Leslie Theodore Dunn

Brief Life History of Leslie Theodore

When Leslie Theodore Dunn was born on 22 April 1884, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Charles Walter Dunn Sr, was 37 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Henderson, was 40. He married Nancy Purcell on 1 January 1904, in Grayson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 4 Parker, Grayson, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Big Clifty, Grayson, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died on 25 October 1918, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leslie Theodore Dunn
1884–1918
Nancy Purcell
1887–1963
Marriage: 1 January 1904
Bertha Lee Dunn
1904–1918
Fern Fannie Dunn
1905–1991
James Leonard Dunn
1905–1918
Jesse Doyle Dunn
1907–1962
Leora Mae Margeret Dunn
1909–1985
Theodore Leslie Dunn
1911–1987
Sherman John Dunn
1912–1998
Anna Katherine Dunn
1916–1997
Mary Margaret Dunn
1917–1939

Sources (20)

  • Theodore Dunn, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Theodore Dunn - Published information: birth-name: Theodore Dunn
  • Theodore Dunn, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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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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