David Dunn (1840 - 1921)

Born 1840 in Kilsyth, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Sarah (Hewitson) Dunn — married 8 Jul 1868 in Milton,Otago, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1921 at about age 81 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

This profile is part of the Oamaru, Otago One Place Study.

David Dunn is Notable.

David Dunn lived in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand.

DAVID DUNN, who was Mayor of Oamaru for five years, from 1888 to 1893, was born at Kilsyth, near Glasgow, in 1840. He has been an Otago settler since early in 1863 and has long been in business as a butcher in Oamaru. Besides his services to the ratepayers of the borough, he has occupied the position of vice-chairman of the Harbour Board, and has been a member of the Waitaki High Schools Board.^[1]

David married Sarah Hewtson in 1868 in New Zealand.^[2]

In 1896 and 1911, David was a butcher, living on Tees Street, Oamaru, registered to vote in New Zealand.^[3][4]

David died on 31 March 1921^[5] and was buried in Ōamaru Old Cemetery, Ōamaru, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ David Dunn on Victoria Univerity (https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1-d4-d5.html : accessed on 20 May 2023)
2. ↑ Marriage: "New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1937"
   Original data: New Zealand Marriage Index, 1840-1950. Microfiche
   Ancestry Record 8950 #792719 (accessed 19 October 2023)
   David Dunn marriage to Sarah Hewtson in 1868 in New Zealand.
3. ↑ Electoral Register: "New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981"
   BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1836 #10437947 (accessed 20 May 2023)
   Name: David Dunn; Electoral Year: 1896; Residence Place: New Zealand; District: Oamaru; Region or Province: Otago.
4. ↑ Electoral Register: "New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981"
   BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1836 #11827735 (accessed 20 May 2023)
   Name: David Dunn; Electoral Year: 1911; Residence Place: New Zealand; District: Oamaru; Region or Province: Otago.
5. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages - Online Registration: 1921/2754; Name: David Dunn; Age at Death: 80Y; accessed 20 May 2023; citing New Zealand Crown, © The Department of Internal Affairs
6. ↑ Burial: "Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current"
   Find a Grave. Find a Grave®. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #245937842
   Ancestry Record 60528 #217025613 (accessed 20 May 2023)
   David Dunn burial (died on 31 Mar 1921) in Ōamaru Old Cemetery, Ōamaru, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand. DUNN.—On March 31, 1921, at his residence, “ Casa Nova,” North road, Oamo.ru, David Dunn; in his eighty-first year. "At rest.” Private interment.—R. Pollock, funeral director.
   - Otago Daily Times, Issue 18208, 1 April 1921, Page 4 Mr David Dunn died at his residence Gasa Nova on the 31st, aged 81. He came from Kilsyth, and landed m Otago in 1863. He worked at his trade as a bootmaker at Balclutha for some years, and came to Oamaru in the early ’eighties and went into the butchering line. He was Mayor of Oamaru for several years and member of other prominent local bodies, and always used to stir up things a bit. He was more than once a candidate for Parliament, and gave his opponents a close run. His wife died a few years back. He leaves a family of five daughters and one son.
   - Otago Witness, Issue 3501, 19 April 1921, Page 23

Acknowledgement

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