Résumé

Principal, Frederick Noonan, Architect, Bakersfield, CA, c. 1906. (See Bakersfield, California, City Directory, 1906, p. 157.) Noonan was not listed in the Bakersfield City Directory of 1907.

Principal, Frederick Noonan, Architect, San Francisco, CA, 1907-1908. Following the catastrophic San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 04/18-19/1906, Noonan moved from Bakersfield to Sausalito, CA, and participated in the rebuilding of the city. In 1907, he had an office on the northeast corner of Sutter and Hyde Streets in San Francisco. (See San Francisco, California, City Directory, 1907, p. 1210.)

Principal, Frederick Noonan, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, 1909- ; in 1909, he worked at 408 South Spring Street, Room #1403. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1909, p. 1520.)

Partner, Kysor and Noonan, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1911-1912.

Principal, Frederick Noonan, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, 1913. In 1913, Noonan maintained an office in Room #904 of the building at 405 South Hill Street, in Downtown Los Angeles. Architect J.B. Nicholson worked in Room #912 of the same building in the same year. (SeeLos Angeles, California, City Directory, 1913, p. 2188.)

Partner, Noonan and Richards, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1914-1915. The firm had its office at 520 West 7th Street, Room #609 in 1915. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1915, p. 2290.)

Principal, Frederick B. Noonan, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, 1915-1916. In 1916, he had an office at 756 South Broadway, Room #1031. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1916, p. 2146.) Noonan was not listed as being an architect in the Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1917,but was listed as still residing in the city.

Principal, Frederick B. Noonan, Architect, New York, NY, c. 1922-1930.

Relocation

Born in Covington, KY, Frederick B. Noonan lived with his parents, five siblings and three servants in a residence at 201 3rd Street in Covington in 1880. According to the US Census of that year, the servants were Mary Tonlon (born c. 1855 in IN of Irish ancestry), Anna Irving (born c. 1838 in KY of African-American ancestry), and her sister, Charlotte Irving (born c. 1840 in MO of African-American ancestry.)

He lived with his parents at 310 Garrrard Street in Covington in 1900. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Covington Ward 1, Kenton, Kentucky; Roll: 534; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0080; FHL microfilm: 1240534, accessed 06/09/2017.)

Noonan and his wife, Mary, lived at 201 Garrard Street in Covington, KY, in 1905. (See Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, accessed 06/08/2017.)

In 1906, Noonan resided in Bakersfield, CA, where he lived at 1062 Ellis Street. (See Bakersfield, California, City Directory, 1906, p. 157.) A year later, he had moved to the Bay Area, living in Sausalito, CA, and commuting by ferry to his architectural office in San Francisco,

Noonan moved to Los Angeles, CA, in 1908. He never seems to have worked as a draftsman in an existing LA firm, but, rather, he opened a solo practice immediately upon relocation. He and his family lived at 1045 Ingraham Street in 1909. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1909, p. 1009.) The 1910 US Census recorded that Frederick, Mary and Catherine lived in an apartment at 1047 Ingraham Street in Los Angeles, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1910; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 75, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_84; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0106; FHL microfilm: 1374097, accessed 06/08/2017.)

In 1913, Noonan resided at 2265 West 23rd Street in Los Angeles. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1913, p. 1415.) He dwelled at 607 North Manhattan Place in Los Angeles, in 1916 and at 1260 West 31st Street in 1917. (See Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1916, p. 1496 and Los Angeles, California, City Directory, 1917, p. 1523.)

Noonan spent about five months in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1917-1918, arriving there about 11/22/1917. He traveled back from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to New York, NY, between 04/17/1918 and 04/22/1918. His address as listed on this ship's manifest was the Vanderbilt Hotel, at the corner of 34th Street and Madison Avenue. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1918; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 2572; Line: 27; Page Number: 31, accessed 06/08/2017.)

