Frederick Jackson Turner (1861 - 1932)

Born 14 Nov 1861 in Portage, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States

Died 14 Mar 1932 at age 70 in San Marino, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Frederick Turner is Notable.

Frederick Jackson Turner is a renowned American historian, who came up with the Frontier Thesis -- initially thought that the American frontier had been instrumental in developing democracy in the United States, however this is being challenged.

• Fact: Census (1870) Portage, Ward 5, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States
• Fact: Census (1880) Portage, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States
• Fact: Occupation (from 1890 to 1910) Professor University of Wisconsin
• Fact: Census (1900) ED 46 Madison city Ward 1, Dane, Wisconsin, United States
• Fact: Census (1910) Madison Ward 1, Dane, Wisconsin, United States
• Fact: Occupation (from 1911 to 1922) Professor Harvard University
• Fact: Census (1920) Cambridge Ward 9, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Census (1930) Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Fact: Burial (1932) Madison, Dane, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Fact: Pulitzer Prize in History (1933) "The Significance of Sections in American History"

Frederick was born on 14 Nov 1861 in Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin to parents Andrew Jackson Turner (1832-1905), a newspaper editor/founder and railroad president, and Mary Olivia Hanford (1838-1906).

He passed away on 14 Mar 1932 in San Marino, Los Angeles County, California at age 70. He was buried in Section 30, Lot 036 W 32', Grave 5 of Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin.^[1]

Historians in Ernst Breisach's Historiography

Sources

1. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85975091/frederick-jackson-turner: accessed 04 September 2023), memorial page for Frederick Jackson Turner (14 Nov 1861–14 Mar 1932), Find a Grave Memorial ID 85975091, citing Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by El Memorializer (contributor 47029561).

• Frederick Jackson Turner on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN9W-3Y4 : 12 April 2016), Fred S Turner in household of A Jackson Turner, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 2, family 14, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,205.

• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN4C-DS7 : 15 July 2017), Fred J Turner in household of A J Turner, Portage, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 35, sheet 248A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1420; FHL microfilm 1,255,420.

• Marriage: "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N76C-J3N : 10 March 2018), Frederick J. Turner and Caroline Mae Sherwood, 27 Nov 1889; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, 146957, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,030,187.

• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMKH-4ZM : accessed 6 June 2018), Frederick J Turner, Madison city Ward 1, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 2B, family 27, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,782.

• 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPJP-36P : accessed 6 June 2018), Fred Jackson Turner, Madison Ward 1, Dane, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 53, sheet 5B, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1708; FHL microfilm 1,375,721.

• 1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXBP-NPK : accessed 6 June 2018), Frederick J Turner, Cambridge Ward 9, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 86, sheet 13B, line 68, family 306, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 708; FHL microfilm 1,820,708.

• 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC8L-J81 : accessed 6 June 2018), Fredrick Turner, Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1252, sheet 5B, line 56, family 153, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 169; FHL microfilm 2,339,904.

• Death: "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKS9-V485 : 8 November 2017), Frederic Turner, 14 Mar 1932; citing 15522, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,050.

• Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 04 June 2018, 02:59), entry for Frederick Jackson Turner(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KCZG-G1T); contributed by various users.

• Ernst Breisach, Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, & Modern, 3rd ed. (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2007), 311.