Stephen Turnbull (abt. 1856 - 1929)

Born about Mar 1856 in Haithwaite Gate Cottage, Nicholforest, Cumberland, England

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte Clara (Finlay) Turnbull — married 3 Oct 1907 in Huirangi, Taranaki, New Zealand

Died 24 Jul 1929 at about age 73 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

There was a large community farewell for Mr & Mrs Stephen Turnbull when they left Huirangi in 1915 ^[1]

In an entry in a journal written by William FINLAY, step brother of Charlotte, he wrote notes about each of his siblings. For Charlotte, this contained a reference that Stephen TURNBULL was "a first cousin to Sir Robert TURNBULL of London". ^[2]

Took me some years to prove this back before easy access to online records. I initially dismissed at as rather unlikely, particularly as none of the family knew anything about it Henderson-2297 01:50, 7 December 2017 (EST)

Baptized 16 March 1856 Nichol Forest, Par. of Nichol Forest, Cumberland, England

Entry #181 Stephen son of James (joiner) & Jane TURNBULL of Haithwaite gate Cottage

Buried 29 Jul 1929 Huirangi, nr Waitara, Taranaki, New Zealand

Immigrated from Liverpool 25 Aug 1862 to Victoria, Australia

the Passenger List showing: TURNBULL: James 41, farmer; Jane 40 wife; Robt 9, Ellen 7, Stephen 5, James 3, all English. On same schedule, appearing to travel with the family: Ellen WILLEY 18;

Master: Baker, 25 Apr 1862, declared he had sufficient provisions on board for the 515 statute adults and a voyage of 140 days before they left Liverpool. ^[3]

and thence to New Zealand - assumed to be to Wellington

TURNBULL: Mr James 45, marr.; Mrs James 40; Robert 11, Ellen 10, Stephen 9 in the index of they voyage.

Progress of the voyage can be traced via newspaper shipping reports of the time:

18 Aug 1866 the Wellington Independent reported the expected arrival of the 'Tararua' "from Melbourne via the South" on the 23rd, expected departures 'Tararua' for Melbourne via Nelson and Hokitika, 23rd

21 Aug 1866 the Christchurch Press expected the 'Tararua' from Melbourne via the Bluff and Dunedin on or about Wed, expected departure on Thurs

24 Aug 1866 the Press reported that the 'Tararua' had sailed from Lyttelton for Wellington "steerage :1 and 120 original"

26 Aug 1866 the Wellington Independent provided a passenger list (not steerage), and a summary of the voyage of the P.N.Z. & A.R.M. Co.'s Steamship Tararua: departed Hobson Bay 4pm 10th, arr. Bluff 8am 16th, leaving 2pm. arr. Port Chalmers at daylight 17th (Fri), leaving 4:30 on the 21st (Tue); arr. Lyttelton 8:30am 22nd, leaving 6:15pm Thurs (23rd); arr. Wellington Harbour 11am 'yesterday' (24th).

James' dth cert. implies he arrived in NZ abt 1862, perhaps someone interpreted the question as when did he leave England.

Ellen's dth cert implies she arrived in NZ in 1864, a good compromise between the 1862 arrival in Australia and 1866 arrival in NZ.

It is assumed they disembarked at Wellington, although Nelson might also be a possibility. Bluff, Otago, Lyttelton and Hokitika seem unlikely.

Married 3 Oct 1907 at the Huirangi School, Taranaki, New Zealand

Husband: Stephen Turnbull

Wife: Charlotte Clara Finley

Notice of marriage in Taranaki Herald, Wed 23 Oct 1907: mentions Stephen as youngest son of late James Turnbull, does not mention mother Jane, who died on Oct 1st and was buried Oct 4th.. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TH19150529.2.34 HUIRANGI., Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 144693, 29 May 1915
2. ↑ From correspondence between LornaHen and Murray Finlay, 2002
3. ↑ "Great Australia" dep. 15 Apr (Liverpool) arr. 16 Sep (Melbourne) 1862 James, Jane, Robert, Ellen, Stephen, James TURNBULL
4. ↑ Folio #6591 Charlotte Clara CURRIE to Stephen TURNBULL.

• Assisted & Unassisted Passenger lists, Victoria, Australia via Ancestry.com

Original data: Victoria. Inward Overseas Passenger Lists (British Ports). Microfiche VPRS 7666, copy of VRPS 947. Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria

• NZ BDM index

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Turnbull-331 was started through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.

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