Theil Eugene Turner

Male4 June 1918–12 October 1999

Brief Life History of Theil Eugene

When Theil Eugene Turner was born on 4 June 1918, in Iowa, United States, his father, Otto Earl Turner, was 25 and his mother, Jennie Elvira Thayer, was 23. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1935 and Center Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 12 October 1999, in Oakland, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Oakland, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Otto Earl Turner
1892–1986
Jennie Elvira Thayer
1895–1975
Theil Eugene Turner
1918–1999

Sources (9)

  • Thiel E Turner, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Thiel Eugene Turner, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Theil E. Turner, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 1

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1922 · Oldest radio station west of the Mississippi

Age 4

The Karlowa Radio Corporation, in Davenport, was issued a new license for broadcasting and with it they were randomly assigned call letters of WOC. The small studio was the first to reach the Iowa area and was identified as one of 21 stations that were desirable because of coverage area and performance. In September 1927, WOC became a member of the new NBC radio network and still is today. In 1932, Ronald Reagan got his first broadcasting job at WOC as a sportscaster and he returned in 1988 after his presidency tour. WOC is the oldest surviving broadcasting station in the middle Mississippi Valley and was the first to keep logs on their electrical consumption and their on-air programming.

1941

Age 23

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

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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