Kammala wannan jumla: Ely yana zaune a San Francisco a lokacin da
babban girgizar kasa da wuta na 1906 kuma ya kasance mai aiki a can a farkon kwanakin tallace-tallace da tseren motoci. Ya auri Mabel Hall a ranar 7 ga Agusta, 1907; yana da shekara 21 kuma tana da shekara 17, wanda ke nufin auren ya buƙaci yardar mahaifiyarta; sun yi bikin aure a Colorado. Iyalin Elys sun koma Nevada City, California, a cikin 1909, kuma na ɗan lokaci ya tuka hanyar isar da "motar mota".