olwen turner
1949–2015 (Age 66)
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of olwen
olwen turner was born on 7 August 1949. She died on 1 November 2015, in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 66.
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World Events (3)
1953
Age 4
Queen Elizabeth II crowned at a coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London.
1953 · Lancaster Priory Designated
Age 4
The Lancaster Priory was designated in 1953. The building goes back possibly as far as 200 CE. In 1912, the building was unearthed. The building was formally known as the Proiry Church of St. Mary is a Church of England Parish Church of Lancaster, Lancashire, England.
1973
Age 24
The UK joins the European Economic Community.
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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