Researching Mary Dunn
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 24906 people with the Dunn surname? In that year Dunn was ranked number 132 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Mary means "bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Mary Dunn on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Mary Dunn and the Dunn Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Dunn Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Dunn family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 31704 people with the Dunn surname in the UK? Dunn is now ranked number 149 for popularity in the UK. |
Dunn Family Tree Databases
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Dunn Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 176218 people with the Dunn surname in the USA? Dunn is ranked number 99 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Dunn Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Mary Dunn. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mary Dunn
Mary Maples Dunn
Mary Maples Dunn (April 6, 1931 – March 19, 2017) was an American historian. Born in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Dunn graduated from The College of William & Mary in 1954 and received her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College in 1959, where she taught and served as Dean from 1978 to 1985. She served as the eighth president of Smith College, for ten years beginning in 1985. Dunn was also the Director of the Schlesinger Library from 1995 to 2000. She was acting president of Radcliffe College when it merged with Harvard University, and she became the acting Dean of the newly created Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study after the merger. Retired, Dunn became a Radcliffe Institute Fellow. She was the co-Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society from 2002 to 2007.
Source: Mary Maples Dunn, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Dunn
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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