Joshua Turner and Mary Inman
Parents
Joshua Turner and Nanny Greenwood
Joseph Inman and Frances Foster
Joshua Turner (b Yorkshire 1805, m Mary Inman 1831 Kirkheaton
Yorkshire)
Mary Inman (b Alverthorpe Yorkshire 1808)
Joseph William Turner (b St Peter Huddersfield Yorkshire 1832, m
Elizabeth Dobson 1854 Silkstone YKS, d 1909)
Louisa Turner (b St
Peter Huddersfield 1834 , m John Beattie 1853 Almondsbury
YKS, d 1863Newcastle on Tyne)
Frances Turner (b
Huddersfield 1837, m George Senior 1857 St Peter Huddersfield, d
1907 Huddersfield)
Joshua Turner (b
Huddersfield 1839, m Elizabeth Stephenson
1862 Newcastle-on-Tyne, d 1921 Melbourne)
Mary Louisa Turner (b abt 1868
Newcastle-on-Tyne, m John
Thompson 1887 Newcastle-on-Tyne, d 1901 N Fitzroy Vic)
Norman Thompson (b 1888
Newcastle-on-Tyne, m Winifred
Emma Farr 1918 Northcote Vic, d 1932 Thornbury Vic)
Alfred Turner (b Huddersfield abt
1841, m Emily Sophia Starie 1868 Sunbury On
Thames, London, d 1918 London)
Luke Turner (b St Peter Huddersfield
1843, d 1879 Newcastle on Tyne)
Henry Turner (b St Peter Huddersfield
1849, d aft 1860)
Joshua and Mary's Story
Joshua junior very considerately gave his mother's maiden name when
he married Jane Batty in1903. This enables us to find his parent's
wedding in Kirkheaton in 1831. (Kirkheaton is two Miles E of central
Huddersfield). On census returns, Joshua senior is pretty consistent
with his story - born about 1805 in Huddersfield. Mary comes from
Alverthorpe, which appears to be a suburb of Wakefield, about twelve
miles E of Huddersfield. her year of birth varies between 1808
and 1810. Joshua worked as a Whitesmith*, as did two of their sons.
Joshua and Mary moved to Newcastle-on-Tyne between the 1851 census
and the 1861 census. The last we know of them, they are living in
Newcastle-on-Tyne in their sixties in the 1871 census.
*A whitesmith is a
person who works with white or light-colored metal (such as tin)
and does finish work, such as filing and/or polishing, on iron to
remove black oxides. Whitesmith can also refer to the person who
polishes or finishes the metal rather than forging it. - Wikipedia
Joshua (b 1805) parents
LDS gives A Joshua Turner, b 1805 parents Joshua Turner and Nanny
Greenwood. They seem to be confirmed by some information supplied by
Ann Hunter
Transcript
of
the entry of "professions and trades" for HUDDERSFIELD in
Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.
Whitesmiths, Turner
J. (& gunsmith) Castlegate
Transcript of the entry of
"professions and trades" for HUDDERSFIELD in Pigot's Directory
of 1829.
Whitesmiths, Turner
Joshua, Castle gate
Transcript of the entry of
"professions and trades" for HUDDERSFIELD in Pigot's Directory
of 1834.
Whitesmiths, Turner Joshua,
Castle gate
Transcript of the entry of
"professions and trades" for HUDDERSFIELD in White's Directory
of 1837.
Whitesmiths, Joshua, 89
Castlegate
This looks like an earlier Joshua Turner/Whitesmith, as it is hard
to imagine Joshua (b dec 1805) in the 1922 trades directory, and
suggests Joshua and Nanny are the correct parents
1841 Census
Huddersfield : Dock St
Name
Age
Occupation
Where
Born
Joshua TURNER
35
Whitesmith
Same
County (b 1805)
Mary TURNER
30
Same
County (b 1810)
Joseph
TURNER
8
Same
County (b 1832)
Louisa
TURNER
6
Same
County (b 1834)
Frances TURNER
(F)
4
Same
County (b 1836)
Joshua TURNER
2
Same
County (b 1838)
Alfred
TURNER
3
months
Same
County (b 1841)
1851 Census
132 Zetland St , Huddersfield
Joshua TURNER
45
Whitesmith
Huddersfield
(b 1805)
Mary TURNER
42
Alverthorpe,
YKS (b 1808)
Joe William
TURNER
18
Huddersfield
(b 1832)
Louisa
TURNER
16
Huddersfield
(b 1834) (spelt Louezer!)
Joshua TURNER
12
Huddersfield
(b 1838)
Alfred
TURNER
10
Huddersfield
(b 1840)
Luke
TURNER
8
Huddersfield
(b 1842)
Henry
TURNER
1
Huddersfield
(b 1849)
Joseph
FELIX
39
Equ??????
France
Jeniver(?)
FELIX
30
France
1861 Census
11 Myrtle Terr, Elswick, Newcastle on Tyne
Mary TURNER
Head
Mar
52
YKS
(b 1808)
Joshua TURNER
Son
22
Whitesmith
Huddersfield,
YKS (b 1839)
Luke
TURNER
Son
17
Whitesmith
Huddersfield,
YKS (b 1843)
Henry TURNER
Son
4
Tailer
Huddersfield,
YKS (b 1856)
Note Mary is not described as Widow, and her husband is back in the
71 census.
Yes, four year old Henry does seem to be described as "Tailer" in
the census
Also living at 11 Myrtle Ter
was Joshua(Jnr)'s brother Joe and his family
11 Myrtle Ter, Elswick Newcastle-on-Tyne
Joe Turner (28) whitesmith, b Yorkshire Huddersfield (b 1832)
Elizabeth Turner (27), b Yorkshire Barnsley
James Turner (5) b Yorkshire Barnsley
Mary L Turner (3) b Yorkshire York
1871 Census
1 East Terr, Elswick, Newcastle on Tyne
Joshua TURNER
Head Mar
65
Whitesmith
Huddersfield, YKS (b 1805)
Mary TURNER
Wife Mar
62
Alverthorpe, YKS (b 1808)
Robert Henderson
Boarder
An email from Liz Wright has Alfred marrying
Emily Sophia Starie in 1968 at Sunbury On Thames, London.
He is in the 1881 census in Hastings St Mary Magdalen,
Sussex, as curate of St Mary Magdalen
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Glenis Crocker for all the stuff in her research notes.
Research Notes
Glenis has a copy of a baptism record for Joe William Turner, son of
Joshua and Mary 9 Sep 1833 Huddersfield
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