TURNER, George W - One of the many advantages of biography is to tell the story of self-made men for it is a great encouragement to read of those who, through personal effort have attained success along any line. George Washington Turner, who is secretary of the Tri-City and North Eastern Street Railroad Company of Moline, Illinois, and a prominent agriculturist of Rock Island county, is an example at hand.
He was born in Wayne county, Ill., January 12, 1859, and is a son of Israel J and Lucy A. (Tibbs) Turner. The father was born in White County, Ill., and spent his life as a farmer and miller in his native state. He was a son of William and Charity (Jennings) Turner. His death occurred January 6, 1877; his wife survived him for but twenty-two days.
George W Turner was the ninth born in his parents family of five daughters and six sons. Bereft of both parents in the same year he remained on the home farm a twelve months longer and then went to work on the farm of his uncle, William Cook, with whom he continued for eighteen months.
He then secured the position of weight boss at the Happy Hollow coalmines under the late Taylor Williams, and remained there for four years. About this time he married and worked for seven years on his father-in-laws farm, after which he moved to Moline. Whit his available capital he bought a home here and for the next half year worked as a teamster for the government, afterward for three years, for Dimock, Gould & Co.
Mr. Turner then bought the John Wells farm of 160 acres, situated on section 21, Hampton township, Rock Island county. In 1899 he rented out the farm and went to Sioux Falls, S.D., where he was in the real estate business for two years and returned to Illinois and for two years more was a coal operator at Happy Hollow.
He then resumed farming for two more years and then moved to Silvis, where he invested in real estate and built a residence but only remained there for eighteen months, returning to Hampton, Ill. , where he was occupied in looking after his coal interests until the spring of 1910, when, with his son-in-law, he returned to his farm in Hampton township.
Here they carry on general farming and dairying and do a large stock business, raising Jersey-Red hogs and Norman horses. In January 1909, he assisted in organizing the Tri-City and North Western Street Railway Company, which was to be operated between Watertown and Albany, and served as trustee, later as a director and still later was elected secretary of the same. The president of the company is J. W. Simonson of Port Byron; the vice-president is William H Ashdown, and the treasurer is C. E. Peck of Albany.
On September 5, 1882, Mr. Turner was married to Miss Inez L Devinney, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Wixcel) Devinney, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the later in Sweden. Mrs. Turner died March 16, 1909, survived by two daughters: Lucy Elizabeth, who is the wife of Frank Fleshman of Silvis: and Mildred A who is the wife of Henry W Harder of Hampton township.
Mr. Turner was reared in the Congregational Church. He is superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school of Hampton. For two years he was president of the village board of Hampton and served three terms as school director. Fraternally he is identified with Abraham Lincoln Camp No. 153, M.W.A. of Moline and Silver Leaf Lodge, No. 60, Mystic Workers of the World.
He has never been unduly active in politics, but it has not been because he is lacking in every good quality of good citizenship, but rather because his inclinations have led him other directions. He is acknowledged to be a representative citizen of his section."
