Francis Henry Tancrede Turner

1879 - 1898  (19 years)

• Name	Francis Henry Tancrede Turner
  Born	30 Nov 1879	Edmundston, New Brunswick   [1]
  Christened	4 Jan 1880	Ste-Rose-du-Dégelé, Quebec
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Dec 1898	Ottawa, Ontario   [2]
  Buried	12 Dec 1898	Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario   [2]
  Notes	In December 1898, the family was devastated with the deaths, within two days of each other, of Frank and Emma's eldest and youngest sons, 19 year old Frank on the 10th, and almost two year old Edward Chalmers on the 12th. Frank's death was caused by a "pulmonary abscess induced by a defective heart valve". At the time of his death, he was working as a stationary engineer. Edward died after suffering nine days of bronchial pneumonia. Their joint funeral was held on December 12th in St. Patrickís Church and they were buried in the family plot in Notre Dame Cemetery. Emma's great granddaughter, Jan de Grosbois Campbell, passed on this story from her grandmother Amy about that awful week. In early December young Frank had decided to participate in an event that involved lifting heavy weights, a popular sport at the time. In lifting, he pulled all the muscles in his chest, severely affecting his heart. Emma tried to nurse him back to health, but he died some days later. Meanwhile Emma had been so worried about Frank, she didn't realize that Chalmers had contracted pneumonia. She was unable to nurse him back to health and he also succumbed. Amy remembered the funeral and the "beautiful little box" her baby brother got to lie in.
  Person ID	I1358	Cullen family tree
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Francis Ebenezer Turner,   b. 19 Jun 1853, Fredericton, New Brunswick ,   d. 06 Oct 1927, Ottawa, Ontario  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Emma Anastasia Lapointe,   b. 31 Mar 1856, Notre Dame du Portage, Canada East ,   d. 31 Jan 1955, Ottawa, Ontario  (Age 98 years)
  Married	02 May 1876	Edmunston, N.B.   [3]
  Family ID	F1968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Harry Francis Turner baptism 1879
  		Henry F Turner obituary 1898

  
  

  Histories		Turner, Frank and Emma Family Photo Album Excerpt from A Melding of Cultures Ancestors of George Turner and Bernadette Joanis Volume 1 Our Turners: Canadian Transportation Pioneers, Mark Cullen, Vancouver, 2013, pp 54-61 Additional photos courtesy of Steve de Grosbois
  		Turner, Francis Ebenezer (1853-1927) and Emma Lapointe (1856-1955) Frank Turner, born in Fredericton, worked in the family stagecoach business before becoming a railroad engineer in Ottawa. In marrying Emma Lapointe in 1876, Frank formed the first link to our extensive French Canadian heritage. Excerpt from A Melding of Cultures, Ancestors of George Turner and Bernadette Joanis, Volume 1: Our Turners: Canadian Transportation Pioneers, Mark Cullen, Vancouver, 2013 pp 37-53, 267-269 and 197-211

  
  

  Albums

  Turner, Frank and Emma Lapointe family (54)

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] Ancestry.ca, Quebec Drouin Collection Ste-Rose-du-Degelis, 1880, page 2. [S213] Notre Dame Cemetery Register, Ottawa Archives, 1898, #777. [S101] Turner family bible.