Broad Valley Orchard

In 2007 I learned that my Dunn family of Ambridge had roots in Blair County, Pa.  I visited their Genealogical Society, and court house and was able to prove “First Family” status for old William Dunn, ie. he had lived in Hollidaysburg when the county was incorporated in 1847.  When I was resting up in […]

Ida Flora Dunn Ida Flora Dunn was born in Hollidaysburg on 18Jan 1873.  She was baptised at the family church on 15 Feb 1873, with Jacob and Anna Culley as her sponsors.  Their mother Louisa died soon after Ida’s sister Clara was born.  Ida’s life left few records.  She followed the same career as did […]

Hello, Last week I wrote about Bertha’s three older sisters, Martha, Mary, and Sarah.  This week I’ll write about Bertha, and then next week about her two younger sisters Clara Frances, and Ida Flora.  I’ve decided to keep my winter essay project going until the Spring Equinox, because I have found some interesting tidbits about […]

After Magdalena (Sennenger/Fogel) Dunn died in about 1861, my guess is that old William hired young  Louisa Alwein/Hammond to be the nurse/housekeeper for his children of his first and second marriages who were still living at home.  By 1863 William married Louisa and they had 6 daughters.  This week I’ll write about their first three […]

In 1860 William Sr. and Magdalena Dunn were raising their joined families.  They lived with their four sons, plus two of the children from his first marriage, and her two sons from previous marriage(s?).  Two of William’s sons from his first marriage, soon went off to the Civil War and survived, as did Magda’s two […]