James Howard Dunn

25 August 1917–24 October 2008 (Age 91)
Corinne, Box Elder, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of James Howard

When James Howard Dunn was born on 25 August 1917, in Corinne, Box Elder, Utah, United States, his father, Oscar Smith Dunn, was 30 and his mother, Media Elizabeth Nuttall, was 29. He married Mary Call on 22 November 1940, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in United States in 1949 and San Leandro, Alameda, California, United States in 1950. He died on 24 October 2008, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Howard Dunn
1917–2008
Mary Call
1918–2011
Marriage: 22 November 1940

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 November 1940Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
    Age 1
    To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
    1918 · Chapman Branch Library
    Age 1
    The Chapman Branch Library is a Carnegie library that was built in 1918 and is now is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
    1941
    Age 24
    Japanese attack 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.

    Possible Related Names

    Dunne
    Brown
    Don
    Done
    Dunsford
    Dunford
    Donn
    Dunson
    Dun

    Story Highlight

    Blessings

    In 1955 I started dating a young lady named Vicki Dee Martin. She baby set for Howard and Mary Dunn. They had 3 daughters and Vicki and I used to take them on fun activities. Howard was a Latent Comma …

    Sources (36)

    • Howard Dunn in household of Oscar Smith Dunn, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
    • James Howard Dunn, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
    • James Howard Dunn, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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