John Turner, who was later in life the Vicar of the parish of Hennock, in Devonshire, was born around 1780 in the city of Gloucester. He was baptised on the 8 December of that year at St John the Baptist church. His parents were John Turner and Hester Smyth.
John was ordained as a priest of the Church of England in 1808. For a description of his career, visit this blog post: https://someheirsandgraces.wordpress.com/2021/05/30/where-the-reverend-john-turner-and-his-family-lived/
The Reverend John Turner married Mary Jane Baily on the 18 October 1811 in Bathwick (part of the town of Bath), Somersetshire. She was the daughter of Edward Seymour Baily, of Chagford, Devonshire, and Phillis Rooke.
They moved from parish to parish while Rev Turner searched for a more permanent position in a suitable parish. Over the course of 25 years, they had 11 children, only one of who died as an infant. Of the children who survived, they had an equal number of boys and girls. As their family grew, the pressure on Mr and Mrs Turner to find a house large enough to fit them all also grew, as did the imperative to meet their needs in childhood, as well as to provide the means or education for the sons to establish them in careers, and the marriage portions for the daughters (or some sort of income should they not marry).
The children, in order of their birth were:
- John Baily Turner (1813-1864)
- Mary Jane Baily Turner (1814-1893)
- George Armstrong Turner (1816-1817)
- Edward Seymour Turner (1818-1905)
- Charlotte Mary Turner (1820-1870)
- Henry Emanuel Turner (1822-1885)
- Emily Hester Turner (1823-1899)
- Alfred Rooke Turner ( 1825-1892)
- Andrew Cheape Turner (1828-1890)
- Elizabeth Frances Garrett Turner (1830-1904)
- Sapphira Phyllis Turner (1836-1915)
What follows is a short biographical account of the children. Of course there is a varying amount of information about them, especially the women.
John Baily Turner
John Baily Turner was the first child of Mr and Mrs Turner. He was born in 1813 in Devizes, Wiltshire[i], and baptised on the 11 February at Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire.[ii]
By early accounts, “Baily” as he was referred to by his parents, was a bit of wild and perhaps boorish youth. The accounts laid out in the saga of “The Reverend Turner and the Wesleyans” paint him as a hot-headed young man, who threatened not only the peace, but the safety and lives of those he was opposed to.
According to some biographies of him, he entered the army, serving with the South Devon Yeomanry Cavalry. By his own account, he saw action in the 1830s with De Lacy Evans’ mercenary brigade in the Spanish Carlist Wars, and perhaps rendered “distinguished services”.[iii] Yet it is also known from family letters that he was – at least part of the time – living at home and causing problems. In 1833 he was scheduled to appear at the court in Exeter on the matter of insolvency.[iv] His mother and grandmother (Phillis Baily) worried that there was no permanent position for him.
He was married at St. Pancras on the 10th March, 1840 to Miss Anne Mackay, daughter of Lachlin Mackay. From the Turner family correspondence to their lawyers, it seems that the Mackays were planning on emigrating to Canada, and Baily and his wife wanted to join them. Funds were raised by liquidating some of the assets his mother had, so that Baily and his wife could join her family in Canada, circa 1841-1842.
What did he do in Canada? Quite a lot, it seems. One account is that he may have been a veterinary surgeon with the 7th Hussars, stationed at St Jean, Quebec, though how this fits in with his earlier life isn’t clear. Later he moved to Montreal and founded a newspaper called the Morning Chronicle. Whilst in Montreal, he secured a commission in the Montreal Dragoons. While there, he was also briefly the Deputy Grand Master of the Montreal Lodge, Orange Order, but was expelled from them in 1846 with accusations of embezzling funds being levelled against him. This he denied. [v]
In 1849, the Annexation Manifesto was signed by many militia officers. The Manifesto called for the annexation of Canada by the United States, and arose in response to the British Parliament abolishing laws that had created preferential trade for British Colonies. The officers who had put their signatures to the Manifesto had their commissions revoked. Turner was not one of the signatories, but he resigned in protest and in solidarity with those who had lost their positions. [vi]
Baily Turner and his wife moved to Bytown in 1852 (Bytown was later renamed Ottawa). A couple of years later, the locals urged him to form an artillery unit. This was in the context of militia reforms in Canada, due to the reduction of British garrisons during the Crimean War. He wrote to the Adjutant General on this topic, outlining what would be required, and noting that he would take command. In September 1855, Turner was appointed Captain of the newly formed Volunteer Militia Field Battery of Ottawa, which formed part of the Militia District Number 1 in Upper Canada. Just over a year later he was promoted to Major. He also founded the Canada Military Gazette in 1857, although it only ran for 16 issues. Accounts indicate that he worked hard to keep his militiamen happy by organising parties and outings for the officers. From 1860, annual military balls were held, which the Field Battery organised. [vii]
John Baily Turner died suddenly at age 51, on the 23 March, 1864. He was buried at Sandy Hill Cemetery, though his remains were moved in 1895 to Beechwood.[viii] He and his wife did not have children.
