Frances Emma Turner

1892 - 1988  (95 years)

• Name	Frances Emma Turner
  Born	05 Jun 1892	Ottawa, Ontario
  Gender	Female
  Buried	1988	Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario
  Died	08 Jan 1988	Belleville, Ontario   [1]
  Notes	Frances (1892-1988) married John McGillivray, a 28 year old Scot, in February 1915 in Rockland. One month later, John enlisted with the 38th Highlanders. He was the only Turner family member to serve in World War I. He was posted to Bermuda where their first child was born in December 1915. The next year he went to the front in France. After the war John and Frances lived in Ottawa where their other three children were born. They moved to Toronto in 1924, where John died of a coronary thrombosis in 1933. A determined woman, Frances moved the family to Montreal, where she became Supervisor of the Women's Division with the Unemployment Insurance Commission. After retirement she lived in Connecticut, St. Thomas, Orillia and Belleville. In Belleville she lived in her own home and enjoyed her garden. She remarried at age 86 to George Zimmele. He died in 1986 and she in 1988.
  Person ID	I1413	Cullen family tree
  Last Modified	9 Jun 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.   [2]
  Family ID	F1968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John McGillivray,   b. 29 Dec 1886, Bridge of Allan, Scotland ,   d. 16 Jan 1934, Toronto, Ontario  (Age 47 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1915	Trés Sainte Trinité, Rockland, Ontario   [3]
  Children	1. Donald John McGillivray,   b. 30 Dec 1915, Hamilton, Bermuda ,   d. 14 Jan 1997, Belleville, Ontario  (Age 81 years)  [natural]   2. Doris Jessie McGillivray,   b. 19 Oct 1919, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. 30 Dec 1999, Port Charlotte, Florida  (Age 80 years)  [natural]   3. Frances Jean McGillivray,   b. 02 Apr 1922, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. 28 Apr 2010  (Age 88 years)  [natural]   4. Marjory Isobel McGillivray,   b. 19 Sep 1923, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. 03 Aug 2006, Port Charlotte, Florida  (Age 82 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F1067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	George Bernard Zimmele,   b. 27 Sep 1890, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ,   d. Jun 1986, Belleville, Ontario  (Age 95 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1978	Bridge Street United Church, Belleville, Ontario
  Family ID	F1078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Frances Turner c1912
  		Frances Turner c1915
  		John (Mac) McGillivray c1916 Spouse of Frances Turner
  		Frances Turner c1905

  
  

  Documents

  Frances Emma Turner baptism record 1892

  
  

  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

  [S184] Marjory McGillivray Waters. [S101] Turner family bible. [S135] County of Russell Mariages 1858-1972 Centre de genealogie 1978, 264.