| George Benjamin Turpin
(1858-) |
George Benjamin Turpin 1 2 3 4
• Residence: 4 Courtenay Street, 1901, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. • Occupation: Contractor, 1907. 1 • Occupation: Building Contractor, 1911, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. 1 • Residence: 34 Ford Park Rd, 1911, Plymouth, Devonshire, England. 1
George married Frances Kate Guswell in 1882 in registered 2nd qtr 1882, Plymouth, vol 5b, page 452.1 (Frances Kate Guswell was born in 1858 in Plymouth, Devonshire, England 1 4.) |
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1911 census, Plymouth North, Plymouth, Devonshire. 1911 census, Plymouth North, Plymouth, Devonshire
James Harvey, Head , male, age 68, married 45 years,, male, Architect & Surveyor, at home, born Plymouth, Devon
Ann Lake Harvey, wife, female, married 45 years, total children 9, 6 alive, 3 died, born Plymouth, Devon,
Annie Blanche Harvey. daughter, female, age 37, single, born Plymouth, Devon
(signed) Jas Harvey, postal address: 64 Baring Street, Plymouth
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1911 census, Plymouth, Devonshire
George Benjamin Turpin, Head, male, age 53, married, building contractor, employer, birthplace: Stonehouse , Devon
Frances Kate Turpin, Wife, female, age 52, married 28 years, 8 children, 8 children alive, birthplace: Plymouth , Devon
Frederick George Turpin, Son, male, age 24, single, Builder's assistant, birth: Plymouth, Devon
Frances Kate Turpin, Daughter, female, age 20, single, school teacher, birth Plymouth, Devon
Winnifred Laura Turpin, Daughter, female, age 18, single, Stenographer, birth Plymouth, Devon
Dorothy Eva Turpin, Daughter, female, age 16, single, School, birth Plymouth, Devon
Gladys Elizabeth Turpin, Daughter, female, age 15, School, birth Plymouth, Devon
Joseph Victor Turpin, son, male, age 13, School, birth Plymouth, Devon
Mabel Algar, Servant, female, age 17, single, General Servant ( Domestic), birth Plymouth, Devon
signed: George Benjamin Turpin, postal address: 45 Ford Park Rd. Plymouth,
Number of Rooms in this dwelling: Ten
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Barbara Simpson. Notes on the Harvey Family History English Branch from 1842
I am Barbara Simpson, born at 5 Coleridge Road, Plymouth on 30th August 1920. Daughter of Ada May( Kathleen) who was the 7th child of James and Ann Lake Lewarn Harvey and my father Harold Dommett. I am writing these notes because I am now their last grandchild.
James Harvey was the son of William and Susanne Grace (nee Salway) born on the 20th of May 1842 in Plymouth. He married Ann Lake Lewarn at Charles Church, Plymouth on the 11th July 1865 when he was 23 and Ann 19. His residence was given as Alexandra Buildings and his occupation as Builder. Ann was born on the 6th of April 1846. She became an orphan when her mother died; her father was unknown. (There were frequent epidemics of Cholera and Smallpox in Plymouth during this time; 900 dying of Cholera in 1850 alone and it is possible that her mother was one of these). Ann was taken into service by a well known and respected Plymouth family named Wooland to look after their children and she was married from their house, 27 Hillpark Crescent( Transcriber's NB: convention used here...not married in...but from this residence, ie; not from her parent's home obviously)
According to the Plymouth 1881 census seven of their children were born at 17 Park Street; Kate Grace later in that year and Harry Anthony in 1885, their last child. My mother, Ada May always talked of " Springfield " 64 Baring Street in Hospital Road, as the family home; they must have moved here soon after 1881. This is the big house which I remember so well. One memory is of their magnificent lavatory! It had a magnificent pedestal decorated with blue flowers (now highly collectable!) and was raised up about 4 inches on a platform. The flush was operated by pulling up on a round knob which was set in a saucer-shaped depression- a source of great interest to a small child! My parents and I lived about ½ mile across Freedom Fields Park so we visited my grandparents frequently until my ' granka ' ( my baby name for him ) died in 1928 & gran came to live with us for a time.
By the date of their marriage in 1865, James had progressed from builder to architect & surveyor and was an F.R.I.B.A- Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, as was their son Arthur later. I am sure Harry with all his pioneer work surveying for the Canadian Pacific Railway must have had equally high qualifications.
I vividly remember taking them a basket of flowers on their diamond wedding anniversary in 1925. They were both very loving grandparents to me- their only grandchild to live in England.
Source: Notes hand written by Barbara Simpson and transcribed by Donald Wilson, April 13th 2015.
3 Free BMD indexes. George Benjamin Turpin - Frances Kate Guswell, marriage registered June qtr, 1882, in Plymouth, vol 5b, page 452
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FreeBMD from GRO index data. Turpin and Guswell births in Devon: FreeBMD indexes
Guswell, Frances Kate, registered 4th qtr 1858, Plymouth, vol 5b, page 232
Turpin, George Benjamin, registered 1st qtr 1858, East Stonehouse, vol 5b, page 298
Turpin, Margaret Emma, registered 3rd qtr 1883, Plymouth, vol 5b, page 251
Turpin, Mary Florence: registered 2nd qtr 1885, Plymouth, vol 5b, page 265
Turpin, Frederick George G, registered 4th qtr 1886, Plymouth, vol 5b, page 284
Turpin, Frances Kate, registered 3rd qtr 1890, Plymouth, vol 5b, page 260
Turpin, Winifred Laura, registered 2nd qtr 1892, Plymouth, vol 5b, page 270
Turpin, Dorothy Eva, registered 4 qtr 1894 Plymouth, vol 5b, page 268
Turpin, Gladys Eizabeth, registered 1st qtr, 1896 Plymouth, vol 5b, page 276
Turpin, Joseph Victor, registered 2nd qtr 1897 Plymouth, vol 5b, page 275
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