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Dunn, AlexanderRef 572-66
[1892-1971]
Son of
William Thomas Dunn.

Born in Bradford [20th May 1892].

He was a mechanic (power loom maker) [1911] / a mill engineer in charge of power plants [1921] / a power plant engineer [1939].

In [Q1] 1916, he married Lydia Greaves [1887-1968] in North Bierley.


Lydia was born in Shipley [7th February 1887]
 

Children:

  1. Marjorie Frances [b 27th July 1916] who was a post office  telephonist [1939] & married [Calder District Q4 1939] Geoffrey  Wood
  2. Arthur Greaves

The family lived at

  • 2 Shapesbury Avenue, Shipley [1921]
  • 10 Grosvenor Street, Elland [1939, 1944]

Alexander died Q2 1971.

Lydia died Q4 1968.

They both died in Goole

Dunn, Arthur GreavesRef 572-1058
[1924-1944]
Son of
Alexander Dunn.

Born in Shipley [24th February 1924].

He was organist & choirmaster at St John's Church, Triangle [1940] / educated at Elland Grammar School / winner of a County Musical Scholarship / organist at Keble College, Oxford / studied for a Mus. Bac degress / winner of the Fellow of the Royal College of Organists Diploma.

During World War II, he served as an Ordinary Coder with the Royal Navy H.M.L.C.H.

He died 25th June 1944 (aged 20).

The Halifax Evening Courier [8th September 1944] reported his death with a photograph


Arthur Graves Dunn, Royal Navy, was reported missing, and then that he met his death during the Normandy Invasion
 

He is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Kent [Grave Ref 77 2], on Elland War Memorial, and on the Memorial at Saint Mary the Virgin, Elland

Dunn, ErnestRef 572-475
[1897-1916]
Son of
William Thomas Dunn.

Born in Bradford.

He was an apprentice (with an electric fan manufacturer) [1911].

Lived in Ovenden.

During World War I, he served as a Private with the 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own).

He died of wounds [8th November 1916].

He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, France [Grave Ref 2A, 2C & 2D], in the Halifax Town Hall Books of Remembrance, and on the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial

He was recorded in the National School Admission Registers & Log-Books [1870-1914], which (presumably) explains why he was added to the Halifax Parish Church Members (WWI) Memorial [21st December 1916]. When he was added to that Memorial, the Transcript records that


He was wounded and died the same day
 

Dunn, FieldingRef 572-64
[1683-1707]
Halifax attorney

Dunn, Dr JohnRef 572-178
[1862-19??]
FRCS (Edin 1892), LRCP, LRCS, LFPS.

Born in Londonderry, Ireland.

He qualified at Belfast & Edinburgh [1887], and was a medical practitioner, physician and surgeon in Sowerby Bridge  [1895, 1905] / President of the Halifax & District Medical Society [1900] / at Sowerby Bridge [1890-1900] / at Tulliallan, Waterloo, Liverpool [1905-1930].

In 1891, he married Agnes Kilpatrick Rudd [1869-1919] at Clitheroe, Lancashire.


Agnes came from Slaidburn
 

Children:

  1. George Andrew [b Q2/1894] who was a cotton apprentice  [1911]
  2. Margaret [b Q1/1896]
  3. Helen Grainger [b Q3/1897]
  4. John Leslie [b Q4/1902]

They lived at

  • 13 Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1891]
  • 8 Tuel Lane, Sowerby Bridge [1897-1908]
  • Tulliallan, Waterloo, Liverpool [1911]

Agnes died 18th March 1919.


Details of John's death / burial place are not yet known
 

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Mark Harrey

Dunn, John WilliamRef 572-90
[18??-19??]
A carter of Sowerby Bridge.

He was injured – ribs penetrating the lungs – in the Pye Nest Tram Disaster of 15th October 1907, but was treated at home

Dunn, JoshuaRef 572-744
[1635-1715]
Of Halifax.

He married (1) Elizabeth [16??-1680].

He married (1) Elizabeth [16??-1680].

