Birthca 1791, Johnstone, Dumfries, Scotland
Notes for Catherine Charters
On her son’s death certificate her maiden name is clearly given as Charteris but for marriage and the birth of her daughter Janet she was Charters.
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Other births to her and John Turner:
Fore City/
No Date Surname name Parent Names Frame No. Sex Parish County GROS Data
1 13/07/1813 TURNER JOHN TURNER/ DUMFRIES /DUMFRIES 821/00 0070 0194
2 13/01/1811 TURNER JANET JOHN TURNER/ F LOCHMABEN /DUMFRIES 840/00 0010 0196
CATHERINE CHARTERS
FR109 (FR109)
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The following could be her in the 1841 census but she would have been only 15 at marriage, though she would have been up to five years older than the recorded age in the 1841 census:
First name(s) Last name Gender Age Birth year Birth place
Catherine Turner Female 45 1796 Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Jane Turner Female 25 1816 Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Robt Turner Male 15 1826 -
William Turner Male 15 1826 -
James Turner Male 15 1826 -
Isabella Henderson Female 15 1826 Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Census details
Family member first name ISABELLA, JAMES, WILLIAM, ROBT, JANE, CATHERINE
Family member last name HENDERSON, TURNER
First name(s) Catherine
Last name Turner
Gender Female
Age 45
Birth year 1796
Birth county Dumfriesshire
Birth place (other) Scotland
House name Millmeadow Cottage
Street Millmeadow Cottage
Parish or township Moffat
County Dumfriesshire
Country Scotland
Occupation Ind
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And this, with the Johnstone birth in 1791, must be her in 1851, though the birth of her son Robert in the USA is surprising:
First name(s) Last name Role Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Catherine Turner Head W F 60 1791 Annuitant Johnstone, Dumfries, Scotland
Robert Turner Son U M 29 1822 Proprietor Of Houses United States
Mary Nicholson Serv U F 20 1831 House Servant Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland
Jane Johnstone Ldgr U F 63 1788 Annuitant Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland
Alison Gillespie Vstr U F 21 1830 - Douglas, Lanarks, Scotland
Census details
First name(s) Catherine
Last name Turner
Role Head
Marital status Widow
Gender Female
Age 60
Birth year 1791
Occupation Annuitant
Birth place Scotland
Birth town Johnstone
Birth county Dumfriesshire
House name Rosemount Cottage
Street Rosemount Cottage
Parish Moffat
County Dumfriesshire
Hamlet Moffat
Registration district Annandale
Record set 1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census
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In 1861 she was living with a farming (700 acres) family of Williams, b. 1803, and Grace, b. 1806, Scott, with Grace too being born in Johnstone, so I wonder if she was a relative.
Not in the 1871 census but no death can be identified in Scotland from 1861 to 1891. In Britain as a whole there were 191 deaths, so quite impossible.
In 1871 the Scotts were still farmers, now with 1000 acres. But no Catherine Turner.
No will found for her either.
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Notes for John & Catherine (Family)
Their marriage register records for Lochmaben parish in 1809:
John Turner in this parish and Catherine Charters from the parish of Johnston had the banns of marriage three time regularly published befor the Congregation & no objections being offered they were married accordingly on the 12th day of Decr.
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