Georgeann Dunn1,2

b. 27 September 1890, d. 14 May 1950
Georgeanne (Dunn) Gorsline
FatherHarry Buchanan Dunn3,4 b. 31 Aug 1858, d. 6 Feb 1927
MotherEstelle Oury3,4 b. 8 Jan 1865, d. 11 Nov 1899
Birth27 Sep 1890 Georgeann Dunn was born on 27 Sep 1890 in Plasterco, Washington County, Virginia.5,6 
 Georgeann's parents divorced in 1895 when she was 5 years old.7 
Moth-Death1899  Her mother married for a second time. She died in 1899 in Oregon. 
Cens-190027 Jun 1900  Georgeann and her brother Lynch lived with their father, stepmother May, and grandfather in the Saltville District of Washington County, Virginia.5 
Cens-191028 Apr 1910  Thomas Dunn, Georgeann's grandfather, died in 1903. By 1910, Georgeanna, her father, stepmother and 3 half-siblings lived with Florence Dunn, Georgeann's great aunt, in the Dunn family home near Glade Spring.8 
Cens-19209 Jan 1920 The 1920 census enumeration found Georgeann living in Memphis, Tennessee where she resided with May (Dunn) Huhn and worked as a secretary for an oil firm.9 
Residence  According to the 1940 census, Georgeann lived in East Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey in April 1935. The census does not state whether she was single, married, or widowed at that time.10 
Marriage She married (?) Gorsline.4 
  His initials may have been A.A.11 
Cens-194017 Apr 1940  By 1940 Georgeann was widowed and living in New York City where she rented a residence in Flushing for $55 a month. The census entry reported that she earned $1,923 in 1939 working as a secretary for a baking company.10 
Death14 May 1950 Georgeann died on 14 May 1950 in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, at age 59.4 
Burial16 May 1950 She was buried on 16 May 1950 at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis.4 

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Georgeanne with Harry and May Dunn in front of the old Samuel Dunn log home12
The home at Plasterco, Virginia where Georgeanne and her siblings were born. It belonged to their paternal grandparents, Thomas and Caledonia Dunn.13
Last Edited15 Nov 2012

Citations

  1. [S575] Jenny Dunn, e-mail to Diana Powell, 29 Aug. 2012. Ms Dunn located digital images of two deeds on the Shelby Co., TN website (http://register.shelby.tn.us/) which include Georgeann's signature (DB 1962: 235 and DB 2033: 158). Georgeann did not add an "a" or an "e" to the end of her given name. [the 1940 census also spelled her name Georgeann]
  2. [S1777] Find A Grave Website (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : accessed Aug. 2012). Georgeann "Georgie" Dunn Gorsline entry, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN (entry includes photo of stone: "Georgeanna Dunn Gorsline May 14, 1950."
  3. [S52] Letter, Carolyn Ryburn to Diana Powell, 10 May 2001.
  4. [S575] Jenny Dunn, "Question and Update," e-mail to Diana Powell, 15 Jul 2006. Jenny's email included a scanned image of Georganna Dunn Gorsline's death certificate issued by the Tennessee State Dept. of Health.
  5. [S574] Thomas Dunn household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Saltville District, ED 122, sheet 23B, dwelling 324, family 324, viewed online at Genealogy.com, Jan. 2003, image 84 of 92. The census enumerator recorded: Thomas Dunn [age and date of birth faded], wid, b. VA, parents b. VA; Harry B. son, b. July 1858, 41, married 11 years, b. VA, occupation: dentist; Lizzie S. dau, 25, b. [?] 1874 VA; Mattie M., dau-in-law, age 31, b. [?] 1868 TN, marr 3 yrs, mother 1 child, living; Georgia A., granddaughter, 9, b. Sept 1890 VA; Lynch S. grandson, 7, b. Sept 1892 VA; Emma L., granddaughter, 2/12, b. March 1900 VA.
  6. [S575] Jenny Dunn, "Question and Update," e-mail to Diana Powell, 15 Jul 2006. Jenny's email included a scanned image of Georganna Dunn Gorsline's death certificate issued by the Tennessee State Dept. of Health. The death certificate lists her date of birth as 9/27/1897 however the year is clearly at odds with census records created in 1900 and 1910.
  7. [S575] Jenny Dunn, "Question and Update," e-mail to Diana Powell, 15 Jul 2006. Jenny cites Washington County VA Chancery Order Book M 1895-1897.
  8. [S237] Florence V. Dunn household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring Precinct, ED 116, sheet 3A, dwelling 256, family 267, viewed online at Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 26 of 36. Florence V. Dunn, 79, sgl; Harry B. Dunn, nephew, 51, married 18 yrs, #2 marriage, dentist; Mattie M., niece, 41, marr 18 yrs, #1 marr, mother of 3 children, all living; Georgie A., niece, 20; Emma Leta, niece, 10; Harry S____, nephew, 7; Thomas E., nephew, 5; all b. Virginia.
  9. [S1229] May B. Huhn household, 1920 U.S. cens., Shelby Co., Tennessee, pop. sched., Memphis, ED 164, sheet 7B, dwelling 128, family 151, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2006, image 14 of 37. Enumeration includes: May B. Huhn, 37, wid, b. VA, parents b. VA, Night [?] operator for newspaper; George A. Dunn, niece, 24, sgl, b. VA, parents b. VA, secretary for oil firm; also 2 boarders.
  10. [S2980] Georgeann Gorsline household, 1940 U.S. cens., Queen Co., New York, pop. sched., New York City (Flushing), ED 41-914B, sheet 61B overwritten as 63B, household 21, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Household includes: Georgeann Gorsline, 42, widowed, b. VA, residence April 1, 1935: E. Orange, Essex Co., New Jersey, employed as secretary at Baking Co., earned $1,923 in 1939, resid: 40-12 Parsons Blvd, rents home for $55 month.
  11. [S575] Jenny Dunn, "Only Clue to Gorslines initials," e-mail to Diana Powell, 30 Aug. 2012. Ms Dunn shared an image which appears to the from the backside of a photograph. It is labeled: L.S. Dunn, Ottis Whtlock, M & Mrs Peffer, Mrs. _ A. Gorsline. The second initial is clearly an "A". The first initial appears similiar but is smudged.
  12. [S1376] Photo courtesy of Jenny Dunn and Ray Dunn.
  13. [S1376] Photo courtesy of Carolyn Ryburn.