TurnerHousehold.org.uk
Title
The Turner Household: Welcome
Description
The name "Turner"
Even if your name is also Turner, the chances that we are related are quite small. The name Turner originates from a trade - a wood turner was (and still is) someone who shapes wood, manually or using a lathe. Before family names were commonplace, anyone who was a wood turner might be referred to as 'John the turner', to distinguish him from any other John's in the area. This form eventually became John Turner. As there would have been wood turners throughout the country, the chance that any two Turners are related is quite small.
Further research
If you want to research the name further, try visiting http://genforum.genealogy.com/turner/. You could also look up 'Turner' in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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