[Source: HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY pgs, 1469-1470, submitted by Nancy Huaracha, [email protected]]
Name: George W Turner
Age in 1860: 1
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1860: Township 1 N Range 6 E, Wayne, Illinois
Gender: Male
Post Office: Johnsonville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members:
Name Age
J J Turner 37
Lucy A Turner 36
Jesse Turner 16
James W Turner 13
Olivia Turner 11
Mary A Turner 10
Emma Turner 6
Martha Turner 4
George W Turner 1
(Source: 1860 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Uhlan [George W Turner]
Age in 1870: 11
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1870: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Johnsonville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members:
Name Age
Iserial J Turner 47
Lucy A Turner 46
May A Turner 19
Uhland Uhlan 15
Martha J Uhlan 13
George W Uhlan 11
Irerail Uhlan 7
Thomas H Uhlan 4
(Source: 1870 United States Federal Census)
Name: George Turner
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1880: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Laborer
Cannot read/write:
Blind:
Deaf and dumb:
Otherwise disabled:
Idiotic or insane:
Household Members:
Name Age
William Cook 66
Mary Cook 57
George Turner 21
(Source: 1880 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Ines Lillian Deviney
Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1882
Marriage County: Rock Island
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1428580 - 1428581
(Source: Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: George W Turner
Age: 41
Birth Date: Jan 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1900: Sioux Falls Ward 5, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Inez L Turner
Marriage Year: 1883
Years Married: 17
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 41
Inez L Turner 39
Elizabeth L Turner 15
Mildred A Turner 12
(Source: 1900 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Age in 1910: 51
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1910: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry W Harder 23
Mildred A Harder 22
George W Turner 51
(Source: 1910 United States Federal Census)
Name: G W Turner
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: East Moline Ward 1, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Adelia Turner
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Home Owned: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
G W Turner 60
Adelia Turner 25
Inez Turner 8
Geo H Turner 5
Bernice Kirkpatrick 20
(Source: 1920 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Indiana
Race: White
Home in 1930: Patoka, Gibson, Indiana
Map of Home: View Map
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Adelia Turner
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Occupation:
Education:
Military service:
Rent/home value:
Age at first marriage:
Parents' birthplace:
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 71
Adelia Turner 35
George Turner 15
(Source: 1930 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Respondent: Yes
Age: 81
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Vesper Street
House Number: 50
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 61B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 125
Occupation: Clerical
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 10
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 42
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 192
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 81
Adelia Turner 45
(Source: 1940 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
SSN: 006079003
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1859
Claim Date: 27 Dec 1941
Type of Claim: Death Claim
Notes: 29 Apr 1976: Name listed as GEORGE W TURNER
(Source: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007)
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Parents:
Israel Jennings Turner Sr.
Lucy A Tibbs
Spouse:
Inez L Devinney
Adelia Harder
Children:
Lucy Elizabeth Turner Fleisman who married Frank Fleishman of Silvis
Mildred A Turner Harder who married Henry W Harder of Hampton township
He was born in Wayne county, Ill., January 12, 1859, and is a son of Israel J and Lucy A. (Tibbs) Turner. The father was born in White County, Ill., and spent his life as a farmer and miller in his native state. He was a son of William and Charity (Jennings) Turner. His death occurred January 6, 1877; his wife survived him for but twenty-two days.
George W Turner was the ninth born in his parents family of five daughters and six sons. Bereft of both parents in the same year he remained on the home farm a twelve months longer and then went to work on the farm of his uncle, William Cook, with whom he continued for eighteen months.
He then secured the position of weight boss at the Happy Hollow coalmines under the late Taylor Williams, and remained there for four years. About this time he married and worked for seven years on his father-in-laws farm, after which he moved to Moline. Whit his available capital he bought a home here and for the next half year worked as a teamster for the government, afterward for three years, for Dimock, Gould & Co.
Mr. Turner then bought the John Wells farm of 160 acres, situated on section 21, Hampton township, Rock Island county. In 1899 he rented out the farm and went to Sioux Falls, S.D., where he was in the real estate business for two years and returned to Illinois and for two years more was a coal operator at Happy Hollow.
He then resumed farming for two more years and then moved to Silvis, where he invested in real estate and built a residence but only remained there for eighteen months, returning to Hampton, Ill. , where he was occupied in looking after his coal interests until the spring of 1910, when, with his son-in-law, he returned to his farm in Hampton township.
Here they carry on general farming and dairying and do a large stock business, raising Jersey-Red hogs and Norman horses. In January 1909, he assisted in organizing the Tri-City and North Western Street Railway Company, which was to be operated between Watertown and Albany, and served as trustee, later as a director and still later was elected secretary of the same. The president of the company is J. W. Simonson of Port Byron; the vice-president is William H Ashdown, and the treasurer is C. E. Peck of Albany.
