Brief Life History of Dolores
When Dolores Turner was born on 2 November 1928, in Cobden, Union, Illinois, United States, her father, Robert Leroy "Lee" Turner, was 20 and her mother, Millie Alma Bittle, was 19. She married Ralph Harold Renner on 16 November 1946, in Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States. She died on 7 October 2012, in Chester, Randolph, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, LaSalle, Illinois, United States.
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1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1932 · The Miners Union
After a contract proposal reducing wages by $1.10 a day, employees of the United Mine Workers came together and created the Progressive Miners of America in southern Illinois. After discontent arose over the 67 years of operation, the union was dissolved.
1950
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
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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