Brief Life History of Lanisa
When Lanisa Dunn was born in 1856, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Larkin Dunn, was 45 and her mother, Catherine Jackson, was 39. She lived in Johnson, Tennessee, United States in 1870.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Louisa Dunn in household of Larkin Dunn, "United States Census, 1870"
Parents and Siblings
1811–1880 Male
1817–1900 Female
Siblings (12)
1834–1920 Female
1837–1903 Female
1839– Female
1840–1919 Female
1843–1923 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 6
1863
Age 7
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 34
Name Meaning
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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