When Ernest Edward Turner was born on 22 July 1916, in Newbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Ernest Edward Turner, was 39 and his mother, Kate Hemmings, was 30. He married Florence Mary Hill in 1943, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. He died in August 1995, in Reading, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79.
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WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
British unemployment reached a post-war high in July 1921 of 2.5 million people.
Britain entered the Second World War as war was declared on Germany on September 3, 1939. World War II came to an end after the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed 140,000 people. Less than a week later, the Japanese surrendered and the war officially ended on August 15, 1945.
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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