Brief Life History of John Moroni
When John Moroni Turner was born on 2 December 1868, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, William Kinder Turner, was 43 and his mother, Jane Howarth, was 30. He married Martina Elizabeth Hobley on 25 January 1905, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910 and Cottonwood, Grand, Utah, United States in 1913. He died on 8 October 1913, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John M Turner in household of William Turner, "United States Census, 1870"
- John M. Turner, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- John Maroni Turner, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1876
Historical Boundaries: 1876: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English t(o)urnour, turner ‘turner’ (Old French to(u)rn(e)our), mainly denoting someone who fashioned small objects of wood, metal, or bone on a lathe, but also a variety of other occupations, including turnspit and translator or interpreter. This surname may have become confused with Toner . In North America, it is also very common among African Americans.
English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English turn-hare, a compound of Middle English tournen ‘to turn, direct, steer’ + hare ‘hare’, a name for someone in charge of the greyhounds in hare coursing or an exaggerated compliment for someone who could run fast. See also Turnbull .
English: perhaps also from Middle English t(o)urn(e)our ‘jouster, one who takes part in a tournament’ (Old French tornoieor, tournoieur).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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