Dunn family of South Australia

Charles Dunn Sr. (1770 – 17 June 1850) was the founder of a large family, many of whom were influential in the early days of the colony of South Australia. The family included three Members of Parliament, several architects and medical doctors and a host of JPs, Methodist preachers, district councillors, public benefactors and at least one businessman turned embezzler.

History

Charles Dunn, Sr. and his wife Thomasin were farmers of modest means in Devon.[1] Six of their eleven children emigrated to South Australia and three to Victoria: first were Charles Dunn Jr. and George Dunn and their families, and James Dunn on the D'Auvergne arrived in March 1839. Next were John Dunn on the Lysander, arriving September 1840 and William Herbert Dunn and his family on the Fairfield, arrived in December 1840. Charles Dunn Sr. and his wife Thomasin arrived on the Symmetry in November 1845; a daughter Mary Paltridge and her family emigrated on the Phoebe in March 1847; Samuel Dunn arrived in 1881 with son Herbert on a ship yet to be identified; another son, Alfred, arrived sometime before 1865. This list is not exhaustive, but is intended to include all names which might be encountered in general reading and local histories.

The Family

Charles Dunn, Sr. (1770 – 17 June 1850) born in Bondleigh, Devon to the wife of Charles Dunn (1742–1846), married Thomasin Hooper (1771 – 26 April 1852) on 25 Dec 1794 in North Tawton, Devon, and emigrated in the Symmetry, arriving in November 1845. Their children are listed as Charles, William H., Mary, John, George, James, Henry, Edwin, Elizabeth, Samuel, and Richard. Of these, five emigrated to South Australia, and three (Henry (28 April 1808 – 16 October 1891), Edwin (1819 – 20 May 1891) and Elizabeth (1813 – 5 July 1858)) on the Westminster to Victoria.

Unrelated

None of these Dunns, notable in early South Australia, was closely related to the subjects of this article.

Thomas Dunn (died before 1889) married Jane Spiers (c. 1824 – October 1916) of Macclesfield

Harry Alder Dunn (1901–1991) of "Poltha", Elbow Hill, South Australia married Elsie Lilian Kestel (1903–1991) on 7 April 1934

John Charles Dunn ( – ) married Lydia Charlotte Smithson ( –1870) in 1856

Sources

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  1. Dolton is around 15 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Bondleigh. Winkleigh is roughly midway.
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  7. This was a double wedding with Emily Selina Dunn (19 February 1865 – 25 August 1945) marrying James Flower (August 1863 – 17 February 1937) of Burra on 28 September 1887. They had three daughters and two sons; one was killed in the Great War. Her sister Alice Susan Dunn (1867– ) married William Callas Flower (1864– ) on 5 August 1891. Possibly unrelated to the Dunn family of this article, Emily Selina was a daughter of Henry Dunn (c. March 1829 – 14 July 1916) and Jane Dunn née Snow of Burra
  8. "Men and Church". The News (Adelaide). XII, (1,758). South Australia. 4 March 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 8 April 2016 via National Library of Australia. William's mother Annie was the second daughter of William Kelly of Cudlee Creek; Robert was his third son.
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