Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Dunn was born in 1811, in Forsbrook, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Dunn, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Boulton, was 31. She died in June 1830, in her hometown, at the age of 19, and was buried in Dilhorne, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Jane Dunn, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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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