Curiously, his estate was not probated until 1883, when administration was granted to Reginald Lowbridge Foster of Wells, the attorney for Turner’s sister Emily Hester Turner. The estate consisted of £354. It may have been that his wife Anne had not properly attended to his estate, and it was not administered until after her death.
The Evans – Mary Jane Baily Turner and Captain John Evans
The eldest daughter, and second child, of the Reverend and Mrs Turner, was Mary Jane Bailey Turner, born in 1814, and baptised on the 8 August of that year at Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire.[ix]
At the age of 22, she married in Hennock, Devon on the 22nd November, 1836 to Captain John Evans of the Bengal Army, who was born in Ireland and is likely part of the Evans-Bruce family connected to Mary’s great-aunt Mary Seymour Bruce, nee Baily. Family lore has it that he was related to Sir George De Lacy Evans, a general in the British Army who served in four wars during the 19th century. This connection has not been proven.
It appears likely that Captain and Mrs John and Mary Evans went to India in the year or so after their marriage, as their first child was (according to census records) born in India. However, they returned by June 1838 , as the eldest son (John) was baptised in Hennock then. From then until at least 1841 (and perhaps a year or so beyond that), they lived in Knightly, a hamlet of the village of Chudleigh, Devonshire, not far from Hennock.
From at least 1845[x] to at least 1851, they resided at 26 Park Street, Walcot, Bath. On the 1851 census, Mary was head of the household (as her husband was away), and 5 children were living with her (though Hunter was described as “James” age 5)[xi]. By 1861, most of their sons were either on board their ships, or living elsewhere. However, I have not been able to identify John Mary and their daughter Mary on the census records.
On the 1 March, 1865, it appears that Mary Jane Baily Evans was admitted to the “lunatic asylum” in Kensington, and was discharged on the 26 Nov 1865.[xii] Sadly the registers do not provide any details about what in particular afflicted her, not was this mentioned in any of the family correspondence I have seen. The register simply has a tick in the column for “recovered.”
Later the family settled in Penge (also known as Annesley), in the county of Surrey. They were certainly there in 1871, at Thicket Road, Penge, Surrey[xiii]
Mary died 9 July, 1893. Her husband had pre-deceased her, having died on the 2 July 1886, in Surrey[xiv]. Probate on her Will was granted to her sons Edward and William, of effects valued at just over £5118[xv]. She is buried in the churchyard of St Michael the Archangel in Chagford, Devonshire, with her father.[xvi]
(a later blog post will be about their children).
George Armstrong Turner
While John Turner was curate at Crawley, Hampshire, the third child and second son of John and Mary was born, on the 5 July, 1816. He was baptised later that month. Sadly, he did not live to see one full year. He died as an infant on the 27 February, 1817.
Edward Seymour Turner
Edward was born on the 24 March 1818, and baptised on the 22 April at St. Thomas, Winchester, Hampshire.