On September 5, 1882, Mr. Turner was married to Miss Inez L Devinney, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Wixcel) Devinney, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the later in Sweden. Mrs. Turner died March 16, 1909, survived by two daughters: Lucy Elizabeth, who is the wife of Frank Fleshman of Silvis: and Mildred A who is the wife of Henry W Harder of Hampton township.
Mr. Turner was reared in the Congregational Church. He is superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school of Hampton. For two years he was president of the village board of Hampton and served three terms as school director. Fraternally he is identified with Abraham Lincoln Camp No. 153, M.W.A. of Moline and Silver Leaf Lodge, No. 60, Mystic Workers of the World.
He has never been unduly active in politics, but it has not been because he is lacking in every good quality of good citizenship, but rather because his inclinations have led him other directions. He is acknowledged to be a representative citizen of his section."
[Source: HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY pgs, 1469-1470, submitted by Nancy Huaracha, [email protected]]
Name: George W Turner
Age in 1860: 1
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1860: Township 1 N Range 6 E, Wayne, Illinois
Gender: Male
Post Office: Johnsonville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members:
Name Age
J J Turner 37
Lucy A Turner 36
Jesse Turner 16
James W Turner 13
Olivia Turner 11
Mary A Turner 10
Emma Turner 6
Martha Turner 4
George W Turner 1
(Source: 1860 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Uhlan [George W Turner]
Age in 1870: 11
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1870: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Johnsonville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members:
Name Age
Iserial J Turner 47
Lucy A Turner 46
May A Turner 19
Uhland Uhlan 15
Martha J Uhlan 13
George W Uhlan 11
Irerail Uhlan 7
Thomas H Uhlan 4
(Source: 1870 United States Federal Census)
Name: George Turner
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1880: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Laborer
Cannot read/write:
Blind:
Deaf and dumb:
Otherwise disabled:
Idiotic or insane:
Household Members:
Name Age
William Cook 66
Mary Cook 57
George Turner 21
(Source: 1880 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Ines Lillian Deviney
Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1882
Marriage County: Rock Island
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1428580 - 1428581
(Source: Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: George W Turner
Age: 41
Birth Date: Jan 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1900: Sioux Falls Ward 5, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Inez L Turner
Marriage Year: 1883
Years Married: 17
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 41
Inez L Turner 39
Elizabeth L Turner 15
Mildred A Turner 12
(Source: 1900 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Age in 1910: 51
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1910: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry W Harder 23
Mildred A Harder 22
George W Turner 51
(Source: 1910 United States Federal Census)
Name: G W Turner
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: East Moline Ward 1, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Adelia Turner
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Home Owned: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
G W Turner 60
Adelia Turner 25
Inez Turner 8
Geo H Turner 5
Bernice Kirkpatrick 20
(Source: 1920 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Indiana
Race: White
Home in 1930: Patoka, Gibson, Indiana
Map of Home: View Map
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Adelia Turner
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Occupation:
Education:
Military service:
Rent/home value:
Age at first marriage:
Parents' birthplace:
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 71
Adelia Turner 35
George Turner 15
(Source: 1930 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Respondent: Yes
Age: 81
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Vesper Street
House Number: 50
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 61B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 125
Occupation: Clerical
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 10
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 42
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 192
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 81
Adelia Turner 45
(Source: 1940 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
SSN: 006079003
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1859
Claim Date: 27 Dec 1941
Type of Claim: Death Claim
Notes: 29 Apr 1976: Name listed as GEORGE W TURNER
(Source: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007)
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Parents:
Israel Jennings Turner Sr.
Lucy A Tibbs
Spouse:
Inez L Devinney
Adelia Harder
Children:
Lucy Elizabeth Turner Fleisman who married Frank Fleishman of Silvis
Mildred A Turner Harder who married Henry W Harder of Hampton township
TURNER, George W - One of the many advantages of biography is to tell the story of self-made men for it is a great encouragement to read of those who, through personal effort have attained success along any line. George Washington Turner, who is secretary of the Tri-City and North Eastern Street Railroad Company of Moline, Illinois, and a prominent agriculturist of Rock Island county, is an example at hand.
