Brief Life History of Nancy Jane
When Nancy Jane Turner was born on 28 May 1833, in Adair, Kentucky, United States, her father, Enoch Turner, was 31 and her mother, Martha Patsey Walkup, was 30. She married William Robert Young on 15 October 1856, in Cumberland, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 5 April 1886, in Adair, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Adair, Kentucky, United States.
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- W J Turner in household of Enoch Turner, "United States Census, 1850"
- Nancy Jane Turner, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Turner, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
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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