Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - I whanau a Johnny Jack Nounes ko John Louis Nonus i Galveston, Texas, ki a Emanuel raua ko Angelica (Pinto) Nonus, he manene mai i Portugal. I heke raua tokorua ki New Orleans, Louisiana i te tau 1872, ana i muri mai ka marena i Galveston i muri tata mai i te tutaki. Tekau ma rima nga tamariki a te whanau Nonus engari e ono i mate i te tamarikitanga; ko nga tokoiwa e toe ana ko Mary, Lyda, Annie, Mellie, Lily, Beatrice, Mabel, Johnny, me Francis. I te tau 1900, ko te awhiowhio o Galveston 1900
patua te motu. I te wā o tēnei ngaru kino, ka taea e Emanuel te wahia he poka i te tuanui o te whare kia ora ai ngā tamariki katoa; kotahi tekau tau a Johnny.