When Albert Turner was born in September 1847, in Hadlow, Kent, England, his father, John Turner, was 34 and his mother, Sarah, was 35. He married Ellen E. Barney about 1876, in Adams Basin, Ogden, Monroe, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Parma, Monroe, New York, United States in 1900 and Ogden, Monroe, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died in 1915, at the age of 68, and was buried in Locust Grove, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, 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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