Turner

Turner family page

Edward Turner and Alice Maud Barnes

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Origins of surname

There are three possible derivations for this family name. It was an occupational name for a maker of small objects of wood, metal, or bone by turning on a lathe, derived from the Anglo-Norman French word torner.

Secondly, it may be a nickname for a fast runner, from the Middle English elements turnen to turn, plus the fusing of hare, a hare.

Thirdly, it may be occupational for an official in charge of a tournament, deriving from the Old French word tornei.

Early records

The family name made its first appearance in Jersey church records in 1637 when Edouard Turner married Agnis Laty, but it was not until the mid 18th century, after the marriage of soldier Matthieu Turner and Anne Piton in 1754, that the first baptism, that of their child Mathieu a year later, appeared in the registers.

Variants

• Turner
• Le Tourneur, French equivalent, but an entirely separate family in Jersey

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of Richard Turner
• Descendants of John Turner
• Descendants of Thomas Turner
• Descendants of Henry Turner Added 2020
• Descendants of James Turner Added 2020

Church records

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• Turner baptisms in Jersey
• Turner marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Turner marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Turner burials in Jersey

Family histories

• Adolphus Hilgrove Turner, Deputy of Grouville

Great War service

• Turner family members who served in World War 1

Family wills

• Turner family wills from 1663 to 1980 held by Jersey Archive

• Turner burial records 1820-1978

Family homes

• Gouray Lodge, Grouville

Family album

This Turner family lived in a small cottage at L'Etacq at the turn of the 19th century John and Elizabeth Turner had a total of 13 children. We are told that this photograph was taken in 1900, but we think it is earlier. The 1901 census showed the family as John (1855- ), a straw thatcher, his wife Elizabeth (1853- ) and their children John (1883- ) and Philip (1884- ), farm labourers; Arthur (1887- ), Hilda (1893- ), Ada (1894- ) and George (1895- ). However, the picture does not show the whole family. John and Philip are not present, but their older sisters Ann (1875- ) and Priscilla (1881- ) are believed to be standing on either side at the back. There is a discrepancy between the census and other records, because George was not born in 1895, but in 1890. Taking every source, including the Jerripedia family tree, into account, we believe that the picture must have been taken in 1896, and shows John and Elizabeth, with baby Alfred John on her knee, and their other children Lydia and Ann, Francis, Arthur, Willie, George, Hilda and Ada

Family businesses

• Edward Turner was an ironmonger at 20 Broad Street in the 1830s, 40s and 50s

Family gravestones

Tips

The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.

We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling

The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.

New records

Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form