Johnny Jack Nounes was born John Louis Nonus in Galveston, Texas, to Emanuel and Angelica (Pinto) Nonus, both immigrants from Portugal. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ The Nonus family had fifteen children but six died at infancy; the remaining nine were Mary, Lyda, Annie, Mellie, Lily, Beatrice, Mabel, Johnny, and Francis. 1900, the
1900<unk> Galveston<unk> hurricane<unk> hit the island<unk> During this devastating storm, Emanuel managed to break a hole in the house's ceiling in order to get all the children to safety; Johnny was ten years old.