A History of the Turner Family
Title | A History of the Turner Family PDF eBook |
Author | William A. Roskey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1972 |
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Genealogy of various Turner families from the 1600's to the early 1900's.
Daisy Turner's Kin
Title | Daisy Turner's Kin PDF eBook |
Author | Jane C. Beck |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2015-06-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0252097289 |
A daughter of freed African American slaves, Daisy Turner became a living repository of history. The family narrative entrusted to her--"a well-polished artifact, an heirloom that had been carefully preserved"--began among the Yoruba in West Africa and continued with her own century and more of life. In 1983, folklorist Jane Beck began a series of interviews with Turner, then one hundred years old and still relating four generations of oral history. Beck uses Turner's storytelling to build the Turner family saga, using at its foundation the oft-repeated touchstone stories at the heart of their experiences: the abduction into slavery of Turner's African ancestors; Daisy's father Alec Turner learning to read; his return as a soldier to his former plantation to kill his former overseer; and Daisy's childhood stand against racism. Other stories re-create enslavement and her father's life in Vermont--in short, the range of life events large and small, transmitted by means so alive as to include voice inflections. Beck, at the same time, weaves in historical research and offers a folklorist's perspective on oral history and the hazards--and uses--of memory. Publication of this book is supported by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the L. J. and Mary C. Skaggs Folklore Fund.
Early History of the Turner Family and the Charles New Turner Branch
Title | Early History of the Turner Family and the Charles New Turner Branch PDF eBook |
Author | William Bruce Turner |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1960 |
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Turner Family History
Title | Turner Family History PDF eBook |
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Pages | 46 |
Release | 19?? |
Genre | Coles County (Ill.) |
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Turner Family History
Title | Turner Family History PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Stephen Sargent |
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Pages | |
Release | 1955 |
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The Turner House
Title | The Turner House PDF eBook |
Author | Angela Flournoy |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0544303164 |
A novel centered on the journey of the Turner family and its thirteen siblings, particularly the eldest and youngest, as they face the ghosts of their pasts--both an actual haint and the specter of addiction--the imminent loss of their mother, and the necessary abandonment of their family home in struggling Detroit.
A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections from 1760 to 1890
Title | A History of the Turner Family and Their Connections from 1760 to 1890 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 1890 |
Genre | Genealogy |
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