Brief Life History of Francis Louis
When Francis Louis Dunn was born on 27 August 1873, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Dunn, was 37 and his mother, Mary Jane Frank, was 26. He married Adelaide P Hardaway on 14 June 1904, in Nottoway Court House, Nottoway, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Nottoway, Virginia, United States in 1944 and Blendon District, Nottoway, Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 2 March 1964, in Alexandria, Virginia, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Blendon Cemetery, Nottoway Court House, Nottoway, Virginia, United States.
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- Francis L Dunn, "United States 1950 Census"
- F L Dunn, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- F. L. Dunn, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
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.
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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