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TURNER, Joseph [c.1797-1848]
born c.1797 in Nottinghamshire, England and immigrated to the United States about 1825; it was reported that he was in New York State when he met Emily KNOX; married Emily on 15 Mar., 1934 and arrived in Michigan Territory ( 2 years prior to statehood) in 1835 prior to their first born, George; settled at Clinton in Lenawee County and then operated a gristmill on the Rouge River, Wayne County in 1837; moved to Detroit in 1846 or 1847; operated a dry goods and grocery store; June of 1848 bought a grist mill and store at Stoney Creek, , Avon Twsp., Oakland County Michigan; on 21 Nov., 1848 Joseph died leaving his wife, 6 children and one child unborn.
-the Rouge River location was .....on the North Branch of The Rouge River between the grist mill known as Rufus Wells and the grist mill occupied by said Turner to a post on land between Wells and Dumois...thence to the bank of the river;
-the Detroit store location was at ...the west half of Lot 28, Section 9 on Madison Avenue. in DetroitLand; -the Stoney Creek locations were Lots 12, 13 & 35 of Stoney Creek;
a member and Treasurer (1847-1848) of the Detroit Masonic Lodge; probable burial place is at the Stoney Creek Cemetery. ( Grave not found)
KNOX, Emiline (Emily) [1816-1911] 
born 14 Dec., 1816 at Dudley, Worcester, England and emigrated from England to New York State c. 1830; father - Tobias KNOX; married Joseph TURNER in 1834; moved with Joseph to Michigan 2 years prior to Michigan becoming a state; Joseph died in 1848 at Stoney Creek; much of Emily is known from the various affidavits that she made and of those that were made on her behalf and other information was provided by County Records; November 1848, Joseph died and left her with 6 young children and one child yet to be born; George her first child was 15 years old; creditors of the store goods filed claims against the goods and Emily fought them off for two years; the creditors, I assume, could not believe that Emily was capable of running the store; Emily was left with a debt of $4,000.00; within the next two years, 1848-1850 Emily disposed of the Detroit property and remained at Stoney Creek fending off the creditors; in 1860 moved to Pontiac; the creditors received 10 cents on the dollar; Emily was left poor and relied on her children to support her; 1862 moved to Saginaw and lived with her son, Charles; affidavits and applications for Pension regarding her son, Albert who died in 1862, in the War of the Rebellion, state that she was married 15 Mar., 1834; these forms gave no witnesses nor the location of that marriage; longest known friend, from these papers, was Andrew W. FREETO who had known her since 1834; on one of her affidavits when was asked to supply disinterested individuals who knew of her personal affairs, Emily stated that "....she was not in the habit of disclosing personal information to disinterested persons."
Emily remained with her son, Charles at 1702 Court St., Saginaw until her death on 11 May, 1911 at the age of 95; outlived all her children except Charles who died 2 years later; buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Saginaw, Michigan.
Stoney Creek store Stoney Creek school Stoney Creek Cemetery
McFARLAND, John F.
born Scotland; married Mary Anderson; lived at Saginaw
ANDERSON, Mary
born Scotland; married John F. McFarland; lived at Saginaw
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TURNER, George Capt. [1835-1906]
born Michigan, 1835; attended school at Detroit; became cadet in the Surveyor-Generals Department, United States Survey; continued in this department after school; became County Surveyor of Midland County and Michigan Register of Deeds; married Julia Ann Smith, of Midland, 22Mar. 1857; on the outbreak of the Civil War (War of the Rebellion) entered service in Company “B” Tenth Infantry, Michigan Volunteers as a 2nd Lieutenant on 6 May., 1861 at Saginaw; became a Captain in 1863 and in1864 was transferred to the Engineers; affidavits tell us that he was wounded by a Russian Officer; in 1865 was discharged from the service and became engaged in contracting in Tennessee, Alabama and Arkansas; in 1881 returned to Michigan and in 1882 became Town Engineer in Bay City, Michigan where he was responsible
George Turner for the construction of many historical public buildings in Bay City; first married Julia SMITH of Midland, Michigan and they had one girl, Edith; In 1865, while at Chattanooga, married second wife Sophia THOMPSON who was from Georgia; they had one son, George Edwin who married Kathleen ATKINSON; died 30 Aug., 1906; buried in Elm Lawn Cemetery, Bay City.
