| Name |
Richard Rennie Turner [3, His birth, q2 of 1882, Edmonton dist, vol 3a, p. 245], [5, Birth: Edmonton Reg Dist, Mx; Hornsey 1882 reg no 324, reg's 3 Jun 1882], [3, His death aged 78, Q4 of 1960, Worthing dist, vol 5h, p. 740] |
| Birth |
24 Apr 1882, 26 Lancaster Road, North Stroud Green, Hornsey, Mx |
| Death |
ca Nov 1960, Worthing district, Sussex |
| Burial |
Cremation at Brighton, Sussex |
| General |
Coffee plantation manager in Singapore. |
| Father |
Alfred Elphinstone Turner (ca1854-) |
| Mother |
Emma Docwra (1853-) |
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| Spouses |
| 1 |
Florence Louise Cecile Hoare [3, Her birth, Q4 of 1881, Holborn dist, vol 1b, p. 774], [5, Holborn reg dist, Mx, 1881, No 1621881, reg'd 5 Dec 1881], [4, 1901, PRO Ref RG 13/171, for 393 Holloway Rd, Islington, London], [4, 1911 census for 393 Holloway Rd, London N] |
| Birth |
7 Nov 1881, 208 Goswell Road, St Luke's, Islington, London |
| Father |
James Treadaway Hoare (1856-) |
| Mother |
Charlotte Binaepfel (1862-ca1923) |
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| Notes for Richard Rennie Turner |
I can't find him on the 1901 census. Abroad?
My guess for his death date is 1957 (Wrong!: it was 1960): his wife was ill in hospital and his daughter in law, Kathleen went down with the two boys who had to be sent to a local school and might have been around 7 or 8 years old, making a date of 1957. He died while his wife, Florence, was still in hosptial with cancer.
In 1891 he and his brother Alfred were boarders at No 9 Muswell Hill, Hornsey, Middlesex with Charles and Margaret Stevens. The two lads were both said to be scholars. Alfred was 11 and Richard 8 and born at Hornsey, Middlesex. I cannot clearly find their parents on this census.
On 4th August 1921 he was on the Khiva for a voyage to Singapore, amongst other places. He went first class, said he was 39 (true), and gave his English address as 6-8 Eastcheap, London, EC1. He said he was a merchant and was going to live in Straits Settlements. A month later his wife Florence followed him, departing on 29th September 1921. There is no sign of any earlier voyage on the records, which there must have been as their son Ian, at least, was born in Singapore in 1917.
On 27th February 1926, he, his wife Florence and son Graeme Rennie, journeyed to Singapore on the ship Patroclus of the Blue Funnel Line. They travelled 1st class, he and she were both 44 (true) and Graeme was 2 1/2. Their address in England had been 10 Bathstone Gardens, London SW5. He still said he was a merchant. His grand-daughter Bridget reckoned this was the trip when the family came over with her father Ian and he was put into a boarding school and not to see his parents again for 8 or 10 years. I suspect they returned to England in the mid 1930s having retired and never left these shores again; this is particularly from stories that Ian used to tell me of his young adult life. |