James
Scott
Dunn
Born in Dumbarton, Scotland
Ancestors 
Son of Lauchlan Dunn
and Jessie Ann (Webster) Dunn
Brother of
Alexander Ferrier Dunn, Mary Webster Farquharson (Dunn) Gobbe, Lauchlan George Dunn, Arthur William Aitken Dunn and Jessie (Dunn) Richards
Died
at age 70
in Kingseat, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Oct 2018
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Biography
James Dunn was born in Scotland.
James was born at 2:55 pm on 4 July 1881 at 20 Glasgow Rd, Dumbarton. [1] He was the second of six children of Lauchlan Dunn and Jessie Webster.
James Dunn migrated from Scotland to New Zealand.
James Dunn lived in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Lauchlan, his wife and sons sailed from London on James migrated to New Zealand with his parents and brother Alexander. They sailed from London on "Aorangi" on 9 May 1885 arriving in Auckland on 25 June 1885 shortly before his 4th birthday. [2]
James father died in 1895 when James was 14. [3] He continued to live with his mother in Newmarket until 1911 [4] with his occupation being given as assistant.
There is a James Dunn, fireman living at "Albert Coffee Palace", 7 Victoria St in 1919 which may be a different person. [5]
No other records have been found till his death on 27 June 1952 at Kingseat Mental Hospital, near Papakura, Auckland. He is described as farm labourer and cause of death is given as Coronary occulsion (instanteous), bronchitis (4 days) eplilespy (many years). [6] Given the mental health policy of the times it is likely that James lived there most of his life. James was buried at Waikumete Cemetery with his mother and brother Arthur on 30 June 1952 in Nonconformist Division C, Row 21, Plot 16 [7]
Sources
- ↑ National Record of Scotland (www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk) Registration District Dumbarton Year 1881 Ref 496/297 Page 99
- ↑ Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals 1838-1889 http://www.akcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll
- ↑ NZ Register of Births Deaths and Marriages (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz) Death Registration Number 1895/3133 Laughlan Dunn
- ↑ NZ Electoral Roll Parnell 1905-06 number 1397; 1911 number 2323
- ↑ NZ Electoral Roll Auckland East 1919 number 11539
- ↑ NZ Register of Births Deaths and Marriages (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz) Death Registration 1952/23823
- ↑ Auckland Council burial records https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pages/find-burial-cremation.aspx citing James Dunn 1952 retrieved 31 July 2019
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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~6.25%
Michael (Butler) Crawford-Butler
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~6.25%
~25.00%
Raewyn (Nankivell) Cassar :
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~6.25%
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