Joshua Turner and Mary Inman
Parents
Joshua Turner and Nanny Greenwood
Joseph Inman and Frances Foster
This family is validated in Thrulines by DNA matches. Frances Ann
(1) Joshua (1) and Luke (1)
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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