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Note: Descendants of Jacob Edward Nunn and Mary Minerva Tew
The following notes were written and compiled by Thomas O'Malley, son of Jennie Emma (Nunn) O'Malley of Hillsboro,
Oregon January 15, 1984:
JACOB EDWARD NUNN , son of JOHNATHAN EDWARD NUNN and CHARLOTTE TAYLOR, was born on August 27, 1841 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. The date and place of his marriage to MARY MINERVA TEW is not known but it is thought that it took place in Flint, Michigan about 1865-18661. This union resulted in a family of ten children, five boys and five girls, as follows:
GRACE INEZ NUNN born in Venice City, Shiawassee County, Michigan on February 26, 1867, She married FREMONT CRANE, a civil engineer, the date and place of this marriage is not known. GRACE INEZ, passed away in Spokane, Washington on October 13 and is buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. There were no children of this marriage. FREMONT CRANE died in the Masonic Home, Minneapolis, Minnesota, date unknown.
JENNIE EMMA NUNN was also born in Venice City, Michigan on October 31, 1868. She married CHARLES
FRANKLIN HOOVER, the exact date and place of this marriage is not known but it is thought to have taken place in either Buffalo, New York or Flint Michigan about 1895-18962. This union produced three children: MARY GRACE LUZELLA NUNN3, born in Flushing, Michigan on July 27, 1896; ROY AFTON HOOVER, born in Flushing, Michigan on April 17th, 1899 and HELEN AILENE HOOVER, born in Flushing Michigan, April 11, 1902. CHARLES FRANKLIN HOOVER passed away on April 5, 1904 and is buried in the Hoover plot near Flushing, Michigan. Following his death, JENNIE EMMA joined her father and mother in or around Sand Coulee, Montana. JACOB EDWARD NUNN passed away in Sand Coulee and is buried there. The date of his death is unknown to me but it must have been about 1905 or 1906.
On June 11, 1911, JENNIE EMMA NUNN married MICHAEL JOSEPH O'MALLEY, in Spokane, Washington.
MICHAEL JOSEPH O'MALLEY was born September 30, 1860 on Clare Island, County Mayo, Ireland and came to America with his parents and two brothers about 1862. This family settled, along with many other Irish immigrants, on Goose Island in the Chicago River near Chicago. This union produced one son, the writer of this summary, WILLIAM THOMAS FRANCIS O'MALLEY who was born in Spokane (Glenrose Station) Washington. MICHAEL JOSEPH O'MALLEY passed away in Spokane on April 22, 1929 and is buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. WILLIAM THOMAS FRANCIS O'MALLEY was born on July 4th , 1913.
The following is the history of the children of JENNIE EMMA NUNN HOOVER O'MALLEY.
MARY GRACE LUZELLA NUNN was first married to HAROLD OWEN. They were married in Coeur d'alene, Idaho on December 27th, 1913. This union ended in divorce but produced one daughter GRACE AUDREY OWEN, born in Spokane, Washington on February 26, 1915.
GRACE AUDREY OWEN married THOMAS LAWSON MCCALL who later was to become the Governor of the State of Oregon. THOMAS LAWSON MCCALL was born in Egypt, Mass. on March 3, 1913. Governor McCall passed away January 8, 1983 and is buried in the family plot at Redmond, Oregon. This union produced two sons: THOMAS LAWSON MCCALL, JR., born in Portland, Oregon March 15, 1944 and SAMUEL WALKER MCCALL, born in Portland, Oregon on April 25, 1949.
MARY GRACE LUZELLA NUNN (OWEN) married MAURICE E. SWEENEY, born September 21, 1896, the son of MICAHEL SWEENEY and CARRIE LEWIS of Milford, Ohio. MAURICE SWEENEY passed away in Spokane, Washington on January 21, 1946 and is buried at Fairmont Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. This union produced two daughters: PATRICIA NADINE SWEENEY, born in Spokane Washington May 10, 1921 and PHYLLIS MAURICE SWEENEY, also born in Spokane on October 24, 1923.
MARY GRACE LUZELLA OWEN SWEENEY later married HENRY CECIL WAYNE who was born in Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia Canada on August 27, 1907. This wedding took place in Ellensburg, Washington on February 16, 1950. HENRY CECIL WAYNE passed away in Spokane, Washington on October 26, 1971 and is buried at Fairmont Cemetery, Spokane, Washington
GRACE WAYNE nee NUNN now resides at 2825 S. Howard, Spokane, Washington.
