Brief Life History of James
James Dunn was born on 10 January 1858, in Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland as the son of Peter Dunn and Janet McCartu.
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- James Dunn, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- James Dunn, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"
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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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