Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I noho a Ely ki San Francisco i te wā o te
i te ruu nui me te ahi o te tau kotahi mano e 1906, ā, i kaha ki reira i ngā rā tuatahi o te hoko me te whakataetae o ngā waka. I marenatia ia ki a Mabel Hall i te Akuhata 7, 1907; 21 ona tau, 17 ona tau, ko te tikanga me whakaae te marena ki te whakaaetanga a tona whaea; i haere raua ki Colorado. I neke te whanau Elys ki Nevada City, California, i te tau 1909, a, mo tetahi wa ka taraiwa ia i tetahi huarahi tuku "auto stage".