Florence Augusta Elizabeth Dunn

Brief Life History of Florence Augusta Elizabeth

When Florence Augusta Elizabeth Dunn was born on 8 July 1855, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Daniel Henry Dunne, was 20 and her mother, Elizabeth Ketteringham, was 22. She married William Alonzo Knight on 28 March 1872, in Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 5 May 1922, in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Alonzo Knight
1854–1939
Florence Augusta Elizabeth Dunn
1855–1922
Marriage: 28 March 1872
Charlotte Knight
1874–1874
Florence Elizabeth Knight
1875–1918
Mary Catherine Knight
1877–1960
Alonzo Knight
1880–1880
William Thomas Knight
1881–1973
Mabel Knight
1884–1901
Gertrude Knight
1886–1970
Daniel Wilford Knight
1888–1969
Stephen Franklin Knight
1891–1893
Orson Marion Knight
1893–1975
Lucy Isabella Knight
1895–1989
Maude Vivian Knight
1897–1982

Sources (15)

  • Florence Agusta Dunn in household of Daniel Dunn, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Florence Augusta Elizabeth Dunn, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Knight Florence Elizabeth, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1859

Historical Boundaries: 1859: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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.

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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