When Osborn William Turner was born on 15 March 1880, in Crystal Brook, South Australia, Australia, his father, Thomas Brown Turner, was 28 and his mother, Ellen Teague, was 29. He died on 7 December 1916, in Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 36, and was buried in Happy Valley Cemetery, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia.
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The Australian flag flown for the first time.
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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