Robert George Dunn WW2

[LEMB]

Hi,

i'm looking into family on my mothers side and i'm finding it really difficult as the people who could answer my questions are now all deceased!

Would anybody be able to help me please?

My mum's auntie, who is now passed away, Joan Oakes 1944 - 2018, lived in Cheshire & Hampshire...

well, her dad was Robert George Dunn 1913 - 1950(ish), he was American, Born in Indiania?? He was in the second world war and died of a gun shot wound. He was in Indiania and then he did come to cheshire, met Joans mother, Doris Walklate (1920) and then they had Joan in 1944. He went back to Indiania, not sure what the story was but i think there were complications with his side of the family and where they wanted him to live! He wanted to take Joan with him but that never happened. He then died when she was a little girl and she got given a book called "Britains Homage to 28000 American Dead" and underneath "In Memory of R.G.Dunn" and inside, "American Troops on the march in Southern England"

I just wanted to find out how and if i can find Robert Dunns family, like his mum and dad and go up the Ancestry tree like that, hopefully to find photos. That would be amazzzzingggg

thank you x

[crisane]

I see that Robert George Dunn was not named as the father on Joan's birth registration
Joan Walklate Dec 1/4 1944 reg dist Northwich vol 8a page 514 mother's maiden name Walklate.
How do you know R G's birth year?
A quick look shows quite a few Robert George Sunns born c 1913 in various counties.

[RJ137]

Reference thread: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=790416.msg6462554#msg6462554

[crisane]

Thanks for the link RJ137

[LEMB]

Hello, no he was not! She did keep to the maiden name but I was told his year of birth and it fit in with the description of what the family had told me!

Robert G Dunn
Birth Yearabt 1914
GenderMaleRace Negro
Age in 1930 16
Birthplace Indiana

I see that Robert George Dunn was not named as the father on Joan's birth registration
Joan Walklate Dec 1/4 1944 reg dist Northwich vol 8a page 514 mother's maiden name Walklate.
How do you know R G's birth year?
A quick look shows quite a few Robert George Sunns born c 1913 in various counties.

[jorose]

https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=INR19501125-01.1.1
Robert George Dunn of Indiana, a WWII veteran, was shot by his wife in 1950.
(does have a picture).

There are some other Robert G. Dunns in WWII, https://aad.archives.gov/aad/

[RJ137]

1920 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFW2-3ZM

1930 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4Y8-W67

1940 census: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V11G-Y2L

World War II Army Enlistment: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMKQ-V61

Find A Grave-  Floral Park Cemetery

Lula: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139774888

Jeanette Payne: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128685043

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There was a Jeanette Sullivan who married a Gerald Payne in 1924 and then married Robert George Dunn in 1947. Jeanette went back to her previous married name of "Payne" and died in 1990.

SSDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYJY-YJ8

Obit: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22958301/jeanette_d_payneobit/

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The Indianapolis News
Indianapolis, Indiana
Monday, June 23, 1947 - Page 25

 Marriage Licenses-
Robert G. Dunn. Jeannette Payne

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