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Turner Family History
Turner Genealogy & Family TreeTurner is an English name first found in Oxfordshire, England, where the family held a seat from the 11th Century. It comes from the Old French word tourneour, which means “to turn on a lathe,” and refers to a lathe worker (or someone who worked with a spinning tool to cut, sand, drill, etc.). Alternately, it may refer to the nickname “Turn hare,” meaning someone who runs faster than even a hare. Roots for this name can also be found in Austria and Germany. It is the 28th most common surname in the United Kingdom and the 49th most common in the United States. The family motto is Amino et fide or “By courage and faith.”
Other spellings include “Tourner,” “Tournor,” “Turnor,” “Turner,” “Turney,” “Tarner,” “Terner,” “Tourneau,” “Turnerus,” and “Turnoure.” Notable people with the surname include American actress Kathleen Turner (Romancing the Stone, Friends, Peggy Sue Got Married), American actress Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner (better known as Lana Turner), British actress Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones), and American singer Tina Turner. One of the first Turners on record was Warner le Turnur in 1180. The first Turner to come to America was William Turner in Maine in 1607.
Turner Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Frederick N Turner -- --, 1888 December 0, 1960 New South Wales
- Thomas Turner -- --, 1845 Kentucky
- Stacy Turner -- --, 1848 Kentucky
- Edward Turner March 26, 1722
- John Turner -- --, 1910 December 0, 1996
Turner Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Josephine Turner -- --, 1865 March 10, 1887 Pennsylvania
- Priscilla Turner -- --, 1736 Massachusetts
- Otto Wilson Turner -- --, 1885 November 0, 1971
- William Harold Turner -- --, 1901 February 11, 1986 Mississippi
- Elijah Bennett Turner -- --, 1835 July 16, 1851 Alabama
