Thomas Baldwin Dunn

Brief Life History of Thomas Baldwin

When Thomas Baldwin Dunn was born about 1806, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, his father, John Dunn, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Baldwin, was 27. He married Hester Ann Benson on 16 March 1829, in Greene, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Van Meter Township, Dallas, Iowa, United States in 1870. He died on 17 February 1885, in Van Meter, Dallas, Iowa, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Van Meter, Dallas, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Baldwin Dunn
1806–1885
Cynthia Berry
1815–1890
Marriage: 1 May 1845
Isaac Nelson Dunn
1846–1865
Hester A Dunn
1847–1876
Phoebe Dunn
1849–1849
Martin L. Dunn
1850–1919
Sylvester Summerfield Dunn
1853–1937
Franklin Berry Dunn
1854–1947
Margaret M. Dunn
1856–1947
Baldwin S Dunn
1859–1944

Sources (35)

  • Thomas Dunn, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Baldwin Dunn - Published information: birth-name: Thomas Baldwin Dunn
  • Thomas Dunn, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

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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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