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Ralph Turnbull (1791 - 1840)

Ralph Turnbull
Born in Marylebone, London, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married 30 Aug 1813 (to 1 Feb 1828) in Windsor, New South Wales, Australiamap
Husband of — married 24 Nov 1829 (to 18 Nov 1840) in Portland Head, Colony of New South Walesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 49 in Portland Head, Colony of New South Walesmap
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Biography

Middlesex (historic flag)
Ralph Turnbull was born in Marylebone, Middlesex, England.
Scottish flag
Ralph Turnbull has Scottish Ancestors.
Ralph Turnbull came free to the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Ralph TURNBULL, son of John TURNBULL and Ann WARR, was born on 23 March 1791 in London, Middlesex, England, was christened on 5 June 1791 in St. Mary's, St. Marylebone Road, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England, [1] died on 18 November 1840 in Portland Head, Colony of New South Wales [2] at age 49, and was buried in St. Thomas Cemetery, Sackville Reach, Colony of New South Wales. [3]

Ralph married Grace CAVANOUGH, daughter of Owen CAVANOUGH and Margaret DOWLING, on 30 August 1813 in St. Matthew's Church of England, Windsor, Colony of New South Wales. [4]

Grace was born on 28 September 1794 in Colony of Norfolk Island, died on 1 February 1828 in Colony of New South Wales at age 33, and was buried in St. Thomas Cemetery, Sackville Reach, Colony of New South Wales.

Ralph next married Mary Ann RILEY on 24 November 1829 in Presbyterian Church, Portland Head, Colony of New South Wales. [5] [6]

Mary was born about 1811, and died on 9 January 1893 in Paddington, Colony of New South Wales about age 82.

Noted events in his life were:

• Emigration ~ 12 February 1802 ~ Ralph emigrated from Spithead, Hampshire, England aboard the "Coromandel".

• Immigration ~ 13 June 1802 ~ Ralph immigrated to Port Jackson, Colony of N.S.W. aboard the "Coromandel", as a settler.

According to Bobbie Hardy:[7]

A group of Presbyterian families from Scotland and Northern England emigrated to Australia aboard the ship 'Coromandel' which departed Deptford on 12 Feb 1802 and arrived at Sydney Cove on 13 Jun. They chose the Coromandel because William Stirling, the uncle of one in their number, George Hall, was her captain. The same George Hall kept a diary of the voyage. They settled along the River below Windsor. Six years after they came to the colony they commenced building a stone church at Portland Head, now known as Ebenezer. This is now the oldest church building in Australasia.
They were:
  • George Hall, his wife Mary Smith, children Elizabeth 9, George 7, William 5, John 1. George was the son of a Northumberland tenant farmer, educated, and conversant with 'agricultural machinery'. He was a London carpenter when he returned north in 1791 to Lowick to marry Mary Smith.
  • John Howe, his wife Francis Ward, children Mary 2, Elizabeth 2 months. Soundly educated and, by his own statement, brought up to husbandry, he worked in a grocery business in London while waiting for a passage and when in the colony he proposed to become a teacher.
  • Andrew Johnston, wife Mary Beard, children Thomas 11, William 7, John 5, Alexander 2 (Died at sea 21 Mar, buried at sea), Abraham 1.
  • John Johnstone
  • Lewis Jones
  • James Mein and wife Susannah Skene
  • Andrew Mein (died on voyage 28 Apr, buried at sea)
  • William Stubbs, wife Sarah Wingate, children William 5, Sarah 4, Elizabeth 1.
  • John Suddis
  • John Turnbull, a tailor, wife Ann Warr, children Ralph 10, Mary 5, James 4, Jessica 2.
They had decided to accept the English government's offer contained in the following document of Jan 1798, which George Hall had acquired while living in London.
"We whose names are undersigned acknowledge that, at our own request, we offered ourselves as settlers to go out to N.S.W. with our families on the following terms:
”To have our passage found and our families victualled by the Government during the voyage. On our arrival in the Colony we have a grant of 100 acres of land at Port Jackson, or fifty acres at Norfolk Island. To be victualled and clothed free from the Public Stores for a term of twelve months after being put in possession of our allotments, and to be allowed the labour of two prisoners maintained by the Government for the same term. After which term we and our families are to be no further expense to the Crown. Likewise we have the same proportion of stock, such grain and agricultural tools as have been furnished to other settlers, together with such other assistance as the Governor need judge proper to afford us.
”Outfit for men: 1 jacket, 1 shirt, pair of trousers, pair of shoes, 1 hat.
”ditto for women: 1 Jacket, 1 petticoat, 1 shift, pair shoes, 1 cap, 1 handkerchief,
”Children as above on stores.
”Tools; I billhook, tomahawks, 1 spade, 1 handsaw, 2 west Indian hoes, 1 cross-cut saw (between two men), quantity of nails, one iron pot, 1 old musket, quantity of powder and 16 musket balls."