Two of the Turner boys were apprenticed to the merchant navy, Edward being the first (Alfred was the other one). At the age of 14, on the 24 January 1832, Edward was indentured for the term of 5 years, under a master named John Christopher.[xvii]
Around 1843, Mr and Mrs Turner began discussing an advance to Edward for the sum of £500, as they had with Baily and Henry. Edward wanted to buy a share in a ship (of which he was a commander) which was trading around Mauritius and Madagascar.[xviii] The process for raising the money seemed to drag on, for in 1848, the matter was still being discussed. By the terms of the Marriage Settlement between Mr and Mrs Turner, each son would be able to have £1000, either advanced to them to establish them in life, or when both parents had died. The solicitors were against the boys having the full amount at once, but Seymour argued that he needed more than £500 for his share of the ship. Communication went back and forth between Edward (signing his letters as “Sey Turner”), his mother and the lawyers. As his mother put it, she wanted to enable him to “make something of himself – you will readily believe a man does not like to go to sea all his Life – especially encountering all the hardships he was done,” and that she wanted to help him “do something for himself, instead of working for others.”[xix] In the end, £1000 was given to him, just in time for him to set sail in December 1848.
Eventually, Edward made his way to South Africa, where he attempted to make his fortune in the diamond fields. He married Maria Gilfillan in 1861 at the Cape. They had three daughters, Agnes, Fanny, and Nelly. Edward must have given up the diamond fields, as a letter from Mrs. Turner to one of her grandchildren describes Edward as an “African Sheep Farmer.” There are tales of the two eldest girls helping their papa count sheep, and of long treks in a bullock-wagon to visit their grandmother, Mrs. Gilfillan, across the Orange River. Nelly married Mr. Blanchard. In a letter from Sophie to her niece Frances (sometime either late in the 1890s or early 1900s – before 1904), she writes that Edward is in his 80s, and that Nelly Blanchard was trying to get him and his wife Maria to come live with her in Johannesburg.
Mrs. Turner made a few references to Edward and his family in the letters to her youngest son Andrew and his wife Grace. For example, “I have not heard from Edward & did not yet know if he met any success at the Diamond Fields – I sincerely trust he did for he is very badly off poor dear he sends such nice accounts of his children.”
Edward died on the 4 June, 1905 at Middleburgh, South Africa.
I would welcome any more information, stories and photos from Edward’s descendants.
Charlotte and Emily, Frances and Sophie
The four younger daughters of Rev and Mrs Turner were Charlotte Mary, Emily Hester, Elizabeth Frances Garrett, and Sapphira Phyllis Turner.
Charlotte Mary Turner, known affectionately as “Charlie”, was born 13 March 1820 in Crawley, Gloucestershire,[xx] and baptised on the 22 May in Newnham, Gloucestershire,[xxi] where her father was the curate.
Emily Hester Turner was born on Christmas day 1823 at Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Devonshire , and baptised 28 January in the new year. At this time, their father was an officiating minister in Stoke Damerel, though he did not baptise Emily.
The two youngest daughters were Frances (Elizabeth Frances Garratt Turner) and Sophie (Sapphira Phyllis Turner), who were both born in Hennock, Devon. Frances was born 10 April 1830 and Sophie on 17 January, 1836. Both were baptised by their father.
None of the four younger sisters married.
When their father died in 1846, Mrs Turner and her youngest children, including the four daughters, went to live at Whiddon House in Chagford, Devon, the property which then belonged to Mrs Turner’s brother, Edward Seymour Baily.[xxii] Mrs Turner and the two youngest daughters were at Whiddon on census night 1851. Emily, on census night in 1851, she was staying as a visitor in the home of Mr and Mrs George and Eliza Harvey at no. 19, Dex’s Field in Exeter St. Sidwell. Mr Harvey’s occupation was as a Professor of Music. Charlotte was away from home on census night, but I have not identified her on the 1851 census yet.
From family correspondence, it appears that Charlotte and Emily mostly remained with their mother, and lived in various places, including Torquay in Devonshire, Prohurst House, in Charleville, County Cork, Ireland and Scotland.[xxiii]
On the 1861 census, Charlotte and Emily were residing at 3 Devonshire Terrace, St Marylebone, London. Emily’s occupation was given as the “Superintendent of Institution”. Among the other residents were German, English and French governesses. The institution was The Temporary Residence for Governesses, established in 1842. For a moderate weekly sum, it provided a home for governesses while they were seeking employment. The 1861 Charities of London stated that since its last report in 1857, 569 governesses had been admitted, 192 of those in the past year. [xxiv]
Devonshire Terrace was a row of three houses on the Marylebone High Street. It has the distinction of being connected to Charles Dickens. No. 1 Devonshire Terrace was his London home from 1838 until 1851.[xxv] As Dickens had left probably by the time the sisters arrived at Devonshire Terraces, it is not likely their paths actually crossed.
