The Dunn Saga

A better quality image of the photo which is shown on the introductory page to this blog. Here are the three youngest Dunn siblings Sophia, David and Mary, with their Uncle Charlie.


It would be suggested the photo was taken around 1918-19 while Charles Jacob Dunn, Simon's half brother was visiting the family in East London, while returning from military action in France or Germany.

Charles was a G.I. in the United States Army, enlisting in 1917. He lived in Manhatten, New York, emigrating there in 1906, from Lithuania then part of Russia, via the port of Liverpool in England. It is likely he stayed in London for a while before leaving.

He worked as a store keeper dealing in stationary, on the Lower East Side of N.Y. City. He later lived in the Forest Hills area of Queens, New York at 66-78 Selfridge Street, as shown on his WW2 registration card, when he was called up for "the draft" in 1942, after the destruction of Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, when America entered the war. He was by this point middle aged, at 53. His date of birth was March 23rd 1889.

Living with Charles at this time was his sister Rose Dunn, who was by now about 49 years old.

Charles' employer is given as a Mr Aaron H. Rubin, of 484 Madison Avenue, New York.