This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: benjamindunn1 Surnames: Dunn Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.dunn/6365.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi , I hope you see this message. My family name is Dunn, and they did come from Lithuania. The furthest back I can go is Emanuel Dunn. He hwas my great-great-grandfather. He had two sons, at least which I know of. Simon and Charles. They did go to London. Simon married my great-grandmother, Rebecca/Revela Romanofsky. They were 1st cousins. When they came to London in the late 19th century, around 1890's I believe, they met up with Simons cousins who were already establshed there. Brothers Harris and Lazarus/Lazerus Dunn. Harris was ran Grocery Business in the West End of London. He had three sons and daughter, Millie. Lazarus Dunn was a Master Tailor. He married Annie. Lazarus mother may have been Fanny. Lazarus and Annie had 5 children by 1901. Benjamin, David, Millie, Marcus and Kate. My great-grandfather Simon Dunn worked for his cousin, but hated it. He and his wife and young family upped sticks, aloing with two other families, the Poirier's and the Levy's and went in search of fortune in Puntas Arenas, on the southernmost tip of Chile, South America. They stayed for about 11 years. The Poiriers went on to California, the Levys to New York and the Dunns back to London, hoping to reseetle in California. But WW1 broke out. They stayed put here. Some did later moved to New York. Simons brother Charles did. He married out of the relgion, but had one son. His son had three sons. One of the brothers, the youngest moved back to London, UK. He had three sons, Lou, Morry and Woofe (Will) and one daughter. He died young and two of the sons were brought up in the Jewish orphange. The daughter, Debbie married out. My great-great-grandfather, Emaunel Dunn was married three times. First he got a "Get", a Jewish divorce, because of no children. Second time my great-great-grandfather was born, along with a sister, later who died in infantcy. His wife died at 27. He would then later marry for a third and final time. This time to Riva Abelsson. He was 45 and she was 19. Simon Dunn told one of his daughters, my late great-aunty Mary (Ana Maria Dunn, born in Chile) and the source of much of this valuable information that the stepmother did not treat him very well, so he ran way from home, but apparantly connected up years later. Mary met the stepmother, who lived to be close to 100 when she visited New York in between August and October 1937. She also met her aunts and uncles. Perhaps you are the descendant of one of those aunts and uncles? Get back to us if you can.... Cheers Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.