Turner Surname

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For anyone researching the surname of Turner. Maybe together we can help find our ancestors.
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Bruce Cunard

Hello. I'm researching the Turner's from Connecticut.

Jul 27, 2009
James Barter

I am looking for a Samuel Turner from Virginia, probable born 1900-1912, any leads would be appreciated.

Aug 13, 2009
CaryAnn Turner Hess

James, could you give a little more info on Samuel? Do you have his wife, any children, area of Virginia.

Aug 13, 2009
CaryAnn Turner Hess

Welcome All, we are a very new group, as you can tell. If you don't mind, please add as much information about your Turners so we can all do our best to "find" them. I hope we can be of help to all.

Aug 13, 2009
Alan Beyer

I am researching a Turner line which went from Southern Illinois to Missouri to Arkansas and finally to Southwestern Indiana.
William Turner B1835 IL - Edward B Turner 1867 IL - Elijah Israel Turner B1897 MO
William Israel Turner B 1922 Posey County IN.

Aug 13, 2009
James Barter

Samuel Turner from Virginia was my Father. He met my mother in the summer/fall of 1929, It was summer romance. I was born in May of 1930. My mother only told me his name and that he was from Virginia. My y-dna only matches Turner surnamed individuals. My surname is that of a stepfather who adopted me.

Aug 13, 2009
CaryAnn Turner Hess

James, you do have a pickle, don’t you? Any ideas as to where your mother met him? Or if he was about the same age as her? Below are all the boys named Samuel Turner on the 1920 census of Virginia born between 1900-1914. Since you were adopted, you might be able to contact the state where you were adopted and see if you can get the record.

Unfortunately, trying to find Samuel may be like looking for a needle in a haystack. If the right Samuel Turner is on the list below, finding the right one may be impossible, unless he signed a release for adoption or your mom had more info she didn’t tell you.

Samuel Turner David, Abigail, Garden, Buchanan, Virginia abt 1902 Virginia White Son
Samuel Turner Beauregard, Annie, Lower West, King William, Virginia abt 1907 Virginia White Son
Samuel Turnes [Samuel Turner] Joe T, Elizabeth, Boykins, Southampton, Virginia abt 1910 Virginia White Son
Samuel R Turner Charles E, Minnie, Laurel Fork, Carroll, Virginia abt 1900 Virginia White Son
Samuel E Turner James W, Sarah E., Jerusalem, Southampton, Virginia abt 1904 Virginia White Son
Samuel M Turner Joseph A, Mary M., Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia abt 1909 Virginia White Son
Samuel C Turner Edward M, Maggie P., Laurel Fork, Carroll, Virginia abt 1910 Virginia White Son
Samuel W Turner William B, Kate E., Snow Creek, Franklin, Virginia abt 1914 Virginia White Son

Aug 13, 2009
CaryAnn Turner Hess

Alan, could you also give us more to go on. I’m not sure if your looking for extended family, or exactly what. Or do you already have a lot of info on them and want to go farther back?

Here is a William I. Turner from the Social Security Death Index:

Name: William I. Turner
SSN: 315-14-0341
Last Residence: 47620 Mount Vernon, Posey, Indiana, United States of America
Born: 26 Nov 1922
Died: 30 May 2007
State (Year) SSN issued: Indiana (Before 1951)

Source Citation: Number: 315-14-0341;Issue State: Indiana;Issue Date: Before 1951.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line].

Aug 13, 2009
James Barter

They met in Portland, Maine. Perhaps he was a summer visitor or an itinerant worker.

Aug 13, 2009
CaryAnn Turner Hess

Hi all, I just wanted to let everyone know I am having trouble with my server. I keep getting bumped off, so I don’t know when I will be able to just get on.