SMITH, Julia
of Midland, Michigan; married George Turner (1st wife)
THOMPSON, Sophia [ -1908]
of Georgia, USA; married George Turner (2nd wife) at Chattanooga, Tennessee.
TURNER, Charles Knox Sr. [1837-1913]
born near Detroit (Dearbornville); moved to Saginaw, 1852; engaged in lumbering; married Jeanette Byron ; resided at 1702 Court St., Saginaw; died Saginaw, 28 Mar., 1913; buried Oakwood Cemetery.
BYRON, Jeannette W. A. [1843-1916]
born Glasgow, Scotland; immigrated 1849; married Charles K. Turner, 8 Jun., 1859 at Saginaw, Mich..
[Ed. Note: I believe that her name was Jeanette Whittier A. Byron. Whittier maybe her mother's maiden name,
the "A" is unknown at this time]
TURNER, Edwin [1839- ]
born Wayne County, Mich.; moved to Chicago
TURNER, William [1841- ]
born Wayne County; moved to South Bend, Indiana.
TURNER, Emily Jr. [1844- ]
born Wayne County; moved to Pontiac then Saginaw; married Sylvester Vibber of Midland, Mich., 2 Jan., 1864; may have died shortly after marriage.
VIBBER, Sylvester [1842- ]
born in Upper Canada (Ontario) in 1842; son of Sylvester Vibber born at New York 1810; married Emily Jr. Turner
TURNER, Albert Pvt. [1846-1862]
born at Wayne County, Michigan; attended school at Stoney Creek, Mich. and after the family moved to Pontiac worked in a printing office; enlisted at Pontiac as a private in Company "B" Tenth Michigan Volunteers on 28 Oct., 1861; under age at the time of enlistment but the enrollment records state that he was of age; apparently he lied about his age; during the engagement at Farmington, Mississippi in May 1862 Albert was wounded and died of "Fever" on 13 Jun., 1862; buried in the National Cemetery at Corinth, Miss.; grave # 2497.
TURNER, Joseph Jr. [1849-1905]
born Jul., 1849 at Stoney Creek, Oakland County, Mich.; attended local school; living with brother Charles at Saginaw, 1870; lumberman; moved to Bay City; engaged by S.H. Webster, lumbering and then Miller & Lewis; married Eliza McFarland; 1892, partnership with Albert Miller purchased the Stodgett Mill in Muskegon; brought the mill to Bay City; partner with Fisher & Turner; formed Turner Lumber Co. in 1900; operated in Canada in the Georgian Bay area; resided on Broadway St. and in 1889 built the house at 1514 Center Ave. (the house remains today, known as the Supernant's); died in the King Edward Hotel, Toronto 27 Oct., 1905; buried Elm Lawn, Cemetery, Bay City, Mich..
Joseph Turner II 1514 Center Ave.
McFARLAND, Eliza [1851-1909]
born Nov., 1851 at Saginaw; 1870 census shows living with her sister Maggie & Joshua Blackmore and attending school; married Joseph Turner Jr., 12 May, 1873, at Saginaw; died during a motor trip 7 May, 1909; buried Elm Lawn, Bay City, Mich..
Eliza McFarland
BLACKMORE, Joshua [1811-1881]
born England 25 Mar., 1811; mason by trade; came to Saginaw in 1836; superintended the first brick building in Saginaw, the residence of Geo. W. Bullock; elected coroner 1845-1854; elected County Treasurer in 1854; married 3 times and in 1892 was married to Margaret J. McFarland, eldest daughter of John and Mary McFarland; 1870 census shows real estate holdings in the Saginaw Valley at $ 75,000.00
McFARLAND, Robert [1855- ]
born Michigan; 1900 census shows him and family living at 1415 Center Ave., Bay City, occupation as Superintendent of Bay City Bridges.
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TURNER, Edith [c.1860- ]
married c.1880 Richard Richardson.
TURNER, George Edwin [ -1937]
born Chattanooga; attended school at Bay City; became County Surveyor, 1898; married Kathleen Atkinson; buried Elm Lawn, Cemetery, Bay City, Mich..
ATKINSON, Kathleen [ -1939]
dau. of Robert Atkinson of Bay City; married George Edwin Turner; buried Elm Lawn, Bay City, Mich..