Charlotte died on the 22nd December, 1870 at age 49, in Forres, Scotland, of broncho-pneumonia. Only her sister Emily was with her. Her mother wrote in a letter “she had been ill for a long time but the termination came suddenly at last, dear creature she was so good & wise.”[xxvi]
At the time of her death, she had assets values less than £200. She did not draw up a formal Will, but it appears that she left writings in which she made her intentions clear that she wanted her sister Emily to be her residuary legatee. On this basis, Emily was granted probate on the 9 May 1871. Additional assets must have been found (likely after their mother died), as the matter was re-sworn in August 1877 with the total assets described as totalling under £2000.[xxvii]
By 1871, Emily was boarding with Euphemia Smyth, at 321 High Street, in Forres, Scotland, and was described as having ‘Income from Ind Money.”[xxviii] In 1881 she was staying at a private hotel in Fodderty, Scotland, with a McGregor family.[xxix] In 1891, she was still in Scotland with members of the McGregor family, though the address was 3 George Street, Banff.
Emily was also often ill, and was described by her mother as being “delicate.” She also had problems with her eyes. At the time of her death she resided at Seafield Street, Banff. She died on the 11 March, 1899 in Banff, Scotland. Her last surviving sisters, Sapphira and Elizabeth were the executors of her estate.[xxx]
In the Cluny Hill Cemetery in Forres, Scotland stands the headstone for Mary Jane Turner and two of her daughters, Charlotte and Emily:
Inscription
Sacred to the beloved memory of Mary Jane,
widow of the Revd. John Turner, late of Hennock, Devonshire,
and only daughter of Edward Seymour Baily Esq, of Whiddon Park, Devonshire,
who died at Strathpeffer, 18th September 1876,
also Charlotte Mary,
second daughter of the above, who fell asleep in Jesus, 22nd December 1870, at Forres,
also Emily Hester, third daughter of the above, died at Banff, 11th March 1899.
Frances and Sophie
The two younger sisters converted to Catholicism , though I am not sure when. This is mentioned in family correspondence from Mary Jane Turner to her son Andrew in Australia. “Miss Elizabeth Frances Garrett”, was also mentioned in the Biographical List of the More Notable Converts to the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom During the Last Sixty Years[xxxi]. As Frances was a relative unknown, the noteworthiness of the conversion may be due to the fact that her father was an Anglican clergyman.
During their adulthood, they lived in London and in Torquay. In 1861, they were residing at Still Cottage, Babbacombe St Mary in Torquay.[xxxii] This, to me, is an amazing coincidence, as I lived in Torquay for a few months with a friend I met while travelling in Europe. Her family lived in a lovely house in Babbacombe probably only a few minutes’ walk from where Frances and Sophie had lived 130 years earlier.
In 1871, they were lodging with the Lacey family at 18 Halsey St, Chelsea. The head of the household, Mr William Thomas Lacey, was the “Manager, Marlboro House.”[xxxiii]
Their London address on the 1881 census was at 5 Kempsford Gardens, Kensington. Their occupation was stated to be “income derived from government stock.” They had one servant, Elizabeth Bedder. In 1891, Sophie (listed as Sapphira) was at 6 Inverness Terrace, in Fulham, London. She was described as the “sister” of the head of the household, likely meaning Frances, though Frances was not at home on census night.[xxxiv] I have not identified her yet on the 1891 census. In 1901 they were at no. 49, Park Hill Rd in Hampstead.
There is some indication that they did not get along with the other sisters. Hints about this are given in a letter from Mrs. Turner to Grace Turner: “for I was quite sure C & E would never again live with their sisters.”
Their mother described them as being “very much engaged.” Their letters to their nieces in Australia are full of their “business” as they take care of sick friends or go visiting. Frances and Sophie often visited their sister Mary Evans in Surrey, staying the weekend and returning to London on Mondays. They also visited their brother Henry in Ireland.
