Hello Carole, My father Watie was born in OK. in 1914 His dad Charles Thomas was born in AR. in1858. His dad Geo. Henry was married in GA. some where. I don't know if he was born in GA. or not. Anyway my father married Louise Francis Parker and moved out to CA. in 1949. Larry > -----Original Message----- > From: amhran@theramp.net [SMTP:amhran@theramp.net] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 2:37 PM > To: DUNN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DUNN] Larry Dunn of CA > > Hi Larry, > I am just curious how your Dunns arrived in California? > I had a great granduncle Johnny Dunn from Anoka, MN. He had a son Lawrence > aka Larry who I think might have worked in Vaudeville for a time. Anyway, > a > bunch of Uncle Johnny's descendants ended up in California. > Uncle Johnny was b. Aug. 24, 1863 in Hamilton Twp., Lee County, Illinois > just north of the village of Ohio, Illinois which is located in Bureau > County. His parents were Michael T. Dunn and Mary Ann Downey. > He married Mary Mellet who was from Co. Mayo, Ireland in St. Paul, MN on > May 1, 1888. > He had 9 children with her. > Nellie, John, Loretta, Marguerite, Edward, Lawrence Arthur, Genevieve, > Raymond and Beatrice. > I remember a Jack Dunn from out that way who was in WWI. He was taken > captive by the Russians and marched to Siberia. But by the time he got > there he had become such good friends with the soldiers that they all left > Russia and came to the States together. I believe his real name was John > Dunn and everyone just called him Jack. My uncle Joe Dunn who lived with > my > family as a child would tell stories about this man. He sent uncle Joe a > postcard from Hawaii once but he lived in CA. The postcard would have come > sometime between 1965 and 1972. > Good luck. > Carole Dunn Vaughn > Illinois > > > ==== DUNN Mailing List ==== > Please visit the surname mailing list homepage at: > http://jadis.darktech.org/genealogy/dunn for information on this list, > it's member's pages, queries and other helpful genealogy pages.