Person:Hephzibah Turner (1)

Hephzibah Allen Turner was born in 1847 at Heckington in Lincolnshire, daughter of Naomi Turner, formerly Hardstaff, and her husband Edward Turner, a farmer. Her middle name was her paternal grandmother's maiden name. When Hephzibah was just three years old her mother Naomi died, aged 31. A few months later the 1851 census finds Hephzibah living with her widowed father and sisters at Heckington. Similarly, in both the 1861 and 1871 censuses she was living with her father and sisters at Fen Drove in Heckinton.

On 31st July 1877 Hephzibah married John Zealand Wilson at Skirbeck, near the town of Boston.

Hephzibah's father died in 1879.

After their marriage Hephzibah and John moved away from the Boston area. They did not have any children. By 1881 they were living about thirty miles to the north at Wragby and John was working as a railway porter. They then moved again another seventy miles north-west to East Ardsley in Yorkshire, where John worked as a goods guard for the Great Northern Railway. The 1891 census finds John and Hephzibah living at 5 Mary Street in East Ardsley. Two of Hephzibah's nephews were living with them, as well as a boarder.

On 24th October 1896 John had a terrible accident on the railway at Ardsley station. Part of his job involved guarding the level crossing there but, in the words of one newspaper account, he seemed "to have fallen a victim to the very mishap from which he endeavoured to preserve others". He did not notice an approaching engine, which knocked him to the ground and ran over both his legs. A medical man happened to be present and John was taken by train to Leeds Infirmary. Both legs had to be amputated.

After the accident, Hephzibah and John left Yorkshire and returned to the Holland Fen area, settling at Kirton Holme, where they made stockings together, appearing there in both the 1901 and 1911 censuses.

John has yet to be traced after 1911. Hephzibah died in 1918, aged 71.

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

   b. Hephzibah Allen TURNER, March Quarter 1847, Sleaford Registration District, Volume 14, page 563, mother's maiden name Hardstaff

2. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 2101; Folio 231; Page 2, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Edw[ar]d Turner, head, male, 40 [1810/11], Farmer 100 Acres 2 Lab[oure]rs, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Turner, daughter, female, 10 [1830/1], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Eliz[abe]th Turner, daughter, female, 9 [1831/2], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Mary Turner, daughter, female, 8 [1832/3], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Turner, daughter, female, 5 [1835/6], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Hephzibah Turner, daughter, female, 4 [1836/7], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Naomi Turner, daughter, female, 2 [1838/9], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   John H[enr]y Brown, servant, male, 21 [1829/30], Serv[an]t, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire
   Sarah Macklewain, servant, female, 25 [1825/6], Housekeeper, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Jane Word, servant, female, 18 [1832/3], Serv[an]t, b. Great Hale, Lincolnshire

3. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Heckington (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1559-1968. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Heckington in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1854
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   496	Aug[us]t 13	Hephzibah daughter of	Edw[ar]d and Naomi	Turner	Heckington	Farmer	C. De la Cour, Vicar

   Baptised the same day as her siblings Sarah Ann, Elizabeth, Eliza & Naomi.

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 2345; Folio 78; Page 18, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Fen Drove, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Edward Turner, head, widower, male, 48 [1812/3], Farmer of 60 acres, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 19 [1841/2], Housekeeper, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   U. Ann Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Ephsibah Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 14 [1846/7], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Naomi Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 12 [1848/9], Scholar, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 3352; Folio 99; Page 37, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Fen Drove, Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Edward Turner, head, widower, male, 59 [1811/12], Farmer of 40 acres, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Elizabeth Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 29 [1841/2], Farmer's d[aughte]r, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Eliza Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 25 [1845/6], Farmer's d[aughte]r, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Hephzibah Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 24 [1846/7], Farmer's d[aughte]r, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Naomi Turner, daughter, unmarried, female, 22 [1848/9], Farmer's d[aughte]r, b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   Richard Dring, nephew, unmarried, male, 17 [1853/4], Farm Servant, b. Kyme, Lincolnshire

6. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 3247; Folio 7; Page 8, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Church Street, Wragby, Lincolnshire
   John Wilson, head, married, male, 27 [1853/4], Railway Porter, b. Holland Fen, Lincolnshire
   Hephzibah Wilson, wife, married, female, 30 [1850/1], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire

7. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 3755; Folio 14; Page 21, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 5 Mary Street, East Ardsley, Yorkshire
   John Wilson, head, married, male, 36 [1854/5], G.N.R. Goods Guard, employed, b. Boston, Lincolnshire
   Allen Wilson, wife, married, female, 35 [1855/6], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   William E. Judson, nephew, single, male, 22 [1868/9], G.N.R. Goods Guard, employed, b. Spalding, Lincolnshire
   John T. Dawson, nephew, single, male, 9 [1881/2], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire
   John R. Farner, boarder, male, 20 [1870/1], G.N.R. Booking Clerk, employed, b. Leeds, Yorkshire

8. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 3040; Folio 87; Page 5, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: Kirton Holme, Kirton, Lincolnshire
   4 rooms occupied
   Wilson John, head, married, male, 46 [1854/5], Hosiery Maker, own account, working at home, b. Holland Fen, Lincolnshire
   Hephziba Wilson, wife, married, female, 49 [1851/2], b. Heckington, Lincolnshire

9. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 19553; Schedule 82, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: Beck Cottage, Kirton Holme, Kirton, Lincolnshire
   3 rooms occupied
   John Wilson, head, male, 57 [1853/4], married, Stocking maker - hand machine, own account, working at home, b. Holland Fen, Lincolnshire, Crippled by loss of both legs by accident on Railway
   Hephzibah Wilson, wife, female, 62 [1848/9], married 33 years, no children, Assist in stocking finishing - hand machine, own account, working at home, b. Heckington Fen, Lincolnshire

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

    d. Hephzibah Allen WILSON, September Quarter 1918, Boston Registration District, Volume 7a, page 387, aged 71 [1846/7]