Spouse Grace Cavanough Grace Cavanough (1794-1828) Father John ph Turnbull (1751-1834) Mother Ann Warr (1765-1819) Children Jane Isabella Birth 5 Jun 1792 St Marylebone, Middlesex, England Death 18 Nov 1840 Sackville Reach, New South Wales, Australia Residence Australia (1) arr. 1802

Marriage

1543/1813 V18131543 3A TURNBULL RALPH CAVENAGH GRACECC (2)

FACTS

Birth 5 June 1792 • St Marylebone, London, England 5 Sources 1792

(AGE)

Baptism 05 Jun 1791 • Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road,St Marylebone,London,England 1 Source 1791

Baptism 5 Jun 1791 • Middlesex, England 1 Source 1791

Birth of Sister Mary Anne Turnbull(1792–1792) 25 Dec 1792 • St Marylebone, London, England 1792

Death of Sister Mary Anne Turnbull(1792–1792) 28 Dec 1792 • St Marylebone, London, England 1792

Birth of Brother John Turnbull(1794–1796) 09 Feb 1794 • London, London, England 1794

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Death of Brother John Turnbull(1794–1796) 1796 • London, London, England 1796

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Birth of Sister Mary Anne Turnbull(1797–1825) 1797 1797

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Birth of Sister Mary Anne Turnbull(1797–1825) 23 Dec 1797 • London, London, England 1797

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Birth of Brother James Warr Turnbull(1798–1881) 01 Jul 1798 • London, London, England 1798

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Birth of Sister Jessica Turnbull , Kirwan(1800–1882) 20 July 1800 • St Marylebone, London, England 1800

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Arrival 1802 • New South Wales 3 Sources 1802

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Birth of Brother George Benjamin Turnbull(1806–1885) 6 July 1806 • Portland Head, Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia 1806

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Birth of Brother William Bligh Turnbull(1809–1892) 8 June 1809 • Portland, New South Wales, Australia 1809

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Birth of Daughter Mary Ann Cavanough(1811–) 1811 • Portland, , New South Wales, Australia 1811

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Marriage 30 Aug 1813 • Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Grace Cavanough (1794–1828)

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Birth of Son RALPH 2ND TURNBULL(1814–1901) 15 Oct 1814 • Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 1814

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Residence 1814 • Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 1 Source 1814

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Birth of Son JOHN TURNBULL(1817–1881) 14 Oct 1817 • Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia 1817

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Birth of Daughter Elizabeth Turnbull , Dunston(1819–1899) 1819 • New South Wales 1819

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Death of Mother Ann Warr(1765–1819) 19 Dec 1819 • Portland Head, New South Wales, Australia 1819

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Birth of Daughter Ann Turnbull(1820–1880) 1 Dec 1820 • Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales 1820

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Birth of Daughter Sarah Turnbull(1823–1833) 1823 • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1823

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Death of Sister Mary Anne Turnbull(1797–1825) 07 Feb 1825 • Everingham Farm, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia 1825

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Death of Sister Mary Anne Turnbull(1797–1825) 11 February 1825 1825

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Death of Wife Grace Cavanough(1794–1828) 1 Feb 1828 • Sackville Reach, , New South Wales, Australia 1828

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Residence 1828 • Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1 Source 1828

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Marriage 24 Nov 1829 • Ultimo, Portland Head, New South Wales

Mary Ann Riley (1808–1893)

1 Source 1829

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Birth of Daughter Eliza Mary Turnbull(1830–1853) 27 Aug 1830 • Sackville Reach, The Hills Shire, New South Wales, Australia 1830

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Birth of Daughter Jane Isabella Turnbull(1832–) 17 Sep 1832 • Sackville Reach, New South Wales, Australia 1832

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Birth of Daughter Sarah Turnbull(1833–1871) 28 Dec 1833 • New South Wales, Australia 1833

