Mary Ida Turner

1887 - 1981  (94 years)

• Name	Mary Ida Turner
  Born	04 Sep 1887	Aylmer, Quebec
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 Dec 1981	Victoria, British Columbia   [1]
  Buried	04 Jan 1982	Victoria, British Columbia   [2]
  Notes	Ida (1887-1981) lived for many years with her brother Louis and parents in Ottawa. She was employed in the Civil Service as a stenographer and clerk. After her father died, she lived with her mother and sister Amy and Amy's two children. In 1949, she went to California to live with her sister Kit and then moved with her to Tulerosa, New Mexico. In New Mexico, she married Rossell Johnson. He died in 1968. In the early 1970s she was living in Vero Beach, Florida. Some years later, she moved to Victoria to live with her nephew Roly de Grosbois. She died there at the end of 1981, four months after her sister Amy.
  Person ID	I1391	Cullen family tree

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Rossell Andrew Johnson,   b. 22 Jul 1897, Midland, Arkansas ,   d. 10 Feb 1968, Tularosa, Otero, New Mexico  (Age 70 years)
  Married	Abt 1948
  Family ID	F1046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Rossel and Ida Johnson
  		Ida Turner Johnson
  		Ida & Rossell Johnson
  		Ida Turner
  		Ida Turner, Ruth de Grosbois, Emma, Amy & Kit
  		Harvey & Eleanor Turner with aunts Amy & Ida c1935

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Mary Ida Turner baptism record 1887
  		Roly de Grosbois letter to Eileen Boulais January 13, 1982 Roly de Grosbois wrote to his cousin, Eileen Boulais, just after the death and burial of their Aunt Ida Turner.
  		Roly de Grosbois letter to Eileen Boulais January 13, 1982 Continuation of the letter from Roly de Grosbois to his cousin, Eileen Boulais, just after the death and burial of their Aunt Ida Turner.

  
  

  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

  [S148] Familysearch.org, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986. [S59] Roland deGrosbois. [S101] Turner family bible.