Frances died on the 15th March, 1904 in Hampstead, London. Probate on her Will was granted to her sister Sapphira, and her estate consisted of effects valued at £1389.
Sophie died 15 November, 1915 in Stafford. Interestingly, probate was granted to a Louis Weighton, a retired actor. Sophie’s address at the time of her death was “The Convent”, Stafford.
Henry Turner
Henry Emmanuel Turner was the fourth son of the Rev and Mary Turner. Henry was born 17 January 1822 in Newnham, Gloucestershire, and baptised on the 15 March. He was the only son who stayed closer to home.
In about 1843, Mr & Mrs Turner settled on him £500, as they already had with Baily. His intention was to use the funds to become a farmer. This he pursued for several years, on a property the family owned, called Elm Farm, in the parish of Pilton, in Somerset.
Henry married twice. The first marriage was to Elizabeth Rae, the daughter of Reverend James Rae, minister of Parton, Kincardineshire, Scotland. The marriage took place 13 June, 1844 at Parton[xxxv]. Elizabeth died on the 30 August 1850 and was buried at the Ballinakill Graveyard in Charleville, Cork, Ireland.[xxxvi]
In 1852, Henry married in the chapel of Coxley, in Wells, Somerset, to Mary Hart Reynolds of Coxley, Somersetshire, who was aged 21.
It seems he changed his mind about farming, for he was later living in Ireland, specifically in Milford, about 45 miles east of the city of Cork. Henry held many important positions in Cork. He was on the Board of Guardians of the Kanturk Union,[xxxvii] was appointed as a Magistrate for Cork in December 1859[xxxviii], and was a Justice of the Peace for Milford, and the land agent of Admiral Samuel Evans[xxxix], who I believe is likely related to Henry’s brother-in-law John Evans.
He made his home in Prohurst House in Milford. It was a handsome Georgian home of two stories. The house was one of the residences of the Bruce family, who arrived from Scotland into Ireland in 1654. They were a family of bankers and barristers. They settled in Charleville in 1753, when George Bruce married Mary Evans, daughter of Thomas Evans of Milltown Castle. George Evans Bruce purchased the townland of Prohurst, and some time later, his grandson Jonathan Bruce built Prohurst House, which took 14 years to complete. The property was later leased by Captain Evans, a relative of the Bruces, and then to Henry Turner. It passed on the Rice family in 1876.[xl]
On November 16, 1862, his home was fired into by persons unknown. The Dublin Evening Mail described “one shot was fired through the drawingroom window through the upper panes, lodging five pellets in the ceiling. The other shot was fired at a blind window at the side of the house…In the morning, a threatening notice was found tied to the knocker of the hall door, signed ‘Captain Moonlight’ and threatening Mr Turner with the fate of Braddell and Fitzgerald if he used any cruelty towards the tenants.”[xli] The Cork Examiner noted that some in the area say that the incident arose “as a consequence of certain proceedings which Mr. Turner is about to take against a tenant for non-payment of rent. Others state that an ill-feeling was evoked by a severe penalty inflicted by him on certain parties in his capacity as magistrate.”[xlii]
The clergy of the surrounding parishes (Millford, Liscarroll and Freemont) denounced the “unmaly and mischevious actions.” The Reverend Sheahan, R.C.C. of the united parishes of Churchtown and Liscarroll, when addressing his congregation, spoke of Henry Turner’s considerateness towards all sects and classes. [xliii]
Henry was mentioned a couple of times in the letters from his mother: “Henry & his wife have paid their usual visit & gone to Whiddon to receive the Rent & see after the place – but they only stayed two or three days in London; I am very sorry not to have seen them, especially dear Mary who is so good & fond of us all.”
Henry and Mary had only one child, a daughter affectionately known as Ettie, whose birth was registered as Mary Henrietta Turner in 1854. Her grandmother described her as pale, “like the rest of the family”. She also said she enjoyed receiving letters from her grand-mamma. Sadly Ettie died as a child, on the 23 March 1869 in Prohust, Cork Ireland.
