Nolen family.

Landscape architect and pioneer in city planning, John Nolen (1869-1937) graduated from the School of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University in 1905. He opened an office in Cambridge, Mass., where for thirty years he and his associates handled over 400 public planning projects. Mary Ann Barbara (Schatte) Nolen (1872-1954), called Barbara, was the youngest of four children. Following the death of their parents, Barbara and her sisters were taken in by family friends, Effingham and Mary Elena (Burroughs) Perot, whom they called "stern guardian" and "Bonnie." Barbara graduated from the Girls' Normal School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in June 1891. She taught at the James Forten Public School, a primary school in Philadelphia designed to serve a slum neighborhood, from 1891 to 1894. John and Barbara were married on April 22, 1896. They had four children: John "Jack" Nolen, Jr. , Barbara Nolen Strong, Edward "Ted" Schatte Nolen, and Humphrey Nolen.

From the description of Papers of the Nolen-Schatte family, 1886-1990 (inclusive), 1886-1954 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122583531