Tour Scotland video of the Jane Anne Robertson memorial stained glass window on ancestry visit to St Paul's Church in Dunnning, Perthshire, Scotland. In memory of Jane Anne Robertson, died August 19th, 1908.
This Dunning name is of Anglo Saxon origin and is from a nickname for a man with particularly dark hair or a swarthy complexion, usually found as " Dunn ", and of which " Downing" and "Dunning " are the patronymic forms, meaning " the son of Dunn ". The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century word " dunn " meaning " dark coloured ". The name may also partly derive from an Olde English byname recorded as " Dunn " or " Dunna ", meaning " the dark one ". The surname development has included Geoffrey Dounyng, in Essex, England, Alice Downyng, Yorkshire) and John Downing, sheriff of Norwich in Norfolk. Francis Downing was an early emigrant to the New World, being listed in the " muster" at Charles City, in Virginia, America in 1624. Sir George Downing, born 1623, died 1684, first baronet, was scout master general of Cromwell's army in Scotland in 1650, and headed the movement for offering the crown to Cromwell.
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