Brief Life History of Ina Evelyn
When Ina Evelyn Turner was born on 2 July 1872, in Weston, Windsor, Vermont, United States, her father, Willard M Turner, was 32 and her mother, Isadora Nancy Foster, was 29. She married Frederick R. Crossman on 27 October 1892, in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont, United States. She lived in Landgrove, Bennington, Vermont, United States in 1900. She died on 5 April 1924, in Peru, Bennington, Vermont, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Peru Village Cemetery, Peru, Bennington, Vermont, United States.
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- Ina E Crossman in household of Fred R Crossman, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ina Evelyn Turner Crossman, "Find a Grave Index"
- Ina E. Turner, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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