Who's Who at Walla Walla Meeting Room, WA

Walla Walla Meeting Room, SE WA (TW-N) 1870-present

Correspondents

• Jean Gabriel Thonney 1870-1878+ (1827-1902)

Families

Flint family

• Victor Paul Flint +1940+ (1914-2002)
• Helen Marie Sharpe Flint +1940+

Lamb family

@ Dixie, WA. See Thonney family.

• William Thomas Lamb (b. 1869 WA - d. 1934 WA), son of James Monroe Lamb (b. 1835 Logan Co., KY - d. 1898 WA) & Savina Jane Pearce Lamb (b. 1835 Green Co., KY - d. 1924 WW, WA).
• Capitola Thonney Lamb +1944-1949+ (b. 1885 Pullman, WA - d. 1970 WW, WA), daughter of Paul William Thonney (b. 1852 Illinois City, IL - d. 1880 Nez Perce, ID) & Mary Ann Parrott Thonney (b. 1856 Oregon City, OR - d. 1880 Nez Perce, ID).
  • John Maxwell Lamb (b. 1906 - d. 1990). Wife: Opal Faye Nutt Lamb (b. 1908 TX - d. 1995 WA), daughter of Paschal Sam Nutt (b. 1871 TX - d. 1954 Alpine, Brewster, TX) & Minnie Caroline Ringer Nutt (b. 1880 Lampasas Co., TX - d. 1902 San Angelo, Tom Green, TX).
  • James Lamb +1949+. Mrs. James Lamb +1949+
  • Bonnie June Lamb +1949+
  • Lois Lamb +1949+

Thonney family

The WW assembly met initially in Jean Thonney's home. His family emigrated to the U.S. on Apr. 15, 1850. By 1856 he lived at Greenville, Bond, IL, and in 1870 he was at Beaver Creek, Bond, IL where it is presumed the year he relocated to Walla Walla, likely via the Oregon Trail. Henry Rochat lived here 1883-1884.

• Jean Gabriel Thonney 1870-1902 (b. 1827 Vullien, Vaud, Switzerland - d. 1902 WW, WA), son of Ferdinand Thonney (1760-1832) and Julie Bahon Thonney (1784-1836),
• Julia Mennet Thonney 1870-1916 (b. 1828; emig. 1851 to New Orleans; m. 1-17-1852 Edwardsville/Sebastipol, Madison, IL; d. 1916).
  • William Paul Thonney 1870+ (b. 1852 Springfield, Sangamon, IL - d. 1921 Dixie, WW, WA). Wife: Mary Ann Parrott Thonney (b. 1856 Sublimity, Salem, Marion, OR - d. 1943 WW, WA), daughter of Joseph Elgin Parrott (b. 1820 Cole Co., MO) & Susan Garrison Parrott (b. 1834 IA).
    • Jeptha "Charles" Thonney +1937-1944+ (b. 1883 WW, WA - d. 1950 Kirkland, King, WA). In 1910, Charles owned a feed mill. Wife (1906 @ Spokane, WA): Lilly May Kann Thonney +1944+ (b. 1878 Henry (near Abilene), Dickinson Co., KS - d. 1944 WW, WA), daughter of Howard William Kann (b. 1846 Adams Co., PA - d. 1930 Spokane, WA) & Emma Susan Benner Kann (b. 1857 Gettysburg, Adams, PA - d. 1938 Spokane, WA). From the 1890's on, there was a TW-Lowe meeting at Manchester, Talmage, and also Chapman, Kansas. Howard & Emma lived in Spokane 1896-1930.
      • Helen Estella Thonney +1949+ (b. 1908 WW, WA - d. 1997 Dixie, WW, WA) @ Dixie, WA +1949-1997.
      • William Paul Thonney +1944+ (b. 1910 Dixie, WA - d. 1997 WW, WA). Wife (1935 @ WW, WA): Hazel Ruth Wild Thonney (b. 1917 Milton-Freewater, Umatilla, OR - d. 2006 WW, WA), daughter of John Wild (b. 1860 Modena, Mercer, MO - d. 1939 Dixie, WA) & Isabella "Belle" Norris Wild (b. 1877 Washington Twp. or Goshen, Mercer, MO - d. 1940 Dixie, WA).
      • Richard Stanley Thonney +1944-1955+ (b. 1915 Dixie, WA - d. 1972 Richland, Benton, WA). Wife (1938 @ Colorado Springs, CO): Opal May Cole Thonney +1944-1955+ (b. 1915 Hugo, Choctaw, OK - d. 2013 WW, WA), daughter of John Blake Cole, Sr. (b. 1883 Osage Co., MO - d. 1916 Hugo, OK) & Eula Campbell Cole (b. 1893 Mooresville, Livingston, MO - d. 1916 Hugo, OK).
      • Robert Kann Thonney +1949-1955+ (b. 1918 Dixie, WA - d. 2001 WW, WA). In 1942, Robert enlisted in the Army.
    • Paul Thonney +1944+ (b. 1892 Pullman, WA - d. 1952 WW, WA). Wife (1919 @ WW, WA): Gladys Hodge Thonney (b. 1898 Franklin, Newton, MO), daughter of George Rufus Hodge (b. 1876 Elk Horn or Pineville, McDonald, MO - d. 1959 Umatilla, OR) & Martha Julia Schultz Hodge (b. 1877 Neosho, Newton, MO - d. 1966 Kent, King, WA). George Hodge's mother was a member of Hindsville Baptist in Arkansas. Martha Hodge operated a restaurant in Pasco from 1920-1940 then moved to Seattle.
  • Louis Thonney 1870-1873+ (b. 1855 Illinois City, Rock Island, IL - d. 1896 Pullman, Withman, WA). Wife: Sophronia Rosetta Baud Thonney-Ford (b. 1866 Illinois City, IL - d. 1904 Moscow, Latah, ID), daughter of Louis Baud (b. 1839 Suisse, Switzerland - d. 1918 Medical Lake, WA) & Betsy Ann Metz Baud (b. 1846 Rushville, Schuyler, IL - d. 1911 Pullman, WA).
  • Theophilus Thonney 1870-1878 (b. 1856 Greenville, IL - d. 1928 Pullman, WA). Wife: Sarah Catherine Baud Thonney (b. 1867 Greenville, IL - d. 1954 Spokane, WA), sister of Louis Thonney's wife Sophronia Rosetta Baud Thonney. Members of both the Thonney and the Baud family are regarded to be among the pioneers of Pullman, Theophilus moved there in 1878, when the city was two years old and known as Three Forks, renamed Pullman in 1888. There was a TW assembly there from +1896-1933+.
  • Henrietta Julia Thonney Aubin 1870-1880+ (b. 1858 IL - d. 1925 WW, WA). Husband (1877 @ WW): Jean Edward Aubin (b. 1842 Quebec City, QC - d. 1911 WW, WA).
  • John Thonney 1870-1878+ (b. 1860 Springfield, IL - d. 1933 WW, WA). Wife: Eva Rochat Thonney (b. 1858 St. Paul, Ramsey, MN - d. 1941 WW, WA), daughter of Henri Louis Abraham Isaac Rochat (b. 1828 Le Pont, Vaud, Switz. - d. 1907 Spokane, WA) & Fanny Rosselet Rochat (b. 1831 Grand Bayard, Neuchatel, Sw.; m. 1856 Grand Bayard, Sw.; d. 1874 St. Paul, MN). In 1860, Henri Rochat was employed as a watchmaker in St. Paul.