Nora Missouri Turner

Female5 April 1873–18 August 1901

Brief Life History of Nora Missouri

When Nora Missouri Turner was born on 5 April 1873, in Cedar City, Callaway, Missouri, United States, her father, Dr. Stephen Dodson Turner, was 42 and her mother, Missouri Patience Parsons, was 32. She married Alfred McWorkman Wade on 23 December 1891, in California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Alliance Election Precinct, Box Butte, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died on 18 August 1901, in Cole, Missouri, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Elston Cemetery, Elston, Cole, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alfred McWorkman Wade
1869–1943
Nora Missouri Turner
1873–1901
Marriage: 23 December 1891
Kearney Stephen Wade
1892–1978
Mildred Lois Wade
1895–1992
Dale Daniel Wade
1900–1975

Sources (5)

  • Nora Wade in household of Mc W Wade, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002
  • Nora Wade Turner, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 December 1891California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States
  • Children (3)

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    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 2

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

    Age 2

    During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 8

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    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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