He was born in Wayne county, Ill., January 12, 1859, and is a son of Israel J and Lucy A. (Tibbs) Turner. The father was born in White County, Ill., and spent his life as a farmer and miller in his native state. He was a son of William and Charity (Jennings) Turner. His death occurred January 6, 1877; his wife survived him for but twenty-two days.
George W Turner was the ninth born in his parents family of five daughters and six sons. Bereft of both parents in the same year he remained on the home farm a twelve months longer and then went to work on the farm of his uncle, William Cook, with whom he continued for eighteen months.
He then secured the position of weight boss at the Happy Hollow coalmines under the late Taylor Williams, and remained there for four years. About this time he married and worked for seven years on his father-in-laws farm, after which he moved to Moline. Whit his available capital he bought a home here and for the next half year worked as a teamster for the government, afterward for three years, for Dimock, Gould & Co.
Mr. Turner then bought the John Wells farm of 160 acres, situated on section 21, Hampton township, Rock Island county. In 1899 he rented out the farm and went to Sioux Falls, S.D., where he was in the real estate business for two years and returned to Illinois and for two years more was a coal operator at Happy Hollow.
He then resumed farming for two more years and then moved to Silvis, where he invested in real estate and built a residence but only remained there for eighteen months, returning to Hampton, Ill. , where he was occupied in looking after his coal interests until the spring of 1910, when, with his son-in-law, he returned to his farm in Hampton township.
Here they carry on general farming and dairying and do a large stock business, raising Jersey-Red hogs and Norman horses. In January 1909, he assisted in organizing the Tri-City and North Western Street Railway Company, which was to be operated between Watertown and Albany, and served as trustee, later as a director and still later was elected secretary of the same. The president of the company is J. W. Simonson of Port Byron; the vice-president is William H Ashdown, and the treasurer is C. E. Peck of Albany.
On September 5, 1882, Mr. Turner was married to Miss Inez L Devinney, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Wixcel) Devinney, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the later in Sweden. Mrs. Turner died March 16, 1909, survived by two daughters: Lucy Elizabeth, who is the wife of Frank Fleshman of Silvis: and Mildred A who is the wife of Henry W Harder of Hampton township.
Mr. Turner was reared in the Congregational Church. He is superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school of Hampton. For two years he was president of the village board of Hampton and served three terms as school director. Fraternally he is identified with Abraham Lincoln Camp No. 153, M.W.A. of Moline and Silver Leaf Lodge, No. 60, Mystic Workers of the World.
He has never been unduly active in politics, but it has not been because he is lacking in every good quality of good citizenship, but rather because his inclinations have led him other directions. He is acknowledged to be a representative citizen of his section."
[Source: HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY pgs, 1469-1470, submitted by Nancy Huaracha, [email protected]]
Name: George W Turner
Age in 1860: 1
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1860: Township 1 N Range 6 E, Wayne, Illinois
Gender: Male
Post Office: Johnsonville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members:
Name Age
J J Turner 37
Lucy A Turner 36
Jesse Turner 16
James W Turner 13
Olivia Turner 11
Mary A Turner 10
Emma Turner 6
Martha Turner 4
George W Turner 1
(Source: 1860 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Uhlan [George W Turner]
Age in 1870: 11
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1870: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Johnsonville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members:
Name Age
Iserial J Turner 47
Lucy A Turner 46
May A Turner 19
Uhland Uhlan 15
Martha J Uhlan 13
George W Uhlan 11
Irerail Uhlan 7
Thomas H Uhlan 4
(Source: 1870 United States Federal Census)
Name: George Turner
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1880: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Laborer
Cannot read/write:
Blind:
Deaf and dumb:
Otherwise disabled:
Idiotic or insane:
Household Members:
Name Age
William Cook 66
Mary Cook 57
George Turner 21
(Source: 1880 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Ines Lillian Deviney
Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1882
Marriage County: Rock Island
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1428580 - 1428581
(Source: Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: George W Turner
Age: 41
Birth Date: Jan 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1900: Sioux Falls Ward 5, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Inez L Turner
