Brief Life History of James E
When James E Dunn was born in 1845, in Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Israel Dunn, was 38 and his mother, Mary Hetty Close, was 32. He died on 12 January 1925, in Bear River, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 80.
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- James Dunn in household of Israel Dunn, "Canada Census, 1871"
- James E Dunn, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"
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1869
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1909 · First Canadian Flight
The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.
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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