When Rachael Dunn was born about 1843, her father, Larkin Dunn, was 33 and her mother, Catherine Jackson, was 27. She lived in Johnson, Tennessee, United States for about 30 years. She died on 6 January 1923, in Civil District 4, Johnson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 81.
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Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinn, Ó Doinn ‘descendant of Donn’, a byname meaning ‘brown-haired’ or ‘chieftain’. Compare Dunne . This name has sometimes been Anglicized as Brown .
English: nickname for a dark complexioned or swarthy man, from Middle English dun ‘dun, dark’ (Old English dunn ‘dull brown’).
Scottish: habitational name from Dun in Angus, named with Gaelic dùn ‘fort’. Compare Dun .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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