Children of Mary Ann and William Turner

William Allen Turner and Mary Ann Turner nee Granger lived in the Yankalilla/Normanville district in the 1870/80s and then in Mount Barker in the 1890s.  In 1885 W.A. Turner (father of seven at this time) took an interest in the Normanville Wesleyan Sabbath-School and gave an address to a public meeting concerning it [1]. In 1892, William Allen Turner was a member of the School Board of Advice for Mt Barker [2]. William was a painter and decorator and, with his son Arthur, decorated the interior of the first Baptist Church in Mt Barker.

The children of Mary Ann Granger and William Allen Turner were:

• William Alfred Turner b 1873 in Adelaide. Said to have died in Western Australia around 1898
• Edward Turner b. 1875 died in infancy.
• George Allen Turner b. 9th January 1876 in Adelaide
  Married Mary Elizabeth Stratman in 1914
• Edith Alice Turner (Mrs Owens) b. 1878 at Yankalilla
  m. Aloysus Alfred Owens in 1926
• Arthur Edward Turner b. 2nd December 1879 at Yankalilla
• Beatrice Augusta Turner (Mrs Gandy) b. 8th November 1881 in Normanville
• Albert Leopold Turner b. 10 September 1884 in Adelaide
  (my grandfather)
• Grace Alberta "Bertie" Turner b. 31st October 1886 at Normanville
• Amey Stella Turner (Mrs Blackwell) b. 13th January 1889 at Normanville
• Cecilia Bertha Harriet Turner b. 22nd Sep 1891 at Mt Barker, twin with Dorothy Died 1892.
• Dorothy Emma Florence Turner (Mrs Howard) b. 22nd Sep 1891 at Mt Barker, twin with Cecilia
• Gladys May Priscilla Turner (Mrs Northridge) b. 29 July 1893 at Mt Barker. After marriage, went to live in America.

All were born in South Australia while it was a colony of Great Britain.

Notes

1.  Christian Colonist, 16 Oct 1885 Pg. 3 News of the Churches
2. The Advertiser 21 April 1892, Pg 7 School Boards of Advice
   
   

My grandfather Albert L. Turner, businessman of Mt Barker,
was an enthusiastic cyclist
and may have been familiar with Mumsford's Store,
corner of Walker and Gawler Streets, Mount Barker.

The Stedman Family Tree  gives the following children of William Allen Turner:

1. William Alfred Turner, b. 18 Jul 1873, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia d. Abt 1896, Yalgoo,, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 22 years)

2. Edward Turner, b. 18 Jan 1875, North Adelaide, ____, South Australia, Australia d. 19 Jan 1875, North Adelaide, ____, South Australia, Australia  (Age 0 years)

3. George Allen Turner, b. 9 Jan 1876, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia d. Abt 1936/1939 (Age 62 years)

4. Edith Alice Turner, b. 2 Feb 1878, Torrens Vale Near Yankalilla,  South Australia, Australia  d. 11 Feb 1958, Magill, South Australia, Australia (Age 80 years)

5. Arthur Edward Turner, b. 2 Dec 1879, Yankalilla,  South Australia, Australia  d. 18 Jun 1964, Malvern, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 84 years)

6. Beatrice Augusta Turner, b. 8 Nov 1881, Normanville,(Confirmed) South Australia, Australia d. Abt 1974 (Age 92 years)

7. Albert Leopold Turner, b. 10 Sep 1884, Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia d. 28 Aug 1934 (Age 49 years)

8. Grace Alberta "Bertie" Turner, b. 31 Oct 1886, Normanville, South Australia, Australia d. Unknown

9. Amy Stella Turner, b. 13 Jan 1889, Normanville,  South Australia, Australia d. Unknown,  New South Wales, Australia m. Murray Blackwell

10. Dorothy Emma Florence Turner, b. 22 Sep 1891, Mount Barker,(confirmed)  South Australia, Australia d. 14 Dec 1966, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (Age 75 years) m. George Clement Howard

11. Cecilia Bertha Harriet Turner, b. 22 Sep 1891, Mount Barker, (confirmed) South Australia, Australia d. 23 Mar 1892, Mount Barker,  South Australia, Australia (Died as an infant)

12. Gladys May Priscilla Turner, b. 29 Jul 1893, Mount Barker, (confirmed) South Australia, Australia d. Abt 1976, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California (Age 82 years) m. Herbert Northridge.