{"id":5220,"date":"2014-09-12T03:09:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T07:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=5220"},"modified":"2014-09-12T04:02:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T08:02:01","slug":"the-thriller-series-pn-2-eleanor-nordyke-and-her-daughter-mary-in-africa-in-the-1960s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/the-thriller-series-pn-2-eleanor-nordyke-and-her-daughter-mary-in-africa-in-the-1960s\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thriller Series (PN-2): Eleanor Nordyke and her daughter Mary in Africa in the 1960s?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Lucas_Daniel_Smith_passport_stamp_2007_Obama_Kenya_africa1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-5229\" alt=\"Lucas_Daniel_Smith_passport_stamp_2007_Obama_Kenya_africa[1]\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Lucas_Daniel_Smith_passport_stamp_2007_Obama_Kenya_africa1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Lucas_Daniel_Smith_passport_stamp_2007_Obama_Kenya_africa1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Lucas_Daniel_Smith_passport_stamp_2007_Obama_Kenya_africa1-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mary Ellen Nordyke-Grace appears to have been born on September 30th 1953.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She is the eldest daughter of the late Eleanor Nordyke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Evidently in the 1960&#8217;s she (Mary), somewhere between the ages of 7 thru 16, traveled internationally, and on more than one occasion, with her family on what she calls<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">family camping trips abroad<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She said so herself at the Stanford University website:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My degree in French reflected a love of international travel fostered by family camping trips abroad in the \u201960s&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Ellen-Nordyke-Grace-international-travel-abroad-Africa-Kenya-1960s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5221 alignleft\" alt=\"Mary Ellen Nordyke-Grace international travel abroad Africa Kenya 1960s\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Ellen-Nordyke-Grace-international-travel-abroad-Africa-Kenya-1960s.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"68\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Ellen-Nordyke-Grace-international-travel-abroad-Africa-Kenya-1960s.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Mary-Ellen-Nordyke-Grace-international-travel-abroad-Africa-Kenya-1960s-300x34.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">That&#8217;s an excerpt from the alumni profile of\u00a0Mary Ellen Nordyke-Grace\u00a0(BA \u201975 French, BS \u201977 CEE). \u00a0The link to the profile is now nonfunctional:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/soe.stanford.edu\/alumni\/profiles\/grace.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">http:\/\/soe.stanford.edu\/alumni\/profiles\/grace.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However, the page was archived (June 19th 2010) at the Wayback Machine:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100619171304\/http:\/\/soe.stanford.edu\/alumni\/profiles\/grace.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Alumni Profile of\u00a0Mary Ellen Nordyke-Grace<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Did Eleanor Nordyke and her family, including her daughter Mary, travel to Kenya or anywhere else Africa in the early 1960&#8217;s?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We already know (see yesterday&#8217;s report, <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/obama-news\/the-thriller-series-pn-1-eleanor-nordyke-in-africa-dead-at-age-86-jan-17-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">PN-1<\/span><\/a><\/span>) that Eleanor Nordyke traveled to Africa in the 1950&#8217;s. \u00a0She even worked in an African country, Morocco (called the<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">French Protectorate in Morocco<\/span><\/em> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">back at the time when Eleanor was first there).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In August 1961 when Barack Obama was born in Mombasa, Kenya the young Mary Nordyke (Eleanor&#8217;s daughter) would have been seven (7) years old (almost 8).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 1961 the Nordykes and Stanley Ann Dunham were both living in Honolulu, Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mary&#8217;s father, Dr.\u00a0Robert Allan Nordyke, had joined the Straub Clinic (Hospital) in Honolulu, Hawaii on April 11, 1960 (photo below is from 1958):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Straub_Clinic_1958.