Marriage Year: 1883
Years Married: 17
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 41
Inez L Turner 39
Elizabeth L Turner 15
Mildred A Turner 12
(Source: 1900 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Age in 1910: 51
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1910: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry W Harder 23
Mildred A Harder 22
George W Turner 51
(Source: 1910 United States Federal Census)
Name: G W Turner
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: East Moline Ward 1, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Adelia Turner
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Home Owned: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
G W Turner 60
Adelia Turner 25
Inez Turner 8
Geo H Turner 5
Bernice Kirkpatrick 20
(Source: 1920 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Indiana
Race: White
Home in 1930: Patoka, Gibson, Indiana
Map of Home: View Map
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Adelia Turner
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Occupation:
Education:
Military service:
Rent/home value:
Age at first marriage:
Parents' birthplace:
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 71
Adelia Turner 35
George Turner 15
(Source: 1930 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Respondent: Yes
Age: 81
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Vesper Street
House Number: 50
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 61B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 125
Occupation: Clerical
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 10
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 42
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 192
Income Other Sources: No
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 81
Adelia Turner 45
(Source: 1940 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
SSN: 006079003
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1859
Claim Date: 27 Dec 1941
Type of Claim: Death Claim
Notes: 29 Apr 1976: Name listed as GEORGE W TURNER
(Source: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007)
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Parents:
Israel Jennings Turner Sr.
Lucy A Tibbs
Spouse:
Inez L Devinney
Adelia Harder
Children:
Lucy Elizabeth Turner Fleisman who married Frank Fleishman of Silvis
Mildred A Turner Harder who married Henry W Harder of Hampton township
He was born in Wayne county, Ill., January 12, 1859, and is a son of Israel J and Lucy A. (Tibbs) Turner. The father was born in White County, Ill., and spent his life as a farmer and miller in his native state. He was a son of William and Charity (Jennings) Turner. His death occurred January 6, 1877; his wife survived him for but twenty-two days.
George W Turner was the ninth born in his parents family of five daughters and six sons. Bereft of both parents in the same year he remained on the home farm a twelve months longer and then went to work on the farm of his uncle, William Cook, with whom he continued for eighteen months.
He then secured the position of weight boss at the Happy Hollow coalmines under the late Taylor Williams, and remained there for four years. About this time he married and worked for seven years on his father-in-laws farm, after which he moved to Moline. Whit his available capital he bought a home here and for the next half year worked as a teamster for the government, afterward for three years, for Dimock, Gould & Co.
Mr. Turner then bought the John Wells farm of 160 acres, situated on section 21, Hampton township, Rock Island county. In 1899 he rented out the farm and went to Sioux Falls, S.D., where he was in the real estate business for two years and returned to Illinois and for two years more was a coal operator at Happy Hollow.
He then resumed farming for two more years and then moved to Silvis, where he invested in real estate and built a residence but only remained there for eighteen months, returning to Hampton, Ill. , where he was occupied in looking after his coal interests until the spring of 1910, when, with his son-in-law, he returned to his farm in Hampton township.
Here they carry on general farming and dairying and do a large stock business, raising Jersey-Red hogs and Norman horses. In January 1909, he assisted in organizing the Tri-City and North Western Street Railway Company, which was to be operated between Watertown and Albany, and served as trustee, later as a director and still later was elected secretary of the same. The president of the company is J. W. Simonson of Port Byron; the vice-president is William H Ashdown, and the treasurer is C. E. Peck of Albany.
On September 5, 1882, Mr. Turner was married to Miss Inez L Devinney, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Wixcel) Devinney, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the later in Sweden. Mrs. Turner died March 16, 1909, survived by two daughters: Lucy Elizabeth, who is the wife of Frank Fleshman of Silvis: and Mildred A who is the wife of Henry W Harder of Hampton township.
