James Dock Turner
1915–1952 (Age 37)
Georgia, United States
The Life of James Dock
James Dock Turner was born on 13 November 1915. He died on 28 December 1952, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 37.
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James Dock Turner
1915–1952
Irene Crosby
1916–2006
Spouse & Children
1915–1952Male
1916–2006Female
World Events (3)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 1
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917
Age 2
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote
Age 7
The 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was passed and became federal law on August 26, 1920. Georgia law prevented women from voting until 1922. The amendment wasn’t officially ratified until 1970.
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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