Aug 17, 2009
lana irelan

HI, I am reseaching john a w turrner from Decatur co. Ind. he was born in 1784 in ny. I know he was in bulter co. oh.as his son was born there. am trying to find anyone to connect to him , am looking for his wife nancy last name,and john's father. i live out of country so there r no places i can go. to look , except to ask people if they connet. i think nancy last name might be a hank or hawk. she also born in ny.in 1785.both r buried in decatur co. ind. thanks lana

Aug 24, 2009
CaryAnn Turner Hess

Welcome to all the new members. I’ve been on vacation, and unfortunately had an accident and will not be on much for a while (can’t really type). I appreciate all who contribute to the discussions and know we can help each other. Please have fun, Cary

Sep 9, 2009
Keri Paridon

I'm looking for info on Turner's from VA. I've found quite a bit of info, but still have some holes in it. The line I'm studying includes Shadrack (married to Ann Pollard Hill) and Samuel (married to Nancy Stovall). I've also found some info for Turners from KY, but they are distantly related and I haven't gotten that far yet. :)

Sep 10, 2009
Keri Paridon

James, I've found there were several Samuel Turner's in VA. I've followed a few... Do you have any more info to go on?

Sep 10, 2009
James Barter

Keri - My problem is that I have no information except a DNA profile that indicates that my male ancestors were surnamed Turner. My mother was a secretive woman and raised me to believe that my father was a man named Clarence Barter. However my birth certificate listed my father as Patrick Flanagan. My mother was a housekeeper for him and his two daughters when I was born. she once told me he was a nice man that let her use his name on my birth certificate. When I was 18 I had my name legally change to Barter because that was the name I had been known by. About that time my mother told me that my real father was a man named Samuel Turner, and that he was a gentleman. At the time of my conception (fall of 1929) my mother was living in Portland, Maine. She apparently met Samuel Turner there. I have scoured the city directories for the Portland area for several years each side of 1929 without finding any mention of Samuel Turner. My assumption is that he must have been a summer visitor or an itinerant worker. My mother was born in 1908 in Georgetown, Maine. I would assume that Samuel Turner was born somewhere between 1900 and 1915. She died in 1972 without ever telling me anything that would help pin this down. If there were DNA results for Samuel Turners, from Virginia, born in the early 1900s or from his male relatives or other progeny it might be helpful. If it wasn't for the DNA results I might have suspected that the information about Samuel Turner was false. Of course she might have been wrong about where he came from. So many possibilities, so few clues. This is all I have.

Sep 10, 2009
James Barter

Keri, I forgot to include that she was emphatic that he was from Virginia but never mentioned a town or city.

Sep 10, 2009
David Allen Turner

hi all, i'm looking for relatives to my grandfather Myron Albert Turner. He was born in Burlington VT. in 1916. He had several brothers one of which was an Edsen Turner( edsen may have been his father?). He married a Mary Cook from Virginia, who's mother was originally from Franklin County NY. He (Myron Turner) eventually moved to Halifax County, NC during the great depresson, and that is where he and his family settled. I'm hoping to find some of his sibling relatives who are still alive, and to find out if anyone has a clue to where my grandfather's original family came from. It seems that at one time before his death, he had mentioned that he came from French Canadian heratige?

Jan 20, 2012
Vicci S Turner

Hi Everyone, I am new to Genealogy Wise and look forward to the Turner group.

I am looking for the parents for Joseph V. Turner. I believe his parents were born in Kentucky. Joseph may have been the offspring of William E. Turner who died in Adair County, MO or may have been a family member. Any help will be appreciated.

Joseph V.TURNER - born on 21 June 1855 in Missouri; died on 01 August 1923 in Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma

Wife - Ellen Ora MEEKER, daughter of Martin Vanburen MEEKER and Martha Ann MCCLANAHAN. Married Joseph V. Turner on 12 May 1878 in Knox, Missouri. She was born on 28 December 1853 in Illinois, USA. She died on 22 January 1924 in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California.

Joseph & Ellen had six children:

Florence Annie Turner Hardee (1878 - 1972) Born - Nebraska; Died Los Angeles, CA

Ora Belle Turner Crews (1881 - 1921) Born - Benton, Missouri; Died Pawnee, Oklahoma

Ethel May Turner Monroe (1882 - 1980) Died Los Angeles, CA

Earle Turner (1884 - ?) Born - Adair County, Missouri

Ralph J. Turner (1885 - 1947) Born - Missouri; Died Butte, CA

Orvil Martin Turner (1887 - 1962) Born - Kirksville, Adair, MO; Died Yuba City, CA

May 2, 2012
Nicole Polk

Hi I am researching Turners in early Maryland. Samuel Turner grandson of Edward Turner. He married Verlinda McPherson daughter of Alexander McPherson. Anyway just wanted to let you all know what I am currently researching, and see if anyone else is looking into this family or related families.

May 4, 2012