ELIZA TILBURY AND HER TURNER FAMILY
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| St. Mary Abbot's, Kensington, 1831 |
Family mythology:
"Before Charles Tilbury lost all his money, his daughter Eliza - my great grandmother - had a governess and had been born into a comfortable middle class family. Educated at home. Eventually had to go and live with an Aunt and Uncle in Portobello Road London, go out to work."
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The Turners before 1881
FreeBMD:
William TURNER
m. Sophia HODGES 3Q 1840 (Braintree 12/29)
1851: lvg. Kensington, Middlesex
William TURNER b. c.1820 Braintree, Essex (Head, Spouse of Sohpia)
Sophia TURNER b. c.1821 Braintree, Essex (Wife of William)
Mary Ann TURNER b. c.1843 Braintree, Essex
William TURNER b. c.1845 Braintree, Essex
George TURNER b. c.1847 Peckham, Surrey
Charles TURNER b. c.1850 Kensington, Middlesex
IGI:
CharlesTURNER Chr. 16 November 1851 St Mary Abbot, Kensington, London
Emma Jane TURNER Chr. 4 April 1852 St Mary Abbot, Kensington, London
William TURNER Chr. 21 March 1854 St Mary Abbot, Kensington, London
1861: lvg. Kensington St Mary Abbott, Middlesex
William TURNER b. c.1819 Braintree, Essex
Sophia TURNER b. c.1821 Braintree, Essex
Marianne TURNER b. c.1843 Braintree, Essex
William TURNER b. c.1845 Braintree, Essex
George TURNER b. c.1847 ___, Surrey
Charles TURNER b. c.1850 Kensington, Middlesex
Emma Jane TURNER b. c.1852 Kensington, Middlesex
Adelaide TURNER b. c.1855 Kensington, Middlesex
1871: lvg. Kensington, London
Sophia TURNER b. c.1821 Braintree, Essex (Head)
William TURNER b. c.1845 Braintree, Essex
George TURNER b. c.1847 city, Surrey
Charles TURNER b. c.1850 Kensington, Middlesex
Emma Jane TURNER b. c.1852 Kensington, Middlesex
Adelaide TURNER b. c.1855 Kensington, Middlesex
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From the family:
"Eliza Tilbury m. Charles Turner 12th December 1874 at St. Marys Church Southampton. He was living in Kensington at the time of marriage and Eliza at 2 Glebe road, Southampton. Francis William and Catherine Tilbury were witnesses at the wedding.
After getting married they went to live at 6 Silver Street, Kensington - an Ironmongers business. Lived there for 15yrs before moving to Acton and finally Harrow."
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Eliza Tilbury & Charles Turner
Eliza TILBURY b. 1853
m. Charles TURNER 4Q 1874 (Southampton 2c/46) b. 1853
See Guestbook entries for October 2008
1881: lvg. 6 Silver Street, London, Middlesex
Sophia TURNER Head (Widow) age 60 b. Braintree, Essex (Tunic Worker)
Adelaide TURNER Daur (Unmarried) age 26 b. Kensington, Middlesex (Tunic Worker)
Charles TURNER Son (Married) age 31 b. Kensington, Middlesex (Tunic Worker)
Eliza. TURNER Daughter In Law (Married) age 26 b. Southampton, Hampshire (Tunic Worker)
Eliza TURNER Grand Child age 5 b. Kensington, Middlesex (Scholar)
Katherine TURNER Grand Child age 4 b. Kensington, Middlesex (Scholar)
Ellen TURNER Grand Child age 8 mths b. Kensington, Middlesex
(At no. 12 Silver st.: Harry C. TILBURY, Nephew of William & Jennie WHITE, age 12 b. Highbury, Middlesex)
Adelaide Florence TURNER b. 2Q 1888 (Kensington 1a/105)
Edith Alice TURNER b. 1Q 1890 (Kensington 1a/143)
(The family mythology below refers to a twin for Edith Alice, but FreeBMD listings show none, for birth or death, for either Edith, or Adelaide.)
