When John Turnbull was born in October 1837, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Orville Turnbull, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Hood, was 24. He married Sarah Jane Ruggles on 26 February 1861, in Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Black Hawk Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Jefferson, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 25 March 1919, in Des Moines Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1839: Jefferson, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Jefferson, Iowa, United States
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English (Durham and Northumberland) and Scottish: occupational name for one who herds bulls, from Middle English turne-bole, a compound of Middle English t(o)urnen ‘turn, direct, steer’ + bul(l)e ‘bull’. Compare Bulman and Bullard.
Scottish (Roxburghshire): in the Scottish borderlands the name was either confused with or derived from Trumble .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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