TURTON, John & Frances
1843 – 1927
Origin Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Accompanying Family 4 Children (3 males & 1 female)
First settled in Dongara, WA
Original Occupation Miller
Occupation in Australia Flour Mill Manager
DAYLIGHT
Departure Port London
Arrival Year 1875
Fremantle
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Formerly Frances Peel, my great grand-mother contracted rheumatic fever and boarded the ship on crutches & walked off unaided after a 3 month voyage to a warmer climate. Her husband John was a flour mill manager at Dongara, Fremantle & subsequently Guildford (Padbury's Mill). One of their daughters, Nerissa married Ernest Worth - their daughter Doris (my mother), is still alive aged 90 years and resides at the RAAF nursing home in Bullcreek, WA.
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This was my great grandmother and father. Understood there had been 12 chilren to the time they left England. My grandmother was nerissa and she was born at Dongarra. She married Ernest William Worth in perth.
Ian Worth, iworth@bigpond.net.au
Sun 15 Apr 2012
research seems to indicate my information not to be correct. One child died on the voyage out on the Daylight in 1875. I believe a son died in an industrial accident in the royal flour mill,Dongarra but no record of him being buried in Dongarra cemetary. I understood that my grandmother Nerisa was the youngest child of 13 (?) but it is hard to reconcile this with ages etc. Nerisa's youngest child was son Irwin who was killed in the pathfinder lancaster bombings of Germany in world war 2 . iworth@bigpond.net.au
Sun 15 Apr 2012
I wouldn't have thought that John Turton had 13 children. I think he had four on the ship out and maybe one girl was born here. One boy died on the ship (see Battye Library diary by John Turton) and one boy died at about 17 or 19 years old-I thought of appendicitis.
Tue 17 Sep 2013
Hi Ian
I am putting the family tree together. John was my great-great grandfather and i have some information that may help fill the gaps.
Cheers
Lawrence
Mon 29 Dec 2014
hi Lawrence,
how about contacting me with your research
iworth@bigpond.net.au
Mon 26 Oct 2015
Could lawrence, Lyn Worth or any others contact me to compare research
Sun 20 Nov 2016
John Turton is my great great grandfather.
Anyone reading this post is welcome to contact me via:
jturton@icloud.com
James Turton
Tue 1 Sep 2020
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