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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Norfolk => Topic started by: clairelouise on Monday 17 September 12 10:45 BST (UK)
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Hi I wonder if somebody can help me?
I have the surname Turvey in my Maternal Family and I have managed to get back to John Turvey(sometimes spelt Tirvey/Tirvy) 1760(ish), they all came from foulden/pentney area in Norfolk.
I am now stuck and the reason being is that family 'history' has it that the Turvey's came over from germany, but I'm blowed if I can find any info on this story.
Can somebody point me in the right direction of where to look please.
Thank You
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My advise (for what it is worth) is to forget the Family story - well, at least to put it on the back burner unless evidence comes up to make it worth looking at again.
You have said yourself you are now stuck, and give the reason that the family somes from Germany.
Perhaps if you keep looking in Norfolk you may not be stuck!! Who knows.
Back in the 1760's parish records tend to become a bit patchy - some are complete and clear, others are messy and illegible.
I dont know where you are, but if at all possible it would be worth going to the Norfolk Record Office and looking through the PR's for the area to see what you can find.
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Hello,
I agree with lizdb - I would see what I could find as far back as possible with the Norfolk connection.
The earliest baptism I could find in Foulden was for a Judith Turvey, baptised on 8 June, 1788, by a John and Winnifred Turvey. Does that ring any bells? I'm assuming you don't have a "definite" baptism for John, as you say "1760-ish" ...
I couldn't find a marriage for John and Winnifred though .... I'll have a look at some parishes nearby.
Yorkslass
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Hi again,
This looks like the right one - Northwold was only a couple of miles away from Foulden.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12410-42043-30?cc=1416598&wc=MMVP-WJS:n726421940
Yorkslass
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hello ladies
john and winnifred are my relatives and i have johns father and mother as well,
I will put the germany story on the back burner, but I do wonder if it is true as I cant find anything before 1760.
Thank You for replies and help
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Hi again,
I've been a while looking at the registers for Northwold and North Pickenham, and come up with nothing for John Turvey's baptism - I'd be interested to know his parents names, and where he was baptised.
Yorkslass
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Nofolkindexers, www.doun.org has few early Turvey Records;
Burials;
ELLEN Turvey, Foulden, age 72
GEORGE ALFRED Turvey, Foulden, age 21
These 2 have no dates but as records seem to be in chronological order they were pre the next record which is;
THOMAS Turvey, East Rudham 1751
ALICE Turvey, East Pickenham 1771
JOHN Turvey, East Pickenham 1782
Burial, WINIFRED Turvey, 1843, Foulden, age 97
A SAMUEL/JUDITH were baptising Children in Pickenham North 1764-1774
A Robert WATTS Married Elizabeth TURVEY, Sporle with Palgrave 1733
Trish :)
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FreeREG has a John THERBY? Baptised 26 Feb 1766, St Peter, Corpusty At
Parents JOHN/SUSAN
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Thank You I now have something to go on but getting further back might take a miracle ;D
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Hi,
Regarding origins of names, a school teacher told my father that the Theobald name was of Swiss origin, this would have been back somewhere between 1913 and 1923. I've taken my line back to 1750 and so far no sign of a Swiss origin, all have been Essex born, no doubt the name might well have come over with the Angels Angles or Saxons or some other lot with a Germanic type language.
Family lore can be useful to know but sometimes there is only a grain of truth in it, if any at all, so needs to be treated with suspicion.
Regards.
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Googling , the origins of the surname Turvey, comes up with several entries like these;
http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Turvey
http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/turvey
Trish :)
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The surname Turvey has been found in East Anglia at least as far back as 1395 when there was a Norfolk priest called John Turvey:
http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Surname:Turvey#Earliest_recorded_Turveys
It appears that the main "line" originated from the Bedfordshire village of Turvey in the 1200s. There was a smattering of Turveys in East Anglia in the 1841 census.
I doubt if the Turveys were German origin, although a maternal line may well have been of course. I haven't found any Turvey ancestries in East Anglia going back before 1760 I'm afraid.
Incidentally, have any of your male Turvey relatives had their Y DNA tested? It would be exciting if they were a match to me, as our lines would have probably diverged about 700 years ago.