Elizabeth Dunn

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Dunn was christened on 7 August 1631, in Ribbesford, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Dunn, was 33 and her mother, Anne Lenard, was 28.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Dunn
1599–
Anne Lenard
1604–
Thomas Dunn
1626–1629
Richard Dunn
1627–
William Dunn
1629–
Elizabeth Dunn
1631–
Anne Dunne
1634–1636

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  • Elizabeth Dunne, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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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