1891: lvg. Kensington, London
Charles TURNER* b. c.1847 Kensington, London
Eliza TURNER b. c.1855 ___, Hampshire
Eliza TURNER b. c.1876 Kensington, London
Catherine M. TURNER b. c.1877 Kensington, London
Ellen A. TURNER b. c.1881 Kensington, London
Mary M[ay]. TURNER b. c.1883 Kensington, London
Adelaide F[lorence]. TURNER b. c.1888 Kensington, London
Edith A[lice]. TURNER b. c.1890 Kensington, London
[* Ancestry: TUMER]
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| The family of Eliza Turner nee Tilbury c.1898,
husband Charles Turner, their nine daughters, one son-in-law |
1901: lvg. Middlesex, Acton
Charles TURNER age 51 b. London Kensington (Zine Worker)
Eliza TURNER age 46 b. Hants Southampton
Ellen A. TURNER age 20 b. London Kensington
Mary M. TURNER age 19 b. London Kensington (Flourists Assistant)
Adelaide F. TURNER age 13 b. London Kensington (Juvenile)
Edith A. TURNER age 11 b. London Kensington (Juvenile)
Emma S[ophia]. TURNER age 9 b. London Kensington (Juvenile)
Margaret L[ouise]. TURNER age 7 b. Middx Acton (Juvenile)
Beatrice O. TURNER age 5 b. Middx Acton (Juvenile)
1901: Southampton, St. Mary Extra
Katherine M. TURNER age 24 b. London Kensington (Barmaid)
A Mary May TURNER
m. George Phillips FROST 3Q 1903 (Fulham 1a/836)
(Did K[C]atherine marry before 1911?)
1911: Brentford reg. dist.
Charles TURNER age 62
Eliza TURNER age 56
Ellen Amelia TURNER age 30
Edith Alice TURNER age 21
Emma Sophia TURNER age 19
Beatrice Olive TURNER age 15
Nancy Irene FROST age 7
1911: Brentford reg. dist.
George Phillips FROST age 29
Mary May FROST age 28
Philip Turner FROST age 5
Doris Ellaline FROST age 3
Seymour Parker FROST age 1
1911: South Stoneham reg. dist., Hampshire
William H. ROBINSON age 51
Emily A. ROBINSON age 50
Adelade F. TURNER age 23
Gertrude LOVINGTON age 22
Clara J. SIMPSON age 5
An Adelaide F. TURNER
m. Edward W. NEWING 3Q 1913 (S. Stoneham 2c/199)
Edith Alice TURNER
m. Frank William Edward HARRIS 3Q 1915 (Biggleswade 3b/1014)
See Guestbook entry for September 2010 for contact with a Turner/Harris descendant
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From the family:
"The Turner girls:
Eliza (Lidy) was the eldest - b. 1876, d. 22nd January 1940,
Catherine was a barmaid at Peartree* in 1901,
Mary (May) b. 2nd April 1882, d. 21 August 1918,
Margaret (Madge) b. 1894, d. 3rd November 1902 of Tuberculosis, age 8yrs,
Beatrice Olive was the youngest, b. 7th October 1895.
The other sisters names: Florence, Edith (twin brother died at birth), Emma and Eleanor (Nelly). Eliza had one or two other children - sons who died at birth.
Charles Turner died 30th April 1931. Eliza [Tilbury] Turner died 31st July 1933."
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* The Pear Tree Inn, St. Mary Extra, Southampton, and the nephew of Catherine's grandmother Eliza ROBINSON:
The Robinsons and Pear Tree Green, Hampshire
Charles, Francis William, James Tilbury & sisters Ellen, Eliza, Kate, Mary
Their father Charles Tilbury of Southampton and of the Royal Hotel, Aldershot
Sources: Descendants, Census, IGI, FreeBMD, Google Books Online - with thanks