Turner Family History
Turner Name Meaning
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.English: nickname for a fast runner, from Middle English turnen ‘to turn’ + ‘hare’.English: occupational name for an official in charge of a tournament, Old French tornei (in origin akin to 1).Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place called Turno or Turna, in Poland and Belarus, or from the city of Tarnów (Yiddish Turne) in Poland.Translated or Americanized form of any of various other like-meaning or like-sounding Jewish surnames.South German (T(h)ürner): occupational name for a guard in a tower or a topographic name from Middle High German turn ‘tower’, or a habitational name for someone from any of various places named Thurn, for example in Austria.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
7,949,925
Historical Documents & Family Trees with Turner
Name Distribution of Turner Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Turner families
 1,249 - 2,496  417 - 1,248 |
 1 - 416  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Turner families
|
5,890 - 11,778 1,964 - 5,889 |
1 - 1,963 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Turner families
|
659 - 1,315 220 - 658 |
1 - 219 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Turner census records
You can see how Turner families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
View all Turner census records
>
Turner Family Origin
Turner Immigration Information
Click on a circle in the chart to view Turner immigration records
You can find out when most of the Turner families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
View all Turner immigration records >
from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Turner
Click on a circle in the chart to view Turner birth and death records
An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates,
death dates, addresses and more.
View all Turner ancestors in the SSDI >
from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Turner Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Turner census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Turner ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
View all Turner census records >
Turner Civil War Service Records
Message Board about Turner
6125 Threads, 40
Messages
Browse message boards to get helpful hints from other people researching the name
Turner.
Threads: 6125 - Messages: 40
Start a FREE Turner family tree
It only takes a few minutes. Search for your ancestors and discover your family
history.
About Ancestry.com
The world's largest family history resource
- Explore over 7 billion genealogical records
- Search 26 million family trees
- Create your FREE family tree
- Follow leaf Hints to follow more ancestors
×