James Dale Turner
1928–1983 (Age 55)
Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
The Life of James Dale
James Dale Turner was born in 1928, in Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. He died in 1983, in his hometown, at the age of 55.
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World Events (3)
1929
Age 1
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.
1931
Age 3
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1932
Age 4
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
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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