Brief Life History of Martin H
When Martin H Turner was born on 10 September 1889, in White Heath, Piatt, Illinois, United States, his father, Henry Turner, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Whalen, was 28. He married Lulu Ethel Schlensker on 17 September 1914, in Champaign, Illinois, United States. He lived in Sangamon Township, Piatt, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States for about 40 years. He died in 1965, at the age of 76, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Urbana Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States.
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- Martin H Turner, "United States 1950 Census"
- Martin H Turner, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Martin H Turner, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
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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