Second Child:
ROY AFTON HOOVER, born in Flushing, Michigan on April 17, 1899. He was married to EDNA MONTIETH in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 5, 1919. This marriage resulted in the birth of seven children: FRANCIS LEONARD, born in Philadelphia, Pa. on January 17, 1920, VIRGINIA HOOVER, born in Philadelphia, Pa. in August 1921; CHARLES HOOVER, born in Everett, Washington in 1922; DOROTHY HOOVER, born in Seattle, Washington, July 17, 1924, ROBERT LYNN HOOVER, born in Seattle on March 27, 1926; HELEN AILENE HOOVER, born in Seattle on November 29, 1929 and MICHAEL HOOVER, born in Seattle on July 9, 1941.
Third child:
HELEN AILENE HOOVER, born in Flushing, Michigan on April 11, 1902. First married LYNN NICEWONGER in Spokane, Washington in 1924. This marriage resulted in divorce. there were no children.
HELEN AILENE NICEWONGER, nee HOOVER married ARTHUR SIEVERT in Spokane, Washington in 1930. ARTHUR SIEVERT passed away in 1934 and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. There were no children by this marriage.
On September 6, 1941, HELEN AILENE SIEVERT, nee HOOVER married LOUIS J. WAVERLY in Spokane,
Washington. LOUIS J. WAVERLY passed away on November 4, 1982 in Portland, Oregon. His body was cremated and the ashes rest at Riverview Abbey, Portland, Oregon.
HELEN AILENE WAVERLY now resides at 3425 N. E. 88th Portland, Oregon
WILLIAM THOMAS O'MALLEY, married LEE M. DAVIS in Spokane, Washington on December 30, 1936. LEE was born in Heppner, Oregon, the daughter of WALTER HARVEY DAVIS and LOLA MAUDE BROWN, on November 10, 1914. This union has resulted in the birth of two children: SHARON LEE O'MALLEY, born in Spokane on July 22, 1939 and MICHAEL BRIAN KEVIN O'MALLEY, born in Compton, California on September 25, 1944.
SHARON LEE O'MALLEY married ROY WILLIAM RYAN in Seattle, Washington on December 12, 1959. This union resulted in the birth of two children: JILL MARIE RYAN, born July 16, 1960 in Seattle, Washington and CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM RYAN, born in Seattle on September 12, 1962. As of this date, January 15, 1984, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM RYAN remains single.
MICHAEL BRIAN KEVIN O'MALLEY has been married twice. He first married MARGARET LUCUS in Portland, Oregon. This marriage resulted in the birth of one daughter, HEATHER MICHELLE on July 30, 1966 in Spokane, Washington. His second marriage took place on August 16, 1975 to KAREN KIRKING in Coeur d'alene, Idaho. Karen was born March 27, 1952 in Coeur d'alene, Idaho. This marriage has resulted in the birth of two sons: SEAN MICHAEL JOSEPH O'MALLEY, born in Portland, Oregon July 5, 1979 and AARON CLIFTON THOMAS O'MALLEY, born in Eugene, Oregon on April 23, 1981.
JILL MARIE RYAN was abandoned by her first husband before their first child was born. She was given back her maiden name RYAN. Their daughter SABRINA SHREEE4 was born in Portland, Oregon on September 23, 1977. Jill was remarried to JOHN COMSTOCK on June 16, 1978 in Portland, Oregon. This union produced another daughter, KATRINA LYNN COMSTOCK, born September 30, 1979. KATY LYNN passed away in Seattle, Washington of Meningitis Toxemia on September 4, 1982 and is buried in the Children's Plot at Washelli Cemetery, Seattle, Washington. Her marriage to JOHN
COMSTOCK resulted in a divorce shortly after KATY LYNN's death.
JENNIE EMMA O'MALLEY, nee NUNN, passed away in Spokane, Washington on March 26, 1945 and is buried in the family plot at Fairmont Cemetery, Spokane, Washington.
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FRANCES AMELIA NUNN, the third child of JACOB EDWARD and MARY MINERVA NUNN, was born in Venice City, Michigan on December 1, 1870. The place and date of her marriage to FRANK WALKUP is unknown to me. FRANCES AMELIA WALKUP, nee NUNN passed away in Spokane and was buried at Fairmont Cemetery, Spokane, Washington on March 7, 1953. There were no children by this marriage.
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DANIEL ELTON NUNN was born in Venice City, Michigan on September 11, 1872. He married CHARLOTTE CORNMEIER, date and place of marriage not confirmed. CHARLOTTE was the daughter of FRANZ CORNMEIER and MINNA HEGELMAN and was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 2, 1874. This marriage resulted in the birth of three children: ANTHONY ELTON NUNN, born in Sand Coulee, Montana on November 14, 1902. This union produced one son, ROBERT NUNN, born in Detroit, Michigan on January 1, 1926. He now resides in Burley, California. DANIEL ELTON
NUNN passed away on February 10, 1961 and is buried in Tacoma, Washington. His wife CHARLOTTE passed away on April 11, 1965 and is also buried in Tacoma, Washington. ANTHONY ELTON NUNN passed away in Seattle on November 24, 1982 and his wife, GLADYS HOLRIDGE who was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1904, passed away on Memorial Day, 1982, her body cremated and the ashes returned to Detroit.
