Hugh Joseph Dunn

Brief Life History of Hugh Joseph

When Hugh Joseph Dunn was born on 2 January 1910, in Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Levi Smith Dunn, was 26 and his mother, Mary Ann Miller, was 26. He married Eurilla Irene Ward on 22 June 1933, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Chubbuck Election Precinct, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Portneuf, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 29 December 1979, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hugh Joseph Dunn
1910–1979
Eurilla Irene Ward
1914–1979
Marriage: 22 June 1933
Ralph Deloy Dunn
1941–2024
Noel Dee Dunn
1944–1967

Sources (34)

  • H Joe Dunn, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Hugh Job Dunn, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Mr. Hugh Job Dunn, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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1929

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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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Brief history of Noel Dee Dunn

NOEL DEE DUNN, son of Hugh Job Dunn and Eurilla Irene Ward was born 19 Aug 1944 in Pocatello, Bannock, ID, and baptized 9 Nov 1952. He and Susan Kathleen Taylor were married 23 May 1964 They were …

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