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Death of Daughter Sarah Turnbull(1823–1833) 1833 • New South Wales, Australia 1833

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Death of Father John ph Turnbull , to NSW 1802(1751–1834) 12 June 1834 • Portland Head, New South Wales 1834

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Birth of Daughter Maria Turnbull(1836–1857) 27 April 1836 • Windsor, New South Wales 1836

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Birth of Son Andrew Warr Turnbull(1839–1914) 27 Mar 1839 • Lower Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia 1839

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Birth of Daughter Martha Turnbull(1840–1841) 1840 • Lower Hawkesbury, New South Wales 1840

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Residence 21 Oct 1840 • Wilberforce, Cook 1 Source 1840

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Death 18 Nov 1840 • Sackville Reach, Portland Head, Hawkesbury, New South Wales 2 Sources 1840

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Burial Ebenezer, Hawkesbury City, New South Wales, Australia 1 Source (4)

Sources

  1. ↑ England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, database, FamilySearch
    Christening: Name: Ralph Turnbull - Sex: Male - Christening Date: 5 Jun 1791 - Christening Place: Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom - Christening Place (Original): St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone Road, London, England - Birth Date: 23 Mar 1791 - Father's Name: John Turnbull - Father's Sex: Male - Mother's Name: Ann - Mother's Sex: Female
    Digital Folder Number: 008041094 - Microfilm Number: 580906 - Originating System: ODM - Indexing Batch: C03524-3.
  2. ↑ NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, 1788-1990
    Death: Name, Reg. Number/Year, Father's Name, Mother's Name, District
    TURNBULL RALPH - 3503/1838 V18403503 22 - _ / _.
  3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 July 2021), memorial page for Ralph Turnbull (5 Jun 1792–18 Nov 1840), Find A Grave: Memorial #155707926, citing St. Thomas Cemetery, Ebenezer, Hawkesbury City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Stombell (contributor 48335209).
  4. ↑ NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, 1788-1971
    Marriage: Registration Number/Year, Groom's name, Bride's name, District
    1543/1813 V18131543 3A - TURNBULL RALPH / CAVENAGH GRACE - CC (Church of England, Windsor, St Matthew's).
  5. ↑ NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, 1788-1971
    Marriage: Registration Number/Year, Groom's name, Bride's name, District
    224/1829 V1829224 162A - TURNBULL RALPH / RILEY MARY ANNE - JS (Presbyterian, Portland Head).
  6. ↑ Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950. (Ancestry.com)
    Marriage: Name: Ralph Turnbull - Spouse Name: Mary Anne Riley - Marriage Date: 1829 - Marriage Place: New South Wales - Registration Place: Portland Head, New South Wales - Registration Year: 1829 - Volume Number: V A.
  7. ↑ Hardy, Bobbie. Early Hawkesbury settlers. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1985

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Grahame Thom
The above statement that "Mary (Ann Riley) ....... died on 9 January 1893 in Paddington" is wrong. The Mary Ann Ferris who died at Paddington in 1893 is not the widow of Ralph Turnbull (1st marriage) and James Ferris (2nd marriage).  This woman's husband was THOMAS Ferris.  See her death notice in the Sydney Morning Herald on 10 January 1893. This Mary Anne Ferris was the daughter of Joseph & Mary Ann SALMON not John & Ann Riley, and married THOMAS Ferris in 1854.  See also NSW BDM index entry too. The date and place of Mary Ann, widow of James Ferris is not known. There is a reference she died in Grafton, NSW
posted by Grahame Thom
Cox-10785 Susan (Cox) Scarcella O.A.M.
Thanks for that. Will change the information.
posted by Susan (Cox) Scarcella O.A.M.
Watson-15643 Kathleen (Watson) Cobcroft
Turnbull-4041 and Turnbull-109 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate
posted by Kathleen (Watson) Cobcroft
Alan Eade
Turnbull-470 and Turnbull-109 appear to represent the same person because: Hello DJ, Robyn and Mary,

Both profiles for Ralph Turnbull indicate same person, one with marriage to Grace and the other shows a marriage to Mary (after Grace died. Please merge if you agree they are the same person. Regards Alan.

posted by Alan Eade
Pieterse-13 Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Turnbull-1513 and Turnbull-470 appear to represent the same person because: Same spouse and exact date of marriage. Difference in other data to be noted in the merged biography
posted on Turnbull-470 (merged) by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen

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