Brief Life History of Charles Floyd
When Charles Floyd Dunn was born on 17 May 1897, in Paden City, Wetzel, West Virginia, United States, his father, George Washington Dunn, was 33 and his mother, Katherine Vicenta “Katie” Mitchell, was 24. He married Thata Wilma Spear in 1921, in Herradura, Pinar del Río, Cuba. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Sunderland, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1939 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 4 October 1962, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Charles F Dunn, "United States 1950 Census"
- Chas. Floyd Dunn, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Charles F Dunn, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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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