Henry died on the 23 February 1885 at Knockrea, Cork, Ireland, and is buried at Charleville. Probate on his Will was granted on the 23 March 1885 to his widow, Mary Hart Turner, on assets valued at just over £2953.[xliv]
Alfred Rooke Turner
The story of Alfred Rooke Turner can be found at this link:
Andrew Cheape Turner
Andrew Cheape Turner was born on the 4 April, 1828 in Knaresborough, Yorkshire, during his father’ short stint as curate of that parish. He was baptised on the 9 Mary the same year. His name likely comes from Andrew Cheape, who was the vicar of the parish of Knaresborough.
Andrew made his way to Australia, first, arriving in South Australia in 1846. Not long after, in 1847, he went to Victoria.[xlv]
He had two children with Harriet Hiscox. It is not certain when and where they met, or if they were actually married, as no record of marriage has been found. The birth certificate of their daughter Mary says they married in Bristol, England in 1849 but no such marriage was found on the England & Wales marriage indexes. Their daughter Mary was born in 1852, and died as a baby. Harriet died on the 15 January, 1855 in Sandridge, Melbourne.
Their son, John Baily Turner, was born in 6 May 1850. It does not appear that he was raised by his father. John is not listed as one of the children on Andrew’s death certificate. What became of the boy isn’t certain. Was he taken in by his mother’s family, if there were any in Melbourne? Was he informally adopted? It is known that the family “back home” knew about him, as he is mentioned in a letter from Edward Seymour Evans in 1899 when he discusses what is to become of Whiddon House.
In any case, in late adulthood, he ended up in Queensland. John Baily Turner died there in 1920.
Andrew remarried, to Grace Rose, a 26-year-old Scottish lass, on the 6 August, 1861 in Footscray, Victoria. Together they had 7 children.
Andrew took the clever option during the goldrush. His career was varied, but rather than join the diggings as a miner, he made his fortune as a merchant. He first kept the Werribee Hunt Hotel in Ballan, and then went to the Ballarat goldfields, “where he was the first man to have cradles, wheelbarrows, etc, taken to the diggings.” In 1854 he sold the Werribee Hunt Hotel and moved to Melbourne, and managed Dight’s first private gold escort. He spent some time in the Ovens district before returning to Melbourne, where he took the Old Shakespear Hotel in Collins Street, for about two years. Then he had the mail contract between Melbourne and the diggings for a couple of years, after which he moved to the Western District – Port Fairy, specifically, then known as Belfast- where he kept a livery-stable. He and his new family stayed there for 25 years. On his return to Melbourne, he kept the Buck’s Head livery stables in Little Lonsdale Street, and then later the Botanical Hotel in Domain Rd., South Yarra.[xlvi]
Tragedy struck the family in 1890, when Andrew drowned in the Yarra River, on the 11 September. His drowning was reported by two men, who “observed an old man, who seemed to be very despondent, sitting down on the bank, with his eyes fixed on the water.” Their attention was drawn elsewhere, but when they turned back to look, the man was no longer there, but not long afterwards, they observed a dark shape in the water. The Herald report of that day states that he was seen to have jumped off the Princes’ Bridge on the evening of the 11th.The police dragged the river for a body, but did not find it. The two men described him as about 60, and quite bald.[xlvii] His body was not found until the 19th, by Constable Burks.
Andrew had apparently been working as a commission agent. The Inquest on his death found that on the 11th of September, he left home without a word about where he was going. He was despondent because of financial difficulties, and he had told a friend that there was nothing left but to drown himself.[xlviii] The financial depression of 1890 hit many hard, and it seems that Andrew was not spared.
Their children were: Mary Emily, Andrew Charles, Thomas Edward, Alfred James, Frances Annie, Francis Henry, and Seymour Baily. Despite the tragic end to Andrew’s life, it appears that his family had been given a good start in life, as his sons obtained decent middle class professions. Thomas was a chemist; Alfred was a law clerk; Andrew was a school teacher, and Seymour was a shopkeeper.
I know there are descendants of Andrew’s in Australia. I welcome any details they may have about his life and times, and about his children and descendants. I would also welcome better quality photos than the ones I have posted!
ENDNOTES
[i] According to the Col. J.B. Turner memorial at the Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
[ii] According to the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 index on Ancestry.com.
