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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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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