Brief Life History of William
When William Turnbull was born about 1580, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, his father, George Turnbull, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Maus Anderson, was 27. He married Margaret Law on 21 July 1607, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died about 1627, in his hometown, at the age of 49.
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- William Trumbill, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Marriage record of William Turnbull and Margaret D. Law from Dunfermline Parish Register - 1551-1700
- William Turnebull in entry for John Turnebull, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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Name Meaning
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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