[iii] Halliday, Hugh A. (1997) “John Baillie Turner and the Ottawa Volunteer Field Battery,” Canadian Military History: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 2. Available at: http://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol6/iss1/2
[iv] The Western Times 19 Oct 1833
[v] Halliday, Hugh A. (1997) “John Baillie Turner and the Ottawa Volunteer Field Battery,” Canadian Military History: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 2. Available at: http://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol6/iss1/2
[vi] Halliday, Hugh A. (1997) “John Baillie Turner and the Ottawa Volunteer Field Battery,” Canadian Military History: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 2. Available at: http://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol6/iss1/2
[vii] Halliday, Hugh A. (1997) “John Baillie Turner and the Ottawa Volunteer Field Battery,” Canadian Military History: Vol. 6: Iss. 1, Article 2. Available at: http://scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol6/iss1/2
[viii] Beechwood Cemetery Foundation, “Captain John Baillie Turner”, Historical Portraits, Ottawa, Beechwood Funeral, Cemetery & Cremation Services, 2017
[ix] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Ancestry.com.
[x] According to the baptism of William Hunter Evans
[xi] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1943; Folio: 419; Page: 38; GSU roll: 221102; accessed at Ancestry.com
[xii] The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Lunacy Patients Admission Registers; Class: MH 94; Piece: 4, part of the UK, Lunacy Patients Admission Registers, 1846-1912 collection accessed on Ancestry.com.
[xiii] 1871 England Census, Class: RG10; Piece: 849; Folio: 151; Page: 77; GSU roll: 827760, accessed on Ancestry.com
[xiv] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, accessed on Ancestry.com.
[xv] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, accessed on Ancestry.com
[xvi] According to Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142966614/mary-jane_baily-evans
[xvii] UK, Apprentices Indentured in Merchant Navy, 1824-1910: The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Collection: Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Index of Apprentices; Class: BT 150; Piece Number: 2, accessed at Ancestry.com
[xviii] Letter from Walter Coulson to Edmund Broderip, 20 Feb 1843; Foster of Wells, DD\FS/41/27; Somerset Heritage Archive,
[xix] Letter from Mary Jane Turner to Edwin Lovell, 3 Jul 1848; Foster of Wells, DD/FS/41/29/31; Somerset Heritage Archive.
[xx] 1861 England Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 73; Folio: 66; Page: 24; GSU roll: 542568; accessed at Ancestry.com.
[xxi] Newnham parish registers, Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, England; Reference Numbers: P228 IN 1/5, accessed on Ancestry.com.
[xxii] 1851 England Census.
[xxiii] Charlotte’s probate record states that she was formerly of Prohurst, County Cork, Ireland, and later of 11 Wellswood Park, Torquay, but her residence at the time of her death was Streatham House in Forres, Scotland.
[xxiv] Low, Sampson, The Charities of London in 1861: comprising an account of the operations, resrouces, and general conditions of the charitable, educational, and religious institutions of London. 1862.
[xxv] Bartlett School of Architecture, Survey of London, Chapter 4: West of Marylebone High Street, accessed at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/research/survey-london
[xxvi] Letter [unsigned but likely from Mrs Mary Jane Turner], 22 Apr [likely 1871].
[xxvii] Grant of Probate in the estate of Charlotte Mary Turner
[xxviii] 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Forres; ED: 5; Page: 13; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1871_25 [Index only, accessed at Ancestry.com].
[xxix] 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Fodderty; ED: 1; Page: 13; Line: 9; Roll: cssct1881a_103237 [Index only, accessed at Ancestry.com].
[xxx] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, accessed at Ancestry.com.
[xxxi] Gorman, W. Gordon, Biographical List of the More Notable Converts to the Catholic Church in the United Kingdom During the Last Sixty Years, 1910, London: Sands & Co.
[xxxii] 1861 England Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 1410; Folio: 116; Page: 31; GSU roll: 542808, accessed at Ancestry.com.
[xxxiii] 1871 England Census, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 90; Folio: 58; Page: 36; GSU roll: 824586, accessed at Ancestry.com.
[xxxiv] 1891 England Census, Class: RG12; Piece: 54; Folio: 97; Page: 9; GSU roll: 6095164, accessed at Ancestry.com.
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