I’d like to introduce…

Edward George "Ted" Turner

Edward George Turner, known affectionately to his family and friends as Ted, was a kind hearted, gregarious, right jolly English gent, loved by all who knew him. He was born on the 27th of June 1911 at Blake Cottage, Horn Street in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, where his father was employed as head groom to Mr Gosling of Blake House.

And His Lovely Wife…

phyllis

Miss Phyllis Mary Collins, daughter of William Collins, publican of the George Inn in Winslow, which is where Ted met her one fateful day in the 1930s

Mary Ann Howkins
Female 1823 - 1882


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  • Birth  17 May 1823  St Thomas, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Her father, one of the Fisher Row boatmen, died when she was three and soon after that her mother married the scoundrel William Fisher, who was just 13 years older than Mary Ann. She grew up in the colorful Fisher Row community, and probably lived at the Running Horses pub, where her mother was the landlady.
    Gender  Female 
    Illness  1865 
    some kind of paralysis 
    Died  4 Apr 1882  Taplow, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Cause: of cerebral disease and paralysis 
    Address:
    Clivedon 
    Person ID  I244  Turner Collins Genealogy
    Last Modified  13 Apr 2010 

    Father  William Howkins,   b. 9 May 1795, Willoughby, Warwickshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jun 1826, St Thomas, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Caroline Collier,   b. 28 Apr 1798, Wytham, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1851, St Thomas, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  30 Sep 1818  St Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F786  Group Sheet

    Family  Charles Curtis,   b. 12 Jan 1817, St Peter le Bailey, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1903, Ampthill, Bedfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Married  14 Feb 1842  St Peter le Bailey, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • John Davis and Ann Curtis witnessed the marriage. Two years later, [couple:given] were probably living at Fisher Row because that's the address on their second child's birth certificate. William Howkins, Mary Ann's brother was most likely managing the Running Horses by that time and was living there with his family in 1851.
    Residence  1855  [8] 
    and Charles was employed as a coal merchant, 
    Address:
    George Street 
    Census  1861  Northmoor, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Address:
    an ale house man and he also ran the rope style ferry there, whi 
    Residence  1871  Taplow, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Address:
    Cliveden 
    Residence  1871  St Thomas, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    with their children, Charles and Clara, 
    Address:
    Fisher Row 
    Census  1881  Taplow, Buckinghamshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Cliveden Ferry 1885, Charles Curtis    		 Cliveden Ferry 1885, Charles Curtis
    Charles Curtis was the ferryman in the 1860s through late 1880s.
    On the right is house Charles and his family lived in while he was the ferryman.    		 On the right is house Charles and his family lived in while he was the ferryman.
    On the right is house Charles and his family lived in while he was the ferryman.
    Children 
     1. Susannah Curtis,   b. 25 Dec 1842, St Thomas, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Mary Ann Curtis,   b. 2 Jan 1844, St Thomas, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1900, Far Cotton, Northamptonshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Emily Curtis,   b. 17 May 1846, St Thomas, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Ann Curtis,   b. 15 Feb 1848, St Thomas, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Charles Curtis,   b. 9 Oct 1853, St Thomas, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Thomas Curtis,   b. 29 Apr 1855, St Mary Magdalene, Oxford, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Clara Curtis,   b. Apr 1864, Northmoor, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Photos
    Cliveden Ferry 1885, Charles Curtis    		Cliveden Ferry 1885, Charles Curtis
    Charles Curtis was the ferryman in the 1860s through late 1880s.
    Family ID  F43  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S278] *Rootschat Forum PR lookup, Oxfordshire Lookup Requests; Baptism lookup please - Mary Ann Howkins; 3 Feb 2010; http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,434947.0.html; 3 February 2010.

    2. [S309] PR Oxon: Oxford City Transcripts vol 4, Ox_StT1mb.pdf; 284.

    3. [S219] Death Index, England & Wales 1837-1915, Mary Curtis; 1882; Apr-May-Jun; Eton; 3a; 315.

    4. [S223] Vital Record, Certified Copy, England, Death; 4 April 1882; Mary Curtis; Burnham, Eton, Bucks; author.

    5. [S223] Vital Record, Certified Copy, England, Birth; 6 January 1844; Mary Ann Curtis; Oxford, Oxfordshire; author.

    6. [S218] Marriage Index, England & Wales 1837-1915, Charles Curtis & Mary Ann Howkins; 1842; Jan-Feb-mar; Oxford; 16; 129.

    7. [S223] Vital Record, Certified Copy, England, Marriage; 13 February 1842; Charles Curtis & Mary Ann Howkins; Oxford, Oxfordshire; author.

    8. [S307] PR Oxon: Oxford City Transcripts vol 3, Ox_StMM6.pdf; 13.

    9. [S197] 1861 UK Census, Witney, Northmoor; Piece: 904; Folio: 142; Page: 1; GSU roll: 542719; 11c; Curtis; 1.

    10. [S223] Vital Record, Certified Copy, England, Marriage; 2 May 1868; Walter Collins & Mary Ann Curtis; Witney, Oxfordshire; author.

    11. [S211] 1871 UK Census, Oxford, St Thomas; Piece: 1440; Folio: 27; Page: 9; GSU roll: 828783; 15; Curtis; 73.

    12. [S212] 1881 UK Census, Eton. Taplow; Piece: 1462; Folio: 102; Page: 4; GSU roll: 1341354; 12; Curtis.



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