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Facts and Events
| Name |
James Turney |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
5 May 1814 |
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England |
| Christening[1] |
7 Mar 1827 |
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, EnglandWesleyan Methodist |
| Marriage |
7 Feb 1836 |
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, Englandto Fanny Kempson |
| Census[2] |
6 Jun 1841 |
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, EnglandSummer Leys |
| Census[3] |
30 Mar 1851 |
Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England |
| Death[4] |
1857 |
Bedfordshire, England |
James Turney was born on 5th May 1814 at Eaton Bray in Bedfordshire, son of Thomas and Sarah Turney. He was baptised at the village's Wesleyan Methodist chapel when he was twelve years old.
On 7th February 1836, aged 21, James married Fanny Kempson, who was from the neighbouring village of Totternhoe. They had a daughter, Rebecca, the following year, but sadly she died as a baby. In 1840 they had a son, Thomas, who was born at Stanbridge, a few miles north of Eaton Bray, but baptised in the nearby town of Luton. The 1841 census finds James, Fanny and their son Thomas living at Summer Leys back in Eaton Bray, with James working as an agricultural labourer. James and Fanny do not appear to have had any more children after Thomas.
The 1851 census finds James and Fanny still living at Eaton Bray with their son Thomas and an elderly Sarah Turney who was described as 'mother-in-law' although this term was also used to mean stepmother.
Fanny died in 1854, aged 44. James survived her by three years and died in 1857, aged about 43.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 England. Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970. (Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths Surrendered to the Non-Parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857 held by The National Archives of the United Kingdom; Kew, Surrey, England: Ancestry.com )
Class RG4; Piece 223: Eaton Bray (Wesleyan), 1801-1828.
Name: James Son of
Parents: Thomas and Sarah Turney
Parish: Eaton Bray Beds
Born: May 5th 1814
Baptized: March 7th 1827
Minister: Tho[ma]s Steele
- ↑ England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 5; Book 11; Folio 3; Page 1, 6 Jun 1841.
Address: Summer Leys, Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
James Turney, male, 25 [1811-16], Ag[ricultural] lab[ourer], born in county
Fanny Turney, female, 25 [1811-16], born in county
Thomas Turney, 11 months [1840], born in county
- ↑ 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 1756; Folio 567; Page 22, 30 Mar 1851.
Address: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
James Turney, head, married, male, 37 [1813/14], Ag[ricultural] Labourer, b. Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
Fanny Turney, wife, married, female, 38 [1812/13], Straw Plaiter, b. Totternhoe, Bedfordshire
Thomas Turney, son, male, 10 [1840/1], Straw Plaiter, b. Stanbridge, Bedfordshire
Sarah Turney, mother in law, widow, female, 63 [1787/8], Pauper Ag[ricultural] Lab[ourer], b. Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
Ellen Wesley, lodger, unmarried, female, 25 [1825/6], Straw Plaiter, b. Slapton, Buckinghamshire
Thomas Wesley, lodger, male, 4 [1846/7], b. Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
Sarah Turney's relation column originally said daughter, but this has been crossed out and replaced with mother-in-law. This term was used interchangeably with step-mother at the time. Whether Sarah was James's stepmother, or whether it was Fanny saying Sarah was her mother-in-law or something else is unclear.
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. James TURNEY, June Quarter 1857, Leighton Buzzard Registration District, Volume 3b, page 248, aged 44 [1812/13]
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