Person:Edmund Turner (3)

Edmund Hutchings Turner was born on 15th June 1891 at Plymouth in Devon, son of Maude Turner, formerly May, and her husband Edward Thomas John Turner, a sailor. He was named after his mother's maternal grandfather, Edmund Hutchings, who died in 1891. Immediately before young Edmund's birth his parents had been living in one room at 12 Cecil Street in Plymouth. He had a sister Dorothy born in 1892, but she died the following year aged one.

Some time between 1893 and 1898 the family left England and moved to Ireland, where Edward worked in various coast guard stations. Edmund's sister Gladys was born at Bunmahon in County Waterford in 1898, and the 1901 census finds the family living at Downeen near Rosscarbery in County Cork. Another sister, Anne (Daisy) was born at Castletownbere in County Cork in 1903. By 1911 Edmund's parents had moved back to England and were living at St Just in Penwith in Cornwall.

By this time Edmund had left home. He joined the Royal Navy in 1906, aged 15. He would serve in the Royal Navy right through the First World War and until at least 1927, becoming a Petty Officer. He was described as being 5' 6½" tall with light brown hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion.

Edmund was married in 1921 to Ada Janes. They appear to have had one son in 1924.

Edmund's father Edward died in 1928 in Plymouth. Edmund only outlived his father by four years; he died on 12th July 1932 at the Naval Hospital in East Stonehouse, Plymouth, aged 41.

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Edmund Hutchings TURNER, June Quarter 1891, Plymouth Registration District, Volume 5b, page 306

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Baptisms register, in Plymouth, Devon, England. Parish Registers of St Peter.

   BAPTISMS Solemnized in the Parish of Saint Peter, Plymouth, in the County of Devon, in the year 1891
   No.69
   When born: June 15 1891
   When baptized: June 28 1891
   Name: Edmund Hutchings
   Parents: Edward & Maud
   Surname: Turner
   Abode: 12 Cecil St
   Quality, Trade, or Profession: Seaman R.N.
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: J. Sorell

3. ↑ Census Office. Ireland Census 1901. (National Archives of Ireland)
   31 Mar 1901.

   Townland: Downeen, Parish: Ross, County Cork
   Form A (about the family)
   Edward Turner, head, Church of Ireland, Read & Write, 35 [1865/6], male, Boatman Coast-Guard R.N., married, b. Kent, England
   Maude Turner, wife, Church of Ireland, Read & Write, 33 [1867/8], female, married, b. England
   Edmund Turner, son, Church of Ireland, Read & Write, 9 [1891/2], male, scholar, b. England
   Gladys Turner, daughter, Church of Ireland, 2 [1898/9], female, b. Co. Waterford
   Form B (about the house)
   Walls of brick, stone or concrete
   Roof of slate, iron or tiles
   4 rooms occupied
   5 windows in front of house

4. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Edmund H. TURNER, September Quarter 1932, East Stonehouse Registration District, Volume 5b, page 337, aged 41 [1890/1]

5. ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).

   1932
   TURNER Edmund Hutchings of 29 Lipson Hill-terrace Plymouth died 12 July 1932 at the Naval Hospital East Stonehouse Plymouth Administration London 27 October to Ada Turner widow. Effects £80 3s. 1d.

6.   Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1919
   ADM188/422/237764.

   Served 26 Nov 1906 to 4 Jan 1927 (and possibly beyond).