Noonan lived in New York, NY, in 1922, at 3 East 44th Street in Manhattan. (See New York, New York, City Directory, 1922, p. 1338.) Eight years later, he was sharing an apartment with his second wife, Pacifica, at 584-588 West End Avenue. They paid $108 per month in rent. The US Census of 1930 recorded that Noonan still worked as an architect. This census listing for him had at least two mistakes; it noted his birthplace as being SC, and that he first married at age 53. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1930; Census Place: Manhattan, New York, New York; Roll: 1556; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0437; Image: 532.0; FHL microfilm: 2341291, accessed 06/09/2017.)

The 1940 US Census indicated that Noonan, at age 67, resided in the Ward Manor Home for the Aged in Red Hook, NJ. The census form indicated that he was married, but his wife did not live with him in the institution. He had lived here in 1935, as well. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Red Hook, Dutchess, New York; Roll: T627_2525; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 14-98, accessed 06/08/2017.)

It is likely that he died c. 1940 in NJ.

Parents

Of Irish ancestry, his father, Joseph J. Noonan (born 01/1837 in Frederick, MD-d. 05/26/1907 in Covington, KY), was, in 1870, a liquor merchant in Covington, KY. He was quite prosperous, having a house worth $11,000 and a personal estate of $12,000. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1870; Census Place: Covington Ward 4, Kenton, Kentucky; Roll: M593_478; Page: 246B; Image: 223506; Family History Library Film: 545977, accessed 06/09/2017.) Ten years later, he had become a tobacco manufacturer in the same city. His mother, Anna Rogers Noonan (born 05/1843 in Quincy, IL-d 1916 in Cincinnati, OH), had parents who came from NH (father) and NY (mother). She maintained the household. They married on 10/27/1870 in Kenton, KY. (See Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016, accessed 06/09/2017.) Joseph married twice: his first wife was Mary Ellen Kemp Noonan (1838-10/13/1869).

With Mary Ellen Kemp, Joseph had one daughter and one son: Mary A Noonan Carlisle (born c. 1860 in MD) and Robert Emmet Noonan (b. 12/04/1862 in AR-d. 11/17/1934 in Frederick, MD). With Anna, he had six more children, five of whom were alive in 1900: Roger J. (1871-1879), Frederick, C.A. (a girl, born c. 1875 in KY), and Frank E. (born 1876 in KY-d. 1919), Anna J. (born c. 08/1878 in KY), and Edith (born c. 06/1881 in OH). From the ages and birthplaces of his brothers and sisters, one can surmise that the family lived in MD (c. 1860), AR (c. 1863) and had moved to KY by no later than 1873.

In 1900, Joseph's occupation was listed in the US Census as a "gauger, US Internal Revenue." This position apparently affixed tax stamps on liquor bottles leaving distilleries. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1900; Census Place: Covington Ward 1, Kenton, Kentucky; Roll: 534; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0080; FHL microfilm: 1240534, accessed 06/09/2017.)

In 1911, M.E. Anna Noonan resided at 3301 Observatory Avenue in Cincinnati, OH, across the river from Covington, KY, and was widowed. (See Cincinnati, Ohio, City Directory, 1911, p. 1361.)

Spouse

Frederick Noonan married twice. He first wed Mary R. Noonan (born c. 1878 in Hamilton, OH) c. 1901.

He married his second wife, Pacifica Crespi Noonan, (born c. 1901 in San Jose, Costa Rica), on 02/20/1923 in Manhattan, NY, when she was 22 and he, 53. Pacifica lived in New York since at least age 4. In 1905, she lived with her mother Lula Crespi (born c. 1869 in Costa Rica) and a 35-year-old Irish servant, Kate Creaton, at 446 Columbus Avenue. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1905; Election District: A.D. 19 E.D. 26; City: Manhattan; County: New York; Page: 17, accessed 06/09/2017.)

Pacifica's marriage to Noonan was her second. She first wed Thomas Whiteside in Manhattan on 12/28/1920, when she was 18 years old.

Children

He and Mary had a daughter, Catherine Louise Noonan, (born 09/03/1905 in Covington, KY).

• Covington, KY (Architect's Birth)
  Covington, KY

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