TURNER, Charles Knox Jr. [1864-1919]
born Saginaw; moved to Bay City; married Lillie May Baxter; a contractor; buried Elm Lawn, Bay City, Mich..
BAXTER, Lillie May [1868-1923]
born Saginaw; married Charles Knox Turner Jr.; buried Elm Lawn, Bay City, Mich..
TURNER, May [1866-1948]
born Saginaw 11 Oct., 1866; graduate of the University of Michigan; teacher and private tutor in Saginaw; moved to Englewood, NJ.; lived with her brother, Harold; died at Englewood 5 Apr., 1948; buried Oakwood Cemetery, Saginaw; unmarried.
TURNER, Joseph Whittier [1868-1942]
born, 7 Oct., 1868 Saginaw, Michigan; married Helen Webb of Camden, Ohio; in 1910, living at 2939 Cottage Grove Ave., Des Moines; operated J.W. Turner Improvement Company, an engineering and general contractor business from 309 Youngerman Block, Des Moines; died, at home, 7 Mar., 1942; buried Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines (SW1/4 of Lot 00107, Block 26).
(Ed. Note: I believe that Whittier is from his mother's maiden name. Jeanette W. A. (Byron) Turner).
WEBB, Helen [1863-1941]
born 31 Mar., 1861 at Camden, Ohio; daughter of Abraham Webb and Mary Jane (Brown) Webb (Abraham born in Virginia, Mary Jane born in Ohio); married Joseph Whittier Turner c. 1899; the 1910 survey shows a sister, Elizabeth Long, a widow age 38, living in the house on Cottage Grove; Helen died 1 Jan., 1941, Des Moines, Iowa; buried Glendale Cemetery, Des Moines (SW1/4 of Lot 00107, Block 26).
TURNER, Jesse A. [1870-1922]
born Saginaw; Real Estate Salesman; died Portland, Oregon; buried Oakwood Cemetery, Saginaw, Mich..
TURNER, Lillian [1872-1943]
born Saginaw; graduate of Michigan State Normal College; taught school at Saginaw for 35 years; buried Oakwood Cemetery, Saginaw.
TURNER, Harold K. [1877-1947]
born Saginaw 28 Feb., 1877; moved to Englewood, NJ; employed by Consolidated Edison as an electrical engineer; married Maria Dingamn; buried Brookside Cem., Englewood, NJ.
DINGMAN, Maria [1880-1967]
born Rossman; married Harold K. Turner died Englewood, NJ
TURNER, William Roy [1878-1933]
born Saginaw; moved to Reading, PA; married Daisy May Ritchings; employed at Metropolitan Edison Company and was responsible for many safety systems; died Reading, PA.; buried Oakwood Cem., Saginaw.
TURNER, Arthur Blackmore [1874-1915]
born Bay City; moved to New York City; stock broker; buried Elm Lawn, Bay City, Mich..
TURNER, Dwight Joseph [1875-1935]
born at Bay City, Michigan on 14 Mar., 1875; educated at Phillips-Andover and the University of Michigan; graduated in law, 1898; practiced law in Bay City and in 1900 was a member of the Turner Lumber Co.; in 1905, became president of the firm on the death of his father, Joseph JR.; the company operated from the National Life Chambers on Toronto Street, Toronto, Ont. and a branch office in Midland, Ont.; the company went out of business in 1919 (US-Canada lumber embargoes) and Dwight moved to Detroit where he resumed his law practice; president of the Ontario Hockey Assoc. and the Michigan-Ontario League; married Florence Mitchell PHILLIPS of Toronto in 1907 and they had 3 sons, Philip, Joseph and Stephen; resided at 106 Madison Ave. and 179 Balmoral Ave, Toronto; Dwight, Florence and Stephen moved, c.1919, to Seyburn Ave., Detroit while Dwight practiced law. Florence returned to Toronto and resided at 126 Heath St. with her sons; Dwight died at Detroit on 13 Feb., 1935; buried in Elm Lawn Cem., Bay City.
