Alice Dunning

Female28 December 1809–

Brief Life History of Alice

When Alice Dunning was born on 28 December 1809, in Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, United States, her father, Benjamin Dunning Jr, was 43 and her mother, Agnes Pennell, was 40.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Dunning Jr
1766–1855
Agnes Pennell
1769–1856
Ann Dunning
1807–
Alice Dunning
1809–
Margaret Pennell Dunning
1813–1874

Sources (3)

  • 1850 Census
  • Elice Duning, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • The New England Historical and Genealogical Register

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (3)

World Events (3)

1812

Age 3

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812 · War of 1812

Age 3

Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

1820

Age 11

Maine is the 23rd state.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from a place called Dunning in Lower Strathearn (Perthshire), recorded in 1200 as Dunine and later as Dunyn, from Gaelic dùnan, a diminutive of dùn ‘fort’.

English: variant of Downing .

Irish: variant of Dineen .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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