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Looking for John and Martha TURTON in 1861 please.
I expect them to be at Low Ackworth, Yorkshire.
John, born abt 1795 at Sheffield, a gardener in 1851 & 1861.
Martha, born 1798 at Ackworth.
Also a secondary interest in Thomas TURTON who is about the same age, a surgeon or doctor. He was born Sheffield too, and lived in Ackworth. Still alive in 1881.
Thank you
ChristineR :)
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Hi Christine
1861 census Ackworth
Low Ackworth
John Turton head 63 ? (Age scribbled over) Gardner Sheffield
Martha Turton wife 52 Ackworth
Emma Turton Daugh 19 Ackworth
Andrew Turton Gran son 11 scholar Ackworth
Mary Jane Turton Gran daugh 8 scholar Kirk Heaton
James Beckett lodger 31 Brickmaker Ackworth
Ann Beckett wife 32 Ackworth
Edward Beckett son 6? scholar Ackworth
Charlotte Beckett daugh 4 scholar Ackworth
Low Ackworth
John Turton Jun head 45? painter employing 1 man Ackworth
Margret Turton wife 45 Wragby
Selina Turton daugh 14 scholar Ackworth
Mary E Turton daugh 12 scholar Ackworth
Walter B Turton son 4 Ackworth
Selina Booth unm lodger 36 Wragby
Ackworth Moor Top
Thomas Turton head 63 Surgeon Sheffield
Mary Turton wife 65 Hessle
Bracken Hill Ackworth
William Augustin Turton (cannot make out the age) Engine driver of a thrashing machine Ackworth
Jane Turton wife 36 Ackworth
Thomas Turton son 12 Scholar Ackworth
John Turton son 5 scholar Ackworth
Frederick Turton son 2 Ackworth
Regards Lorraine
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Thank you Lorraine,
wonderful, I think that Thomas and John are related, both about the same age and born Sheffield. My Mary thought that a surgeon was a better occupation to give for her father than gardener when she married in Australia in 1854 ;D But we get mum's name on a marriage too, so I've got the right parents.
Many thanks for the others, they are sons of Thomas and John.
thanks again
ChristineR
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Hello Christine
I am also interested in this family (because my grandson is descended from them). I'm starting to think that Martha possibly married two Turton men. Her first son John Turton (born c 1817), a painter, was with his mother Martha in the 1841 census; there is a marriage between John Turton and Margaret Grace Booth which says John's father is HENRY TURTON and Martha is living with husband John Turner in following census records. Of course, it could be a different Martha (there seem to be quite a few Marthas who married a John Turton on the LDS website!).
If you're still around and still interested in this family, I'd love to catch up with you.
Regards
Ann
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Ann, this post of yours is a few years old, but if you are still around ... I always believed John in the 1841 census to be the son of Thomas Turton, the surgeon. John is the same age and does not appear in the 1841 census at home.
I just checked the image of the 1844 Booth /Turton marriage and it quite clearly says his father is Thomas Turton, surgeon, so that proves the above theory nicely! The only way the transcriber could have got Henry is because the registrar first started to write surgeon under Thomas' name instead of in the other column. With the stroke through the 'Su', it does look a bit like Hy, the abbreviated form of Henry.
I am looking into your theory of Martha having two marriages to a Turton. Especially in light of the fact John Turton spent the 1841 census night elsewhere in Moor Top with another woman with a different surname to his. (his looks like Turlow since the T isn't crossed]
:)
ChristineR
Hello Christine
I am also interested in this family (because my grandson is descended from them). I'm starting to think that Martha possibly married two Turton men. Her first son John Turton (born c 1817), a painter, was with his mother Martha in the 1841 census; there is a marriage between John Turton and Margaret Grace Booth which says John's father is HENRY TURTON and Martha is living with husband John Turner in following census records. Of course, it could be a different Martha (there seem to be quite a few Marthas who married a John Turton on the LDS website!).
If you're still around and still interested in this family, I'd love to catch up with you.
Regards
Ann