Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An haifi Johnny Jack Nounes John Louis Nonus a Galveston, Texas, ga Emanuel da Angelica (Pinto) Nonus, dukansu baƙi ne daga Portugal. Dukansu sun yi hijira zuwa New Orleans, Louisiana a 1872, kuma daga baya sun yi aure a Galveston jim kadan bayan ganawa. Iyalin Nonus suna da 'ya'ya goma sha biyar amma shida sun mutu a jariri; sauran tara su ne Maryamu, Lyda, Annie, Mellie, Lily, Beatrice, Mabel, Johnny, da Francis. A shekara ta 1900, guguwar Galveston ta 1900
buga tsibirin. A lokacin wannan hadari mai ɓarna, Emanuel ya yi nasarar halaka rufin gidan don ya ceci dukan yaran; Johnny yana ɗan shekara goma.