Thelma I Turner
1924–1979 (Age 55)
Kentucky, United States
The Life of Thelma I
Thelma I Turner was born in 1924, in Kentucky, United States. She had at least 1 son with Johnnie P Russell. She died on 11 April 1979, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 55.
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Family Time Line
Thelma I Turner
1924–1979
Johnnie P Russell
1921–1958
Jerry Russell K
1944–1984
Spouse & Children
1924–1979Female
1921–1958Male
children
(1)
1944–1984Male
World Events (8)
1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered
Age 2
In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.
1927
Age 3
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1941
Age 17
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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