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Harry John Dunn

Also Known As: "Abdo Del Donni", "Abdo Didoney", "Abdo Musi"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Syria (Syrian Arab Republic)
Death: August 12, 1965 (85)
Reefton, West Coast, New Zealand (Emphysema)
Place of Burial: Reefton, West Coast, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Ex-husband of Jane Alice Bibby Watts
Father of Thomas Dunn; Hilda Allen Dunn; Rene Alice Dunn; Private User and Clarissa Ellen Lewis

Occupation: miner
Managed by: Private User
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Immediate Family

About Harry John Dunn

Naturalised 14/04/1948 when living in Reefton. Birth date given as 15/11/1879 and it says he was born in Tripoli. Former nationality Lebanese.

A newsclipping about a court case from 1929 refers to a witness as "Harry John Dunn, a farmer in Hokitika"

Hokitika is a town on the West coast of the South Island.

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From Alice Jane biographical sketch:

" she later married Harry John Dunn in 1918. Harry John was an emigrant from Lebanon whose Syrian name was indicated variously as Abdo Doney, Abdo Musi, Abdo Didoney. Jane and Harry worked a small farm at Taranaki for a time and had four children, one of whom died as an infant. Jane and Harry divorced in 1941. "

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Harry John Dunn's Timeline

1879
September 15, 1879
Syria (Syrian Arab Republic)

From a direct descendant:

his Syrian name was Abdo Del Donni. He died on the 14th of the 8th 1965 at the age of 84.

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NATURALIZATION RECORD:

http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=23435143

Dunn, Harry John (Syrian) (NBS) [Naturalisation British Subject] (R23435143) 1948 - 1948

Item ID - R23435143
Agency - AAAC
Series - 489
Accession
Record group
Box / Item 161 /
Sep
Record no. - AL 14329
Part
Alternative no.
Record type - Text

1913
June 29, 1913
New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

"Jane Alice Norcross gave birth to a boy in
New Plymouth on 29 June 1913. The question
is: what was the name of the boy?

Later in life he took the name Tom Dunn, and
we have a copy of his NZ birth certificate that
was revised to reflect this name change. But
we are wondering what the original name was
on the birth certificate."
Linda - Daughter in law of Tom Dunn

1920
December 26, 1920
Nelson, New Zealand
1923
February 4, 1923
Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
1925
October 12, 1925
Hokitika, West Coast, New Zealand
1965
August 12, 1965
Age 85
Reefton, West Coast, New Zealand

NZDeath Notices has a 1965 Death, but gives age as 79, not 85.

1965/43261 Dunn Harry John 79Y

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Death notice indicates there was a different Harry John that died in 2007

http://www.amemorytree.co.nz/remembrance.php?personid=459

First Names:Harry John
Last Name:Dunn
Death Date:04 January 2007
Country:New Zealand
Funeral Home:Morrison Funeral Directors
Published Notices:(0)
ID:459

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Reefton, West Coast, New Zealand