawthorne in 1922 when he married his first wife Dorothy. They had two children, Phyllis and Richard, and moved to Anaheim, but Stickney sued for divorce on grounds of cruelty in 1933 and wed second wife Virginia a year later. They got custody of the kids and soon had a third, Jerry. (Later wedding announcements and obituaries suggest that Phyllis and Richard much preferred Stepmom over Mom. Who can say what Dorothy’s issues were?) The family lived in Whittier for a while. Stickney worked as a car salesman for many years before partnering with Garvey in home building. A true California nomad, he also lived in Monrovia, Inglewood, Temple City, Arcadia, Costa Mesa, and finally Oceanside.
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