Harold Bruce Dunning

13 April 1914–11 May 1996 (Age 82)
Macomb, St. Lawrence, New York, United States

The Life of Harold Bruce

When Harold Bruce Dunning was born on 13 April 1914, in Macomb, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, his father, Robert J. Dunning, was 28 and his mother, Hazel Florence Youngs, was 19. He lived in St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1920 and Rossie, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1925. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 11 May 1996, in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Gouverneur, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.

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Harold Bruce Dunning
1914–1996
Nellie Irene Bailey
1911–1985

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Parents and Siblings

siblings

(5)

    Harold Bruce Dunning

    Male1914–1996Male

    Lloyd Chesley Dunning

    Male1916–Male

    Vanburen Dunning

    Male1918–Male

    Dennis Worth Dunning

    Male1919–1991Male

    Durwood J. Dunning

    Male1926–1974Male

World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 2

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

Age 3

Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1937 · The Neutrality Act

Age 23

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

1 Scottish: habitational name from a place in Perthshire, recorded in 1200 as Dunine and later as Dunyn, from Gaelic dùnan, a diminutive of dùn ‘fort’.2 English: patronymic from Dunn .3 Irish: variant of Downing .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Harold Dunning in household of Robert J Dunning, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Harold B Dunning, "New York State Census, 1925"
  • Harold B Dunning, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"

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