Mr. Turner was reared in the Congregational Church. He is superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday school of Hampton. For two years he was president of the village board of Hampton and served three terms as school director. Fraternally he is identified with Abraham Lincoln Camp No. 153, M.W.A. of Moline and Silver Leaf Lodge, No. 60, Mystic Workers of the World.
He has never been unduly active in politics, but it has not been because he is lacking in every good quality of good citizenship, but rather because his inclinations have led him other directions. He is acknowledged to be a representative citizen of his section."
[Source: HISTORY OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY pgs, 1469-1470, submitted by Nancy Huaracha, [email protected]]
Name: George W Turner
Age in 1860: 1
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1860: Township 1 N Range 6 E, Wayne, Illinois
Gender: Male
Post Office: Johnsonville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members:
Name Age
J J Turner 37
Lucy A Turner 36
Jesse Turner 16
James W Turner 13
Olivia Turner 11
Mary A Turner 10
Emma Turner 6
Martha Turner 4
George W Turner 1
(Source: 1860 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Uhlan [George W Turner]
Age in 1870: 11
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1870: Indian Prairie, Wayne, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Johnsonville
Value of real estate: View Image
Household Members:
Name Age
Iserial J Turner 47
Lucy A Turner 46
May A Turner 19
Uhland Uhlan 15
Martha J Uhlan 13
George W Uhlan 11
Irerail Uhlan 7
Thomas H Uhlan 4
(Source: 1870 United States Federal Census)
Name: George Turner
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1880: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
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Occupation: Laborer
Cannot read/write:
Blind:
Deaf and dumb:
Otherwise disabled:
Idiotic or insane:
Household Members:
Name Age
William Cook 66
Mary Cook 57
George Turner 21
(Source: 1880 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Ines Lillian Deviney
Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1882
Marriage County: Rock Island
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1428580 - 1428581
(Source: Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900
Name: George W Turner
Age: 41
Birth Date: Jan 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1900: Sioux Falls Ward 5, Minnehaha, South Dakota
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Inez L Turner
Marriage Year: 1883
Years Married: 17
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: View on Image
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Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 41
Inez L Turner 39
Elizabeth L Turner 15
Mildred A Turner 12
(Source: 1900 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Age in 1910: 51
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1910: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
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Household Members:
Name Age
Henry W Harder 23
Mildred A Harder 22
George W Turner 51
(Source: 1910 United States Federal Census)
Name: G W Turner
Age: 60
Birth Year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: East Moline Ward 1, Rock Island, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Adelia Turner
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Home Owned: Own
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
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Household Members:
Name Age
G W Turner 60
Adelia Turner 25
Inez Turner 8
Geo H Turner 5
Bernice Kirkpatrick 20
(Source: 1920 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1859
Birthplace: Indiana
Race: White
Home in 1930: Patoka, Gibson, Indiana
Map of Home: View Map
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Adelia Turner
Father's Birthplace: Indiana
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Occupation:
Education:
Military service:
Rent/home value:
Age at first marriage:
Parents' birthplace:
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Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 71
Adelia Turner 35
George Turner 15
(Source: 1930 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
Respondent: Yes
Age: 81
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Illinois
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Map of Home in 1940: View Map
Street: Vesper Street
House Number: 50
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Portland, Cumberland, Maine
Residence in 1935: Same House
Sheet Number: 61B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 125
Occupation: Clerical
House Owned or Rented: Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 10
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 42
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income: 192
Income Other Sources: No
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Household Members:
Name Age
George W Turner 81
Adelia Turner 45
(Source: 1940 United States Federal Census)
Name: George W Turner
SSN: 006079003
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1859
Claim Date: 27 Dec 1941
Type of Claim: Death Claim
Notes: 29 Apr 1976: Name listed as GEORGE W TURNER
(Source: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007)
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Parents:
Israel Jennings Turner Sr.
Lucy A Tibbs
Spouse:
Inez L Devinney
Adelia Harder
Children:
Lucy Elizabeth Turner Fleisman who married Frank Fleishman of Silvis
Mildred A Turner Harder who married Henry W Harder of Hampton township
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