George TURNER was born in 1898 in Salford, Lancashire. His
parents were Alfred and Fanny (nee HOLT).
George married May CRITCHLEY
in 1922 at Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.
It is not certain where Alfred was born or his name at birth.
His birthdate of 1863 is given in the family bible, put probably
written in by Alfred later in life. Alfred first appears in the
1871 census as the 8 year old son of Thomas and Eliza TURNER.
Thomas and Eliza DICKSON
married in 1865 in Salford, Lancashire and had three further children
- John Thomas (died in 1950 in Coventry), Elizabeth Ann (married
WILLIAMS, a confectioner in Southport) and Mary Emma (died age
5).
However I have not found a birth certificate for Alfred TURNER
or Alfred DICKSON nor a baptism. I have looked for baptisms for
Alfred, without finding anything under TURNER or DICKSON. I did
find a baptism for an Alfred WADDINGTON (father James, a brewer
and mother Eliza) with no matching birth certificate and a birth
certificate for an Alfred DICKSON (father James, a brewer and
mother Eliza nee WORSLEY). The address for both of these Alfreds
is Eliza Place, Liverpool Street, Salford.
Alfred married Fanny HOLT
at the Primitive Methodist chapel in 1888.
Thomas TURNER was born about 1834 in Little Bolton (near Salford)
or Bolton, Lancashire. His father was also Thomas.
