Alfred S. " Pink" Dunn

Brief Life History of Alfred S. " Pink"

When Alfred S. " Pink" Dunn was born about 1844, in Virginia, United States, his father, James Lawrence Dunn, was 26 and his mother, Caroline M. Salmon, was 27.

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James Lawrence Dunn
1819–
Caroline M. Salmon
1819–1871
Edward Dunn
1841–1871
Alfred S. " Pink" Dunn
1844–
Sallie Mallie Dunn
1848–1905

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    World Events (3)

    1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

    In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

    1846

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1863

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    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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