George Samuel TURNER^[1]

1853 - 1921  (67 years)

• Name	George Samuel TURNER
  Born	11 Apr 1853	Ralls County, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Mar 1921	Seattle, King, Washington
  Person ID	I27267	Main
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family	Martha Lavina RATHBUN,   b. 21 Feb 1862, Tionesta, Venango, Pennsylvania ,   d. 4 Aug 1949, Seattle, King, Washington  (Age 87 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1879	Liberty [Yates Center], Kansas
  Children	1. Robert Milton TURNER,   b. 7 Mar 1881, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas ,   d. 17 Jan 1971, Vallejo, Solano, California  (Age 89 years)   2. Maurice Willard TURNER,   b. 17 Dec 1882, Blair, Nebraska ,   d. 7 Mar 1954, Seattle, King, Washington  (Age 71 years) + 3. Sarah Anna TURNER,   b. 2 Apr 1890, Seabeck, Kitsap, Washington ,   d. 1952, Rodeo, Contra Costa, California  (Age 61 years)   4. Chauncey Edward TURNER,   b. 23 Mar 1893, Seabeck, Kitsap, Washington ,   d. 7 Jul 1992, League City, Galveston, Texas  (Age 99 years)   5. Edna Elotia TURNER,   b. 30 Oct 1895, Seabeck, Kitsap, Washington ,   d. Abt 1987, Seattle, King, Washington  (Age 91 years)   6. Charles Ashton TURNER,   b. 7 Aug 1897, Seabeck, Kitsap, Washington ,   d. 29 Nov 1956, Bremerton, Washington  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2019
  Family ID	F9319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  After their marriage, George and Martha Turner lived at Yates Center, KS.Their eldest son, Robert, was born there. They lived for a short whilein Blair, NE, where their second son, Will, was born in 1882. In 1887,they went to Washington Territory and took up a homestead near Seabeck,Kitsap, Until the family could move there, they lived for a while at9th Ave and Pine St in Seattle, the site of the present ParamountTheater. After proving up their homestead, they moved in 1897 toSeattle, living first in the Sprague house at 1142 61st N.W., and laterin 1898, purchasing the property at 5804 14th Ave N.W. in Ballard. Thefamily grew up there. George operated the Turner Express Company, atransfer business, for many years, until the time that trucks beganreplacing teams and drays, when he sold the business to the BallardLivery and Express, He retired around the beginning of the FirstWorld War, and spent most of his time in the country, on acreage nearBothell, WA., which he owned. In 1921, the condition of his health wassuch that an operation was necessary. He did not recover and passed awayat the family home on Mar 10, 1921.

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.