Personal Details of Louisa Turner

 

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Buried:  03/03/1915

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Burial Register
Name at death Louisa Turner
Age at Death 81
Burial Date 03 March 1915
Abode 7 York Road,
Newbury
Official at Burial J Edward Peel
Comments
Burial Register Index
Book 1899
Page Number 270
Reccord Number 9353
Sources Burial Register

Burial Register entry for Louisa Turner
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Reproduced with kind permission


Memorial Details
  Headstone: In Loving Memory of / Sarah Naylor / who fell asleep in Jesus / March 12th. 1894 /aged 65 years. / "Blessed are the Dead which die in the Lord." / Rev. XII, 13. / Also of Louisa / the beloved wife of Thomas Turner, / who entered into Rest / February 28 1915 / aged 81 years. / "Jesu lover of my soul / Let me to thy bosom fly." / Also of Thomas Turner / husband of the above / who departed this life / Dec. 4. 1916, / aged 75 years. / At Rest. // East Kerbstone: Side: In Loving Memory of // North Kerbstone: Side: William Panchaud who departed this life February 1st. 1928 aged 68 years. // North Kerbstone: side: "Safe in the Homeland." //
 
Name on Memorial LOUISA TURNER
Date of death 28/02/1915
Age 81
Gender Female
 
Memorial Type Headstone; Kerbstones
Construction Material Marble Lead letters
Condition of memorial Good condition but tilting right & forward; letters vulnerable.
Pattison Location Code P(D)4
Recorder's Notes Sarah Naylor was born to John, a glazier, & Ann, a Laundress, of West Mills, Newbury. She was a dressmaker in the 1851 census. By 1861, her father was dead and she lived with her mother in Bartholomews Almshouses. No records can be found until the 1891 census when she is recorded as working as a dressmaker and visiting another dressmaker in 3,Trafalgar Place, Bartholomew St. Louisa Turner, nee Naylor, was sister to Sarah & grew up in West Mills. She was a live-in domestic servant in 1851 to Mason's, Grocer's, of West Mills &, a Cook to John Staples, Ironmonger of Bartholomew St in 1861. In 1874,she became Thomas Turner's 2nd wife, bringing up his three daughters by his first wife, Mary. Thomas Turner was born to an Agricultural Labourer & his wife, Sarah, who lived in The City, a poor area of small cottages in St John's, Newbury. He continued to live there after his marriage to Mary Adams in 1863, working in a Candle Making factory at 48, Bartholomew St which he later took over. When Mary died in 1873 he was left to bring up three daughters and he married Louisa Naylor in Newbury in 1874. He was still a Candle maker's porter in the 1881 census but was described as a Tallow Chandler at 48, Bartholomew St in an 1887 directory. After the trade died out they moved to Ernest Cottage, 7, York Rd, Newbury & his occupation was described as an Oilman in the 1891 census. He had retired from this trade by the 1901 census when his occupation was given as a Market Gardener, and again in the 1911 census. He left £7464 to Stephen North, Auctioneer's Clerk & Alexander North, Accountant's Clerk. Sources: NRC Bur Recd; Ancestry records.
Others named on memorial
THOMAS TURNER
WILLIAM PANCHAUD
Sarah Naylor

Biographical Information

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Louisa Turner

Louisa Turner

c1834-1915

Louisa was born in Clerkenwell Middlesex the daughter of Thomas and Ann Naylor (nee Clements) who were married in Speen in 1821. Thomas was born c1788 in Newbury and Ann was born in Colthrop Thatcham she was baptised on the 9th July 1786 in Thatcham the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Clements.

In 1841 Louisa (7) was living in West Mills Newbury with her parents Thomas (50), a Glazier and Ann (50) and her siblings, Thomas (15), a Carpenter, Sarah (14) and Hannah (9).

The 1851 census records Louisa (16) as a Housemaid in West Mills Newbury the home of Henry Hawe Mason, a Grocer. Louisa’s parents and sister, Sarah were also recorded living in West Mills Newbury.

Louisa’s father died aged 62 in 1851 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 21st October.

The 1861 census records Louisa’s mother as blind, living in Bartholomew Almshouses with her daughter Sarah (31), a Domestic Servant.

Ann died in 1863 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 27th January.

Both the 1861 and 1871 census records record Louisa as a Cook in the household of Joseph Staples and his family, in Bartholomew Street Newbury.

Louisa married Thomas Turner in 1874.

Thomas was born in 1841 in Newbury the son of John and Sarah Turner (nee Rawlings) who were married in Newbury in 1838. He was widowed in 1873. (1st wife Mary Adams, married 1863, three daughters, Ellen born c1864, Alice Mary born in 1865 and Charlotte Lucy born in 1871)

In 1881 Louisa (47) was recorded living in the City Newbury with Thomas (39), a Chandler’s Porter, and her step-daughters, Ellen (17), an unemployed Domestic Servant and Charlotte (9) (recorded as  Lucy C).

Her step-daughter daughter Charlotte Lucy died aged 16 years 9 months on the 7th February 1888 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 13th February

Her step- daughter Ellen married Frederick Pocock in 1884. They had three children, Mary Jane born 1884, George Thomas born 1886 and Frederick born 1890. Ellen died aged 26 on the 15th July 1890 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 18th July.

In 1891 Louisa (54) was living in Ernest Cottage 7 York Road Newbury with Thomas (49). Thomas was recorded in the census for this year as an Oilman.

Both the 1901 and 1911 census records also record the couple living in Ernest Cottage. Thomas was recorded as a Market Gardener.

Louisa died aged 81 on the 28th February 1915 she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 3rd March

Thomas died aged 75 on the 4th December 1916 he was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 6th December with Louisa. (Also recorded on the memorial inscription are Louisa’s sister, Sarah Naylor and William Panchaud. William was Thomas Turner’s son–in-law, he married Thomas’s daughter Alice Mary in 1893)

 

Probate: 1916       Turner Louisa of Ernest Cottage York-road Newbury Berkshire (wife of Thomas Turner) died 28th February 1915 Probate Oxford 20th November to Stephen North auctioneer’s assistant and Alexander North accountant. Effects: £130 16s 9d

Author: Christine Gambles
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