The second child of DANIEL ELTON and CHARLOTTE NUNN was LAVERNE NUNN, born in Giltedge, Montana on August 5, 1904. Her first marriage was to HERMAN RIESAU, place and date unknown to me at this time. This marriage resulted in the birth of two children: DONALD, born in San Francisco, California on October 23, 1931 and MARILYN5, also born in San Francisco on March 12, 1933. This marriage was dissolved and LAVERNE later married EUGENE HANSEN. This marriage resulted in the birth of two children: DANIEL HANSEN, born in Tacoma, Washington on July 28, 1942 and DIANE HANSEN, also born in Tacoma on July 17, 1944.
LAVERNE HANSEN, nee NUNN now resides with her husband at 910 51st Ct., N.E. Puyallup, Washington.
The third and last child of DANIEL ELTON NUNN was JUANITA NUNN, born in Spokane, Washington on July 10, 1908. Her first marriage to RALPH MCKIBBEN resulted in the birth of one son, KENNETH MCKIBBEN, born in Spokane, Washington on March 13, 1926. Her second marriage to DELBERT THEODORE BASHOR, born in Council Grove, Kansas on October 9, 1902 produced no children. "TED" BASHOR passed away in Vancouver, Washington. He was cremated.
JUANITA BASHOR, nee NUNN now resides at 305 E. 27th, Vancouver, Washington.
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HANNAH ELLA NUNN was born in Venice City, Michigan on June 22, 1874. Little is known about her husband, JOHNATHAN SEWELL except that he was employed by the State of Montana as an Inspector of Mines. This union resulted in the birth of one son, JOHNATHAN SEWELL, JR. I have not been able to locate him since the death of his parents so have
little to report about him. It is known that he was a career army man and that he retired from the service at Fort Lewis, Washington. HANNA ELLA SEWELL, nee NUNN passed away in Spokane and was buried at Fairmont Cemetery on December 17, 1952. Her husband also passed away in Spokane and was buried at Fairmont Cemetery on August 27, 1947.
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DAVID ALBERT NUNN was born in Venice City, Michigan on August 6, 1876. He married LUCINDA GOETTER, born in La Crosse, Wisconsin, date unknown. This marriage resulted in the birth of twins, VERNON and VIVIAN and one other son, VIRGIL ALBERT. DAVID ALBERT NUNN passed away and was buried on September 18, 1922 at Fairmont Cemetery,
Spokane, Washington. His wife LUCINDA was killed in an automobile accident in Albany, Oregon in 1927 and her body was shipped to Los Angelos, California for burial.
VERNON NUNN was born in Kellogg, Idaho on May 22, 1904. His wife's name was JEANNE but her last name is unknown to me. VERNON NUNN passed away in Bell, California but the date of his death and his place of burial is unknown to me at this time. His wife resides at 1136 E. Meda, Glendora, California. This marriage produced three children, all born in Bell, California but the dates of their births are not known to me. They are DAVID A. NUNN, the eldest; SHIRLEY NUNN and JAMES NUNN all living in the Los Angeles area.
VIVIAN NUNN, the other twin, was also born in Kellogg, Idaho on May 22, 1904. Very little information has been given to me about Vivian but I do know that she was married twice, her first marriage producing one daughter, ROSE MARIE who I think was born in Spokane, Washington. Her second marriage was to WILLIAM FROELICH, a building contractor in Bell, California. This marriage produced one son, WILLIAM FROELICH, JR. Although I know that VIVIAN and her husband have both passed away, I have no idea when they died or where they are buried.
VIRGIL ALBERT NUNN was born in Spokane, Washington on June 21, 1906. As far as I know, he has no children and now lives at 5639 Pearl Drive, Sun Valley, Nevada (near Reno).
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FRANK ELIAS NUNN was born in Venice City, Michigan on July 11, 1878. He married ALICE JOHNSON who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, date unknown. They were probably married in Spokane, Washington but I have no knowledge as to when this marriage took place. They had one son who died at birth but had no other children. FRANK maintained quite a large stand of cedar timber on Sherman Creek between Republic and Kettle Falls, Washington. FRANK passed away in
Colville, Washington sometime in the early 1930's and is probably buried there. His wife, ALICE passed away in Spokane,
Washington and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, date unknown. However, it was after my mother died in 1945.