Child: 1.Joshua[d 1675]

Elizabeth died 24th November 1680.

He married 2 Marie 1642-1729.

He married (2) Marie [1642-1729].

Child: 2. Joshua

Joshua (senior) died 7th August 1815.

The epitaphs on the family memorials in Halifax Parish Church are recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Dunn, JoshuaRef 572-445
[1684-1709]
Of Stannary, Halifax.

Son of Joshua Dunn.

He studied under Mr Jollie at Sheffield, and at Christ College Cambridge.

With his failing health, he took to the study of physic.

In 1713, there was published a pamphlet entitled

Discourse on the death of Joshua Dunn

The epitaph on the family memorial in Halifax Parish Church is recorded in the book Monumental & Other Inscriptions

Dunn, PaulRef 572-62
[1890-1969]
Born in Liverpool, Lancashire [5th August 1889].

He was an engineer's machinist (out-of-work) [1921] / a miller & (slotter/hotter) in general engineering [1939].

In [Q3] 1917, he married Betsy [1884-1970] in Oldham.


Betsy was born in Todmorden [5th November 1884].

She was the widow of Frank Simpson.

She had two children by her first marriage:

  1. Jane Simpson [b 26th September 1906] who was a bobbin winder (textiles) [1939] & married Mr Hilton
  2. Richard Simpson [b 1910]
 

No records have been found of any children of the marriage.

The family lived at

  • 7 Villa Road, Oldham, Lancashire [1921]
  • 84 Honeywell Lane, Oldham, Lancashire [1939]

Paul died Q3 1869.

Betsy died Q3 1970.

They both died in Oldham

This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley

Dunn, RichardRef 572-866
[18??-19??]
Chemist, druggist and tea dealer at 8
Silver Street, Halifax [1837]

Dunn, Rev SamuelRef 572-745
[1???-18??]
Wesleyan minister.

In 1844, he published a 4-page letter to

the Christian inhabitants of Illingworth and Ovenden exposing Rev William Gillmor as a Puseyite priest

entitled

The misrepresentations and calumnies of the Rev William Gillmor

which attempted to expose the errors of Gillmor's ways.

Sections of the letter were

  • Mr Gillmor against the Queen
  • Mr Gillmor against Her Majesty's Government
  • Mr Gillmor against the Ministers of his own Church
  • Mr Gillmor against the Church of Scotland
  • Mr Gillmor against the Dissenters
  • Mr Gillmor against the Wesleyans
  • Mr Gillmor against the Bible
  • Mr Gillmor against himself

Dunn, ThomasRef 572-458
[16??-17??]
Curate at
Sowerby Bridge [1717]

Dunn, ThomasRef 572-1002
[1912-1946]
Son of Mary & Michael Dunn.

In [Q1] 1944, he married Beatrice Bates in Halifax.

They lived in Halifax

During World War II, he served as a Driver with the 1566th Heavy Artillery Platoon Royal Army Service Corps.

He died 9th June 1946 (aged 34).

He was buried at Padua War Cemetery, Italy [Grave Ref V G 1]

Dunn, William ThomasRef 572-2
[1868-19??]
Born in Bradford.

He was a stationary engineer [1901] / a stationary engineer (worsted spinning manufacturer) [1901].

In [Q2] 1890, he married Frances Holdsworth [1872-19??] in Bradford.


Frances was born in Bradford
 

Children:

  1. Alexander
  2. Ada [b 1895] who was a burler & mender (worsted coating  manufacturer) [1911]
  3. Ernest
  4. Nellie [b 1902]

They lived at

  • 9 Baldwin's Terrace, Halifax [1901]
  • 13 Lynthorne Road, Frizinghall, Bradford [1911]

Living with them [in 1901] was Frances's mother Mary A. Holdsworth [b Horsforth 1835]

Surname

Dunn surnameRef 572-1
Entries for people with the surname Dunn are discussed in this SideTrack.


Unattached BMDs for Dunn

Marriages 1805, 1905

 



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