Richard Milhous Nixon
| Birth Date: |
January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda California |
| Death Date: |
April 22, 1994, in New York City |
| Father: |
Francis Anthony Nixon (1878-1956)
Born: Dec. 3, 1878, Elk, Ohio
Married: Hannah Milhous - June 25, 1908, Whittier, California
Died: Sept. 4, 1956, La Habra, California
Religion: Quaker |
| Mother: |
Hannah Milhouse Nixon (1885-1967)
Born: March 7, 1885, near Butlerville, Indiana
Married: Frank Nixon on June 25, 1908, Whittier, California
Died: September 30, 1967, Whittier, California
Father: Franklin Milhous, 1848-1919
Mother: Almira Park Burdg Milhous, 1849-1943
Grandfather: Joshua Vickers Milhous, 1820-1883
Grandmother: Elizabeth Price Griffith, 1827-1923
Religion: Quaker |
| Paternal Grandparents: |
Samuel Brady Nixon (1847-1914) and Sarah Ann Wadsworth (1852-1886) |
| Maternal Grandparents: |
Franklin Milhous (1848-1919) and Almira Park Burdg (1849-1943)
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| Brothers: |
Harold Samuel Nixon - Born June 1, 1909 and died March 7, 1933 at age 23 from tuberculosis
Francis Donald Nixon - Born November 23, 1914 and died June 27, 1987 at age 73 from cancer; m. Clara Jane Lemke, August 9, 1942
Arthur Burdg Nixon - Born May 26, 1918 and died August 10, 1925 at the age of 7 of
tubercular encephalitis.
Edward Calvert Nixon - Born May 3, 1930; m. Gay Lynne Woods, June 1, 1957
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Thelma Catherine (Patricia) Ryan
| Birth Date: |
March 16, 1912, in Ely, Nevada |
| Death Date: |
June 22, 1993, in New Jersey |
| Father: |
William Ryan, Sr. (1866-1930) |
| Mother: |
Kate Halberstadt (1879-1926) |
| Siblings: |
Children of William Ryan, Sr. and Kate Halberstadt:
William Ryan, Jr., 1910-1997
Thomas Ryan, 1911-1992
Thelma Catherine "Pat" Ryan, 1912-1993
Children of Kate Halberstadt by her first marriage:
Mathew Bender, 1907-
Neva Bender (Renter), 1909-
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The Nixons
| Wedding: |
Thelma Catherine (Pat) Ryan and Richard Milhous Nixon married on June 21, 1940, in the Presidential Suite of the Mission Inn in Riverside, California, and honeymooned in Mexico. |
| Daughters: |
Patricia (known as "Tricia") born on February 21, 1946 in Whittier, California. On June 12, 1971, Tricia became the sixteenth White House bride when she and Edward Finch Cox of New York married in the Rose Garden. They have one son: Christopher Nixon Cox (1979-).
Julie born on July 5, 1948 in Washington, D.C. Julie wed Dwight David Eisenhower II, grandson of President Eisenhower, on December 22, 1968, in New York's Marble Collegiate Church, while her father was President-elect. They have three children: Jennie Elizabeth Eisenhower (1978-); Alex Richard Eisenhower (1980-); and Melanie Catherine Eisenhower (1984-). |
| Pets: |
Checkers - Cocker Spaniel - given to Nixon Family in 1952, died circa 1964
White House Pets
King Timahoe - Irish Setter - given to President Nixon by staff in January, 1969 - died circa 1979
Vicky - Poodle - Julie Nixon Eisenhower's pet - died circa 1976
Pasha - Terrier - Trisha Nixon Cox's pet
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