NOTE: FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF MY MOTHER, THERE WAS A FAMILY SQUABBLE AND MY SISTERS
AND I HAD LITTLE CONTACT WITH ANY OF THE NUNN FAMILY UNTIL I BEGAN MY RESEARCH IN 1979.
THIS WILL HELP TO EXPLAIN WHY I AM UNABLE TO GIVE MUCH ACCURATE INFORMATION ON DATES
PERTAINING TO THEIR DEATHS AND PLACES OF BURIAL.
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THIRZA OLA NUNN was born in Flushing, Michigan, October 26, 1881. Her first marriage to GLEN CLEARWATER resulted in the birth of one son, GAIL G. GAIL was born in Spokane, Washington in 1902. Evidently he was adopted by THIRZA OLA's second husband, WARD G. MARSH as GAIL always carried the name of MARSH as long as I can remember him. My wife and I were living in California at the time of the death of WARD G. MARSH so I am unable to give any details as to when he passed away or where he is buried. However, I believe that he is buried at Greenwood Cemetery,
Spokane, Washington. THIRZA OLA and WARD G. MARSH had no children. THIRZA OLA MARSH, nee NUNN was buried at Fairmont Cemetery, Spokane, Washington on January 4, 1961.
GAIL G. MARSH now resides at 14140 S.E. Madison, Portland, Oregon.
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PLINY EDWARD NUNN was born in Flushing, Michigan on July 21, 1884. PLIN was the "loner" of the NUNN family and little is known about him, his life, death or where he is buried. It is known that he left no children. The last time I ever heard of him was when my wife and I bumped into him in Renton, Washington in the mid-forties. I understood that he died shortly after
that time and is probably buried in or around the Renton area.
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CLYDE LE ROY NUNN was born in Flushing, Michigan on November 12, 1887. I remember visiting his home in Everett, Washington and of meeting his wife "NETTIE" and his son GERALD. CLYDE was the "black sheep" of this part of the NUNN family. His occupation and whereabouts were always unknown to most of the family. He would show up occasionally and always unexpectedly at our home in Spokane while my mother was alive but that was the last time I ever saw or heard about him. I do know that he and his wife were divorced and that she and her son moved to Berkley, California where Gerald was
employed by the Southern Pacific Railroad. I saw NETTIE on the street when I was driving by but did not get to stop to talk with her. This was in 1941 when we lived in Oakland, California during the war. Since then, I have tired to locate them but have not been successful. However, it is rumoured that they are both dead. My sister, GRACE, did see CLYDE in Everett, Washington sometime in the late 1950's or mid 1960's but tells me that he is no longer alive. When and where he died is
unknown to any of us.
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In reviewing what I have written I find that I have left out one important item. That concerns the death of MARY MINERVA NUNN, nee TEW, the wife of JACOB EDWARD NUNN. As nearly as I am able to determine, she passed away in August, 1909 in Spokane, Washington and is buried at Fairmont Cemetery, Spokane, Washington. This took place prior to the time that my mother and father were married and long before I was born. Obviously, I never knew her.
When the Nunns pulled up stakes and came to Spokane from Montana, I do not know. Evidently they came as a group and many of them lived there for many years. My mother and her sister Ola remained in Spokane until their deaths. Frank and Elton moved north to Kettle Falls and Meyers Falls, Washington. Elton became a farmer until he sold his property and moved to Tacoma. Evidently Ella and Frances Amelia married and lived in Montana; however, Frances Amelia, following the death of her husband, moved to the Seattle, Washington area until she moved back to Spokane to live with her sisters Ella and Ola following the deaths of their husbands.
As time goes on, I will probably be able to add additional information about the Nunn family and will be only too happy to send
on what I find.
NOTES:
1. The approximate marriage date for JACOB EDWARD NUNN & MARY MINERVA TEW had been incorrectly typed as "1865-1856" by the author. Based on their ages and the year of birth of their first child he must have meant "1865-1866".
2. The approximate marriage date for JENNIE EMMA NUNN & CHARLES FRANKLIN HOOVER had been typed as "1865-1866" by the author. Since JENNIE EMMA NUNN was not born until 1868 this must have been an error. Since their first child was born in 1896 the correct years were probably 1895-1896.
3. According to this document MARY GRACE LUZELLA NUNN's surname was not "HOOVER". If typed only once as "NUNN", one might assume that it had been typed incorrectly but the surname has been repeated several times in this document.
4. Since it is unusual to find a word in the English language with three consecutive letters, it is possible that the author typed the name incorrectly. For example, the surname may be "SHREVE" instead of "SHREE".
5. MARILYN, daughter of LAVERNE NUNN & HERMAN RIESAU was spelled "MARYLIN" in the typewritten version of this history by THOMAS O'MALLEY. Since there were other spelling and grammar errors in this history, it was assumed that this name was spelled incorrectly.
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