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.
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).
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