Dwight J. Turner 106 Madison Ave. 179 Balmoral Ave 126 Heath St. W. 115 Seyburn Ave., Detroit
PHILLIPS, Florence Mitchell [1881-1951]
born Toronto 12 Apr., 1881; daughter of Francis J. Phillips & Annie Bacon; attended The Model School and Bishop Strachan; married Dwight J. Turner 23 Jan., 1907 at the Church of the Redeemer; lived at 106 Madison Ave., 179 Balmoral Ave., returning to Toronto Florence lived at 126 Heath St., 46 Oriole Rd., 60 Oriole Gardens; died 18 Jun., 1951; buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.
Florence M. Phillips
TURNER, Clarence [1877-1939]
born Bay City; buried Elm Lawn, Bay City, Mich..
TURNER, Stanley F. [1880-1944]
born Bay City; buried Elm Lawn, Bay City, Mich..
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TURNER, Daisy May
born Reading, PA., c.1910; moved to Cleveland, Ohio; married; married name unknown.
TURNER, Alfred Byron
born Reading, PA. c.1916
TURNER, Grace M. [1905-1982]
born New York City; died, 1982 at Greenwich, NJ.
TURNER, Harold M. [1907-1987]
born New York City; died 21 Dec., 1987.
TURNER, Jesse A. [1908- ]
born New York City; married Virginia Oxenham; bank president; retired at Englewood, NJ.
OXENHAM, Virginia [1907- ]
born at Atlanta, Georgia; married Jesse A. Turner
TURNER, Hulda A. [1910- ]
born New York City
TURNER, Philip Dwight [1908-1961]
born Toronto, 4 Apr., 1908; attended Upper Canada College; stock broker, accountant; married Hazel Werry of Oshawa at Oshawa, 1935; they lived in Toronto and in Windsor until Philip was offered the opportunity to run Phillips Toronto Ltd.; moving back to Toronto, Philip started his training to take over Phillips Toronto Ltd.; his uncle Bill, the manager, died in 1935 and after a few years Philip became the manager; the company, whose ownership was shared by Francis Phillips's daughters, sold the company and Philip remained manager; in 1953 the company moved the plant operation to Strathroy, Ontario and Philip and his family moved there; died at Strathroy 6 Dec., 1961; buried Parklawn Cemetery., Toronto.
TURNER, Joseph III [1910-1998]
born Toronto 19 Oct., 1910; attended Upper Canada College; bank teller; 1938 employed National Steel Car, n in 1945 with Victory Aircraft as the Cost Accountant, and by A.V. Roe as accountant and rose to Vice President of Finance, in 1955; after A.V. Roe employed by Orenda Engines; married first Hilary Mennell then after Hilary's death Joe married Rhoda Mennell Talfourd-Jones; retired Hawker-Siddley 1975; died at Toronto 23 Mar., 1998.
(Ed. Note: Joseph Turner is mentioned several times in the book "Shutting down The National Dream - A.V. Roe and the Tragedy of the Avro Arrow" by Greig Stewart foreword by Jan Zurakowski, McGraw-Hill Ryeseron ISBN 0-07-549675-5)
MENNELL, Hilary [1914-1947]
born Scarborough, England 2 Aug., 1914; married Joseph Turner III (1st wife)1935; died Toronto 11 Feb., 1947
MENNELL, Rhoda Alice [1917-2001]
born on 31 March, 1917 at Valparaiso, Chile, 7th of 8 children born to James Leslie Mennell and Florence Mary Bell; married Paul Talfourd-Jones in England, 1939; after Paul's death in 1945 moved with children to Canada when her sister, Hilary, died in 1947; Rhoda married Joseph Turner III, abt. 1948 and the two families combined; died at Toronto 12 April, 2001.
TURNER, Stephen Frances [1912-1992]
born Toronto, 4 Apr., 1908; attended Upper Canada College; at the outbreak of WWII he entered the military and graduated form Brockville Officers Training Centre in 1941; after a course at Camp Borden, Ontario was made a full Lieutenant; stationed at Three Rivers, Quebec having completed a further O.T.C. he was made a Captain; the next move was to Vernon, British Columbia for the school of Infantry and was made Major; married Audrey Hughes 4 May, 1944; attached to the Australian-American forces to study "Amphibious Landing and Infantry Techniques" for the Canadian Military and participated in the invasion of Moratai, Moluccas Island Group (nw of Borneo); obtained the rank of Lt. Col. in the RRC; died at Toronto 14 Jan., 1992.
HUGHES, Audrey
born Kingston, Ont.; daughter of John Hughes of Kingston; married Stephen F. Turner