Mary Jane Gunn (1864 - 1934)

Mary's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Gunn family tree.

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Mary's Family

Donald Gunn

Jane (Surman) Gunn

John Alexander Gunn William Watkins Gunn Donald Gunn Mary Jane Gunn

Hugh Gunn Barbara (Gunn) Padgett Catherine Alexandrina Gunn

Parents:

Donald Gunn

Mar 28, 1832 - Feb 14, 1901

Jane (Surman) Gunn

1836 - Feb 14, 1908

Siblings:

Hugh Gunn

1876 - 1879

John Alexander Gunn

1860 - 1910

Barbara (Gunn) Padgett

Jun 20, 1870 - Jul 17, 1941

William Watkins Gunn

Dec 27, 1861 - Jun 24, 1935

Catherine Alexandrina Gunn

1880 - Unknown

Donald Gunn

Oct 20, 1865 - Dec 29, 1933

We currently do not have photos of Mary Jane Gunn. Below are potential family photos that share Mary's last name or surname. Pictures really do say a thousand words. Add photos of Mary during various points of her life

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Jessie (Mcdonald) Gunn family

Added: Jun 11, 2015

Thomas Traill Gunn

Added: Jun 11, 2015

Thomas Traill Gunn

Added: Jun 11, 2015

Solly Tobin

Added: Sep 18, 2014

Catherine Ferguson, 1932 Horse Club, Galileo High

Added: Nov 16, 2011

Tennie Lewis Smith

Added: Mar 24, 2007

Velva May Smith Gunn

Added: Nov 15, 2006

Galileo PTA

Added: Sep 27, 2006

9th Grade Christmas Dance

Added: Jul 06, 2004

John A. Gunn, 7 years old

Added: Jan 09, 2004

William Henry Gunn

Added: Aug 05, 2001

John & Elizabeth (Gunn) Sutton, VA 1885

Added: Jan 01, 2001

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In 1864, in the year that Mary Jane Gunn was born, on February 25th, the first prisoners arrived at Andersonville Prison in Georgia. Andersonville became notorious for the conditions that Union prisoners endured. 500 prisoners had left from Richmond, Virginia the week before - eventually 13,000 prisoners would die at the prison.

In 1892, at the age of 28 years old, Mary was alive when on October 5th, the Dalton Gang was shot. The Gang was attempting to rob two banks - simultaneously - in Coffeyville Kansas but word spread of the robberies and townspeople with guns greeted them when they left the banks. Four members of the gang were killed - only Emmett Dalton survived his wounds and spent 14 years in prison.

In 1908, by the time she was 44 years old, President Theodore Roosevelt held the White House Conservation Conference, which lead to the establishment of the National Conservation Commission. Preparing the first inventory of the United State's natural resources, the commission was divided into four parts: water, forests, lands, and minerals.

In 1924, by the time she was 60 years old, Macy's department store in New York held its first "Thanksgiving parade" on November 27th at 9a - during church services but leaving plenty of time to attend the big football game between Syracuse and Columbia universities. The parade was held as a way to promote the opening of the “World’s Largest Store” and its 1 million square feet of retail space in Manhattan’s Herald Square. The parade was 6 miles long and included floats, Macy's employees dressed as clowns, cowboys, and sword-wielding knights, and animals from Central Park Zoo. Santa Claus, of course, brought up the rear - opening the Christmas shopping season for Macy's.

In 1934, in the year of Mary Jane Gunn's passing, on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.