Mary Stewart Turney

Brief Life History of Mary Stewart

When Mary Stewart Turney was born on 8 April 1858, in Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Jacob Turney, was 33 and her mother, Mary Stewart Richardson, was 23. She lived in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. She died on 19 October 1944, in Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

John Jacob Turney
1825–1891
Mary Stewart Richardson
1835–1920
Catharine Maud Turney
1856–1896
Mary Stewart Turney
1858–1944
William Richardson Turney
1859–1931
Thomas Craig Turney
1862–1918
Elizabeth F Turney
1865–
Jacob Mowrey Turney
1869–1929
Henrietta Margaret Turney
1873–1959

Sources (5)

  • Mary Turney in household of Jacob Turney, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mary S Turney in household of Jacob Turney, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary S Turney in household of Mary S Turney, "United States Census, 1910"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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 (of Norman origin):

habitational name from any of the places in northern France called Tournai-sur-Dive (Orne), Tournay-sur-Odon (Calvados), or Tourny (Eure), or occasionally from Tournai in Hainaut (Belgium).

perhaps occasionally an occupational name from Middle English tournei, turnai ‘lawyer’ (Anglo-Norman French tourné), or a nickname from Middle English tournei(en) ‘(to) joust, take part in a tournament’ (Old French torneier). Compare Turner .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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