James Turner
about 1699–
Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of James
James Turner was born about 1699, in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. He married Sarah Cook on 31 December 1721.
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Family Time Line
James Turner
1699–
Sarah Cook
1702–
Marriage: 31 December 1721
Spouse and Children
1699–Male
1702–Female
MARRIAGE
31 December 1721
Wooten Under Edg, Gloucester, England
31 December 1721
Wooten Under Edg, Gloucester, England
World Events (3)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 102
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 109
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
Age 116
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
1 English and Scottish: occupational name for a maker of objects of wood, metal, or bone by turning on a lathe, from Anglo-Norman French torner (Old French tornier, Latin tornarius, a derivative of tornus ‘lathe’). The surname may also derive from any of various other senses of Middle English turn, for example a turnspit, a translator or interpreter, or a tumbler.2 English: nickname for a fast runner, from Middle English turnen ‘to turn’ + ‘hare’.3 English: occupational name for an official in charge of a tournament, Old French tornei (in origin akin to 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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