Ancestry of
Bill Nye

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Minnie Wheatley Farr

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• • Grandmother of Bill Nye — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • Walter Plume Farr 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Marion Coomes   
  • Birth Date:
  • 12 Nov 1884 
  • Birth Location:
  • Washington, D.C. 
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  • Death Date:
  • 11 May 1983 
  • Death Location:
  • Washington, D.C. 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Luther Bertram Nye
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Jun 1908 
  • Marriage Location:
  • All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington, D.C. 
  • Child:

  Edwin Darby "Ned" Nye (Ahnentafel No:2 )

• Sources for Minnie Wheatley Farr

  • ¹ Federal Census, District of Columbia, 1940, Washington, E.D. 1-284, Sheet 10B, Image 20 of 37.
  • ² Federal Census, District of Columbia, 1930, Washington, E.D. 381, Sheet 2B, Image 4 of 18.
  • ³ Federal Census, District of Columbia, 1920, Washington, E.D. 323, Sheet 2A, Image 3 of 41.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, District of Columbia, 1910, Washington, Precinct 10, E.D. 206, Sheet 10B, Image 19 of 22.
  • ⁵ Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, and Death Announcements, 1851-2003, 1983, The Washington Post, Obituary for Minnie Farr Nye.
  • ⁶ Maryland, Marriages, 1666-1970, Marriage record for son Edwin Darby Nye and Jaqueline B. Jenkins.
  • ⁷ The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.), 25 JUN 1908, p. 13, Marriage of Luther Bertram Nye and Minnie Wheatley Farr.
  • ⁸ Washington, D.C., U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1830-1921, Marriage record for Luther B Nye and Minnie W Farr.
  • ⁹ Nye, R. Glen, A Genealogy of the Nye Family, Vol. II, n.p.: The Nye Family of America Association Inc. (1965), 62-63.