Margaret Tennessee Lovan

Brief Life History of Margaret Tennessee

When Margaret Tennessee Lovan was born on 31 January 1871, in Willow Springs, Howell, Missouri, United States, her father, Daniel Riley Lovan, was 48 and her mother, Sarah Ezell, was 43. She married William Robert Dunn on 15 November 1889, in Howell, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died on 22 October 1949, in Evanston, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Skokie, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Robert Dunn
1861–1920
Margaret Tennessee Lovan
1871–1949
Marriage: 15 November 1889
Mytle Delores Dunn
1891–1963
Kozie P Dunn
1892–1941
Lillian Virginia Dunn
1894–1985

Sources (11)

  • Tennessee Loren in household of Daniell Loren, "United States Census, 1880"
  • M T Lovan, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Margaret Tenny Dunn, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Southeast Asian Nien, Anh, Banh, Bao, Cau, Chanh, Diem, Dzung, Ha, Hoa, Lieng, Mai.

Altered form of English or perhaps Dutch Loven .

Vietnamese: apparently from a combination of two personal names (an unidentified middle name simplified as Lo and the personal name Văn meaning ‘literature’) recorded as a surname after immigration of its bearers to the US.

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

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