Bernice Majorie Turner

Brief Life History of Bernice Majorie

When Bernice Majorie Turner was born on 23 November 1914, in Nebraska, United States, her father, John William Turner, was 30 and her mother, Maggie Arshella Powell Turner, was 31. She married Walter William Kleemeyer in 1934, in Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in United States in 1949 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died in January 1972, in Sylmar, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 57.

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Family Time Line

Walter William Kleemeyer
1910–1984
Bernice Majorie Turner
1914–1972
Marriage: 1934
Robert Lee Kleemeyer
1935–1998
Larry Ray Kleemeyer
1937–1944

Sources (9)

  • Bernice M Rice, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Bernice Kleenmeyer, "Idaho, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
  • Bernice Marjorie Turner Rice, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1917 · Buffalo Bill Dies in Denver

"On Jan 10 1917, famous showman, William ""Buffalo Bill"" Cody dies, while visiting his sister in Denver, Colorado. The cause of death was kidney failure."

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

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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