Charles Floyd Dunn

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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Family Time Line

Charles Floyd Dunn
1897–1962
Thata Wilma Spear
1900–1954
Marriage: 1921
William Douglas Dunn
1920–1942
Suzanne Eileen Dunn
1929–2010

Sources (16)

  • Charles F Dunn, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Chas. Floyd Dunn, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Charles F Dunn, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"

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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