Brief Life History of James Elmore
When James Elmore Turrell was born on 2 May 1883, in Sugar Run, Wilmot Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, James Henry Turrell, was 32 and his mother, Rowena Eliza Horton, was 32. He married Anna Rebecca Henninger on 10 October 1910, in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in West Pittston, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Noxen, Noxen Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. He died on 16 March 1961, at the age of 77, and was buried in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Ellmon J Turrell in household of James H Turrell, "United States Census, 1900"
- J. Elmore Turrell, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- James E Turrell, "United States Census, 1920"
Spouse and Children
1883–1961 Male
1888–1976 Female
Children (3)
1912–2001 Female
1914– Male
1915–2000 Male
Parents and Siblings
1850–1906 Male
1850–1920 Female
Siblings (5)
1881– Female
1883–1961 Male
1885– Female
1886–1955 Female
1888–1951 Male
World Events (8)
1886
Age 3
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 3
1904
Age 21
Name Meaning
English (southeastern and East Anglia):
most frequently an Anglo-Norman French pronunciation of Thorold (Old Norse Thóraldr, from the elements Thórr ‘Thor’ + valdr ‘power, rule’). This name and that in 2 may have become confused with Tyrrell .
from Middle English T(h)urild (Old Norse Thórhildr, Thorild, the latter a rare woman's name from the divine name Thórr ‘Thor’ + hildr ‘battle’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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