Mary A. Dunn

Female12 September 1894–28 August 1896

Brief Life History of Mary A.

When Mary A. Dunn was born on 12 September 1894, in Caldwell, Louisiana, United States, her father, Rev. Walter Smith Dunn, was 23 and her mother, Josephine Biglane, was 25. She died on 28 August 1896, in her hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Old Union Cemetery, Cotton Plant, Caldwell, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rev. Walter Smith Dunn
1871–1947
Josephine Biglane
1869–1898
T. Alvin Dunn
1891–1895
William Andrew Dunn
1893–1984
Mary A. Dunn
1894–1896
James Wylie Dunn
1898–1950

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  • Mary A. Dunn, "Find A Grave Index"

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 2

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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