When Mary Unecy Turner was born about 1790, in Caswell, North Carolina, United States, her father, Abraham Rogers Turner, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Black, was 24. She married John Broadhurst in 1810, in Greene, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Gallatin Township, Clay, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died about 1877, in Clay, Missouri, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Clay, Missouri, United States.
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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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