Descendants of Isaac Newton Henry Harvey Monroe Whalen

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  ISAAC NEWTON HENRY HARVEY MONROE¹ WHALEN  He married NANCY SLADE July 09, 1882 in Harrison County, Kentucky. 

 

More About ISAAC NEWTON HENRY HARVEY MONROE WHALEN:

Occupation: Carpenter

 

More About NANCY SLADE:

Native American: Cherokee

 

More About ISAAC WHALEN and NANCY SLADE:

Marriage: July 09, 1882, Harrison County, Kentucky

       

Children of ISAAC WHALEN and NANCY SLADE are:

2.                i.    CHARLES ROBERT² WHALEN, b. Abt. 1885, Nicholas County, Kentucky.

3.               ii.    WILLIAM LAIR WHALEN.

                 iii.    MINNIE WHALEN, m. LUKE MORRISON.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  CHARLES ROBERT² WHALEN (ISAAC NEWTON HENRY HARVEY MONROE¹) was born Abt. 1885 in Nicholas County, Kentucky.  He married SARAH ELLEN HOLLER.  She was born Abt. 1890 in Nicholas County, Kentucky.

 

Notes for CHARLES ROBERT WHALEN:

Charles Robert Whalen made his living as a carpenter and master cabinetmaker.

 

More About CHARLES ROBERT WHALEN:

Occupation: Carpenter

 

Notes for SARAH ELLEN HOLLER:

Wally, Sarah's son tells the story of going to see a moving picture show with his mother in Harlan County, Kentucky. They walked out of the theater and into a gunfight, in the main street of town. His mother became fighting mad, because a stray bullet went through the skirt of her new dress.

 

Sarah Ellen owned a boarding house in Lexington for many years.

       

Children of CHARLES WHALEN and SARAH HOLLER are:

4.                i.    WALLACE³ WHALEN, b. April 05, 1921, Bourbon County, Kentucky.

                  ii.    CHARLES ETHRIDGE WHALEN.

iii.ELMO PERNELL WHALEN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.  WILLIAM LAIR² WHALEN (ISAAC NEWTON HENRY HARVEY MONROE¹)  He married MAGGIE BUNKER February 01, 1915. 

 

More About WILLIAM WHALEN and MAGGIE BUNKER:

Marriage: February 01, 1915

 

Children of WILLIAM WHALEN and MAGGIE BUNKER are:

                   i.    ROBERT³ WHALEN, b. April 18, 1916.

                  ii.    WILLIAM PAUL WHALEN.

                 iii.    THELMA WHALEN.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

4.  WALLACE³ WHALEN (CHARLES ROBERT², ISAAC NEWTON HENRY HARVEY MONROE¹) was born April 05, 1921 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.  He married (1) LOTTIE BEA COMLEY.  She was born Abt. 1942 in Kentucky.  He married (2) ANNE MARGARET FAIRCHILD December 15, 1977 in West Palm Beach Florida, daughter of HOMER FAIRCHILD and MARY CLAYTON.  She was born April 03, 1953 in Burtonwood Air Force Base, England.

 

Notes for WALLACE WHALEN:

In 1983, Wally retired from the Postal Service and the Whalens moved to a farm in Alexandria, Wilson County, Tennessee. They named their farm Shiloh Acres.

 

After leaving the Army with an Honorable Discharge, Ann started with the Postal Service in 1976. She transferred from the West Palm Beach PO to the Nashville PO and is a supervisor there.

 

Wally joined the Navy when he was just 17 and went right into WW II. He was a signalman and was given the nickname "Flags". Wally was aboard the USS Yorktown on the salvage crew when the great carrier was torpedoed and sunk. He received a special commendation for his bravery. Wally was a Chief Petty Officer, Signalman Corp. He served on the following ships during WWII: USS Little Bighorn, USS Oglala; USS Charger; USS Enterprise; USS Hornet; USS Buck; USS Detroit; USS C16498; USS New Orleans; USS Wasp; USS Portland; USS St Louis; USS Vincennes; USS Hammon; USS Edsel; USS Roe; Lion III; and, the USS Yorktown.

 

Wally tells of the time he was "loaned" to the Coast Guard and was on patrol in Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida. At that time, strict blackouts were enforced on the American coastlines. A US Navy 'tincan' sliced the Coast Guard cutter in half. Wally had gone to sleep on the chart table and rolled off the table into the water. He received a special pass to 'march down Biscayne Blvd in his skivvies', having lost all his uniforms when the cutter went down.

 

Another story he tells is of being arrested by the SPs for being in the restricted women's side of the Casaba in Africa. He was thrown in a POW camp, given a shirt with a target painted on it, and marched up and down the compound all day to marching music from a record player. Needless to say, he was happy to be released back to the Navy.

 

Wally received his discharge on September 9, 1945. (Navy service number 287 26 30) He returned to Kentucky, where he and his brothers, Charles and Elmo, opened Whalen Coal Company.

 

At a later date, Wally moved to Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky. He built his own home on Carpenters Lake in Daviess County. He worked as a manager at Blockers in Owensboro, Kentucky, then moved to Charles Todd Uniforms and Linen, first as a manager, then as a trouble-shooter for the company.

 

When Wally moved his family to Tennessee, he again remodeled and built onto the existing home himself.

 

 

 

More About WALLACE WHALEN:

1945, Honorable Discharge

Rank: Chief Petty Officer

 

More About WALLACE WHALEN and LOTTIE COMLEY:

None-Ending: Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky

 

More About ANNE MARGARET FAIRCHILD:

Military service: US Army - Spec 4

Occupation: October 1975, US Postal Service, Supervisor (transferred from WPB Sectional Center to Nashville PDC)

 

More About WALLACE WHALEN and ANNE FAIRCHILD:

Marriage: December 15, 1977, West Palm Beach Florida

       

Child of WALLACE WHALEN and ANNE FAIRCHILD is:

                   i.    TINA BEA⁴ WHALEN, b. March 20, 1970, Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky; m. MIKE PAGE, October 20, 1990, Shiloh Acres, Alexandria, Tennessee; b. June 15, 1970, Smithville, Dekalb County, Tennessee.

 

Notes for TINA BEA WHALEN:

Tina and Mike married at the home of her parents, Wally and Ann Whalen, Shiloh Acres, Alexandria, Tennessee. They have made their home on the farm.

 

More About TINA BEA WHALEN:

Graduated: April 2000, Volunteer St Community College

 

More About MIKE PAGE and TINA WHALEN:

Marriage: October 20, 1990, Shiloh Acres, Alexandria, Tennessee