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5222\" alt=\"Straub_Clinic_1958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Straub_Clinic_1958-1024x603.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"313\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We even know where the Nordykes lived in Honolulu, Hawaii because in 1986 their house was listed in the<\/span>\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">National Register of Historic Places<\/span><\/em>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">The house is now called the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R.N._Linn_House\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">R.N. Linn House<\/span><\/a><\/span> (also known as the\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Robert A. and Eleanor C. Nordyke Residence<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">). The Nordykes bought the place in 1960.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2013 Kakela Drive in Honolulu, Hawaii (check out the Obama bumper sticker!):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Honolulu-KakelaDr-2013-wide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-5224\" alt=\"Honolulu-KakelaDr-2013-wide\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Honolulu-KakelaDr-2013-wide-1024x501.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Honolulu-KakelaDr-2013-wide-1024x501.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Honolulu-KakelaDr-2013-wide-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Honolulu-KakelaDr-2013-wide.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Did the Nordykes assist Stanley Ann Dunham with her travel to Kenya in 1961?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Did the Nordykes themselves (or at least some of them, including Mary) travel to Kenya or anywhere else in Africa in 1961?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please exercise your free speech in the comments section below. There are no stipulations of political correctness on this blog. Speak your mind, give us your thoughts, both objective and subjective. Share your ideas, hunches, inklings or your expertise. Please provide recommendation and corrections if you spot errors in fact within the blog report. Lastly, remember that posting a comment is much like casting a vote, so please do so.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Ellen Nordyke-Grace appears to have been born on September 30th 1953. She is the eldest daughter of the late Eleanor Nordyke. Evidently in the 1960&#8217;s she (Mary), somewhere between the ages of 7 thru 16, traveled internationally, and on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/the-thriller-series-pn-2-eleanor-nordyke-and-her-daughter-mary-in-africa-in-the-1960s\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12,2917,37,5,988,26,208,180,35],"tags":[2938,2780,2761,2858,2806,2807,2926,41,2212,2931,2901,2932,2921,2922,2920,2923,4337,2918,851,2929,2930,2925,2937,2812,2928,1703,2939,2927,2924,2919,4344,2936,2935,2934,2933],"class_list":["post-5220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lucas-daniel-smith","category-nordyke","category-obama-birth-certificate","category-obama-news","category-obama-social-security-number-ssn","category-orly-taitz","category-paper-antiquities","category-stanley-ann-dunham","category-the-government-vs-lucas-daniel-smith","tag-2014-obama-eligibility-litigation","tag-barack-obama-2016","tag-barack-obama-birth-certificate-kenya","tag-barack-obama-divorce-michelle-obama-2016","tag-barack-obama-illegal-president-2016","tag-barack-obama-ineligible-president-2016","tag-birth-certificate-debate","tag-coast-province-general-hospital","tag-coast-province-general-hospital-kenya-obama","tag-dr-robert-allan-nordyke","tag-eleanor-louise-cole","tag-eleanor-nordyke","tag-is-paul-ryan-a-homosexual","tag-is-paul-ryan-a-homosexual-scandal","tag-is-paul-ryan-gay","tag-is-paul-ryan-gay-scandal","tag-lucas-daniel-smith","tag-mary-ellen-nordyke-grace","tag-obama-born-in-kenya","tag-obama-divorce-affair","tag-obama-kenya-trip-2015","tag-paul-ryan-barack-obama-war","tag-paul-ryan-gay-kenya","tag-paul-ryan-gay-president","tag-paul-ryan-gay-prostitute-scandal","tag-paul-ryan-kenyan-birth-certificate","tag-paul-ryan-litigation-crime-2014-2015-2016","tag-paul-ryan-prostitute-scandal","tag-r-n-linn-house","tag-robert-a-and-eleanor-c-nordyke-residence","tag-stanley-ann-dunham","tag-stanley-ann-dunham-1961","tag-stanley-ann-dunham-1961-kenya","tag-stanley-ann-dunham-travel-with-nordyke-to-africa","tag-stanley-ann-dunham-travel-with-nordyke-to-kenya"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5220"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5238,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220\/revisions\/5238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}