Relationship Record 103

Male/Husband}   Noble, William Curtis		Family History} Olson
Female/Wife}   MacCluer, Jean		Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Fam 15 Jun 1935	Place} Rose City Presbyterian Church, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
Ended: On Date} Exa 5 Aug 1968                      By} Death of husband		Source 1}  70 = Interview Source 2} 879 = Letter Source 3} 1129=Passenger ls Source 4} 872 = Voter record Source 5} 2209=1940 USA cen Source 6} 2210=1950 USA cen Source 7} 536 = Death record Source 8} 1135=Obituary Source 9} 1132=Death record Source 10} 1144=Photographs Source 11} 1149=Letter
1st Household No.} 295 = Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Photographs} Noble wedding party
Last Updated         by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 20 Nov 2025 Date Created}    1 Jan 1992
Notes:  William Curtis Noble and Jean MacCluer both attended Occidental College in Los Angeles. William graduated in 1932 with a B.A. and Jean in 1933 with a B.A.  William went on to get his M.A. at Occidental in 1935.  They were married 15 Jun 1935 at the Rose City Presbyterian Church in Portland, Oregon.  Her father, the Rev. Donald William McDowell MacCluer officiated. In 1936, William and Jean were living at 1453 Tamarind Avenue, Los Angeles.  In August of 1937, they made their first trip to Europe.  They sailed on the Queen Mary from New York to Cherbourg, France, in third class.  They traveled by train, visiting France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belguium, England, Scotland, and Ireland.  They returned from Liverpool, England, aboard the T.S.S. Letitia, landing in Quebec, Canada, on 28 Aug 1937.  This was the first of many trips to places all over the world.  At left they are seen visiting the Taj Mahal in India in 1967. In 1939 William and Jean bought a house at 4758 Norwich Street, (Sherman Oaks), Los Angeles.  In the 1940 U.S. census, William C. Noble, 30, and Jean C. Noble, 29, were living here.  William was a public school teacher, and Jean was a cashier in a retail shoe store.  This is where they were living when their three children were born. In the 1950 U.S. census, Wm. C. Noble, 39, and Jean Noble, 38, were still living in their Norwich Street home.  William was a high school Vice Principal.  Their children were Linda, 7, Gregory W., 5, and Penelope, 2. In 1953 they had a house built in the Hollywood Hills at 14405 Mulholland Drive.  It had 1,907 Sq. ft., with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, and a view of the San Fernando Valley. William was employed by the Los Angeles school district for 30 years, as a teacher and administrator.  In the early years of their marriage, Jean was a clerical worker and a cashier.  When their youngest child entered first grade, she began a 20 year career as an elementary school teacher.  As both of them had school careers, they had summertime freedom that allowed the family to vacation in their family cabin in Rhododendron, Oregon, on the slopes of Mt. Hood.  The family is seen at right in 1951 on their way to Oregon.  In 1965, Jean and Bill returned to Europe, taking along two of their children.  In 1967 they did a semi-tour of the world, adding India and the Middle East to their European itinerary. William died 5 Aug 1968, in Los Angeles County, California.  Jean died 15 Feb 1990 in Portland, Oregon.  They are interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.
Children:	Total # of Children} 3	Seq. # of Primary}
1st Child} Noble, Linda Jean 1942 - 2024   2nd Child} Noble, Walter Gregory MacCluer 1944 - 2024   3rd Child} Noble, Penny Sue Living
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