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Gordon

Gordon Report 6 Dec 2008 12:06

any info on robert turner born 1839?childswickham, father joseph mother elizabeth i can find info up to aged 12 but nothing after

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Dec 2008 13:37

For info:
1851 census
Mill Street, Childswickham, Gloucestershire
Joseph Turner, head, 34, ag lab, born Gloucs, Quinton
Elizabeth, wife, 41, born Gloucs, Liverton
Robert, son, 12
Richard, son, 8
John, son, 6
William, son, 3
Sarah, dau, 1
Children all born Childswickham.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Dec 2008 13:47

Joseph and son William in 1861. Where's the rest of them?
Mill St., Village, Childswickham
Joseph Turner, head, widower, 44, ag lab
William, son, 13, ag lab
Both born Childswickham.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Dec 2008 13:53

FreeBMD has a death of Elizabeth Turner, June quarter 1858, Evesham (which includes Childswickham). (6c 186)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Dec 2008 13:56

There are also deaths of John, Sarah and Ann in Evesham between 1851-61 but no ages given.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Dec 2008 14:12

No, I just can't find Robert in 1861.

Gordon

Gordon Report 6 Dec 2008 15:10

hi margaret
richard was a coachman,& according to the 1881 census he was at the beardwood hall coach house blackburn; & william was living at west ferry rd middlesex,1 son 2dau

Gordon

Gordon Report 6 Dec 2008 15:30

joseph&elizabeth were married in may 1838,joseph was alive in 1881 living @ chapel lane aged 64 im trying to gather htis inf as my g/father was robert married to fanny chandler from broadway

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Dec 2008 15:51

I see, on FreeBMD that Robert Turner married Fanny Chandler in 1893 in Evesham so thought I'd look for them on the 1901 census and try to work backwards but I can't find them there!
Incidentally Robert would have been 54 by the time of marriage so I presume Fanny was much younger if they had children?

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Dec 2008 16:03

This looks like Robert & Fanny who married in 1893.
Gordon, have you done what a lot of us have done and skipped a generation?
1901 census
Murcott, Childswickham, Gloucestershire
Robert Turner, head, 36, ag lab, born Childswickham
Fanny, wife, 29, born Worcs, Broadway
Laura, dau, 7
Doris, dau, 5
Fred, son, 3
Albert, son, 11 months
Children all born Murcott.

This Robert Turner was born 1865.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Dec 2008 16:30

This looks like him, transcribed Robert Tumer.
1871 census
Village, Childswickham, Gloucestershire
Thomas Turner, head, 29, ag lab
Ellen, wife, 31, gloveress?
Susannah Bolcher?, illeg. dau, 10, nurse girl
***Robert Turner, son, 6
Sarah J., dau, 4
John, son, 1
All born Childswickham.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Dec 2008 16:38

Robert's father Thomas on the 1861 census. I had noticed him before, he's on the same page as Joseph and son William.
1861 census
Village, Childswickham, Gloucestershire
Edward Harding, head, 63?, ag lab, born Childswickham
Sarah, wife, 72, born Groves Hill
***Thomas Turner, 19, grandson, ag lab, born Childswickham