Thelma Estella Turner
1917–1981 (Age 64)
Potter, Texas, United States
The Life of Thelma Estella
When Thelma Estella Turner was born on 16 January 1917, in Potter, Texas, United States, her father, Zacharie Coleman Turner, was 37 and her mother, Rosa Ann Throneberry, was 25. She died on 20 January 1981, in her hometown, at the age of 64.
Photos & Memories (1)
Family Time Line
Thelma Estella Turner
1917–1981
Elmer Bougard Hill
1897–1982
Spouse & Children
1917–1981Female
1897–1982Male
Parents & Siblings
- Zacharie Coleman Turner
1879–1929Male
- Rosa Ann Throneberry
1891–1982Female
siblings
(5)
- Louie K Turner
1911–Male
- Turner
1912–Female
- Mildred Gertrude Turner
1914–Female
1917–1981Female
- Maedell Turner
1918–1973Female
World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 1
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Age 12
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 18
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
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.
Sources (3)
Thelma Turner in household of Maggie Perkins, "United States Census, 1940"
Thelma E Turner in household of Zach C Turner, "United States Census, 1920"
Turner, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
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