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Charles TURNER
1819 - 1901

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• Birth	4 Jul 1819	Caversham, Oxfordshire   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1841	Reading, Berkshire   [4]
  	Although his father was a baker, his uncles and probably also his grandfather were carpenters and [date] [person:first] was a junior carpenter< [PlaceDetails]>< [Place]>, and he continued in that field for a number of years. About the time his father passed away, Charles gave up carpentry and became a baker as his father had been.
  Occupation	1876	Caversham, Oxfordshire   [5]
  	He was listed in J.G. Harrod & Co's 1876 Royal County Directory as having his own bakery in Caversham.
  Retired	1890  [6]
  	According to the 1891 Caversham Census, he and Ellen had by that time moved to Rose Hill to live with their daughter Annie and her family. Annie's neice Etta, Leonard's sister, age 15, also lived with them and is listed as a Confectioner's Assistant.
  Died	31 Aug 1901	Caversham, Oxfordshire   [7]
  	Cause: Senile Gangren & Paralysis of Bladder & Aschemia
  	Address: Hidmore R.D.
  Person ID	I53	Turner Collins Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2011

  
  

  Father	John TURNER,   b. 23 Oct 1782, Caversham, Oxfordshire ,   d. 2 Jul 1856, Caversham, Oxfordshire
  Mother	Mary WATSON,   b. 2 Oct 1791, Swallowfield, Berkshire ,   d. 15 Dec 1866, Emmer Green, Caversham, Oxfordshire
  Married	21 Jan 1813	Reading St Giles, Berkshire
  Census	1851	Caversham, Oxfordshire
  	Address: Emmer Green
  Family ID	F78	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ellen BROWN,   b. 20 Jul 1823, Reading St Mary, Berkshire ,   d. 22 Aug 1905, Kidmore, Henley, Oxfordshire   [8]
  Married	6 Sep 1845	Thatcham, Berkshire   [9, 10]
  	Witnesses were Alfred Turner, Caroline Turner, William Patience, and Hannah Brown.
  Residence	1851	Reading, Berkshire   [8, 11]
  	Address: 70 Welldale Rd, St Mary
  Census	1861  [1, 12]
  	The 1861 Caversham Census records show the family was living on Prospect Street, probably above their bakery. The shop was on the corner of Chester Street and was about a mile from where his father's had been in Emmer Green. Along with [couple:first] and their 4 children, other members of the household included a neice, Hannah Brown, age 12, and a bakery servant, George Pitts, age 19. Sadly, Charles and Ellen would lose their daughter Ellen Louisa just 4 years later when succombed to pleurisy at the age of 15.
  Census	1871	Caversham, Oxfordshire   [13]
  	They were still at the same address in 1871 and by that time Charles had purchased one or more flys and was a Fly Proprietor in addition to running the bakery. Their son Harry had married and moved away the year before, but their oldest son Charles was still living at home and was also a baker. Ellen and their daughter Annie worked as assistants in the shop. A servant named George Hall, who's occupation is listed as Fly Driver, and Elizabeth Pusey, age 72, a boarder and former shop keeper, were also part of their household.
  Census	1881	Caversham, Oxfordshire
  	Address: Greenham Villas
  	By 1881, Charles was still a baker, but he and Ellen had moved to an apartment Greenham Villas and their son Charles was living on Prospect Street at the bakery and was a Corn Merchant.
  Children	1. Charles TURNER,   b. 19 Jul 1846, Caversham, Oxfordshire ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Henry TURNER,   b. 1 Jun 1848, Reading St Giles, Berkshire ,   d. 7 Nov 1903, Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire   3. Ellen Louisa TURNER,   b. 6 Aug 1850, Reading, Berkshire ,   d. 29 Mar 1865, Caversham, Oxfordshire   4. Anne Matilda TURNER,   b. 29 Jan 1854, Caversham, Oxfordshire ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		Turner Bakery, circa 1875, Prospect St Caversham Owned and run by Charles Turner. The family lived upstairs.
  		turner bakery.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S197] 1861 UK Census, Henley,Caversham; Piece: 883; Folio: 13; Page: 20; GSU roll: 542716; 21; Turner; 86. [S240] *Family Search Int'l Genealogical Index, Turners of Caversham; 95223; C033361. [S272] PR Oxon: South Oxon Transcripts Vol 1, Caversham1.pdf; 116 (Reliability: 3). [S209] 1841 UK Census, Reading, St Mary; Piece 36; Book: 3; Folio: 6; Page: 6; Line: 3; GSU roll: 241207; 3; Turner. [S301] DIR Royal County Directory of Beds, Bucks, Berks, and Oxon 1876, viewed online; 27 February 2010; 649. [S212] 1881 UK Census, Caversham, Rose Hill; Piece: 1158; Folio 104; Page 9; GSU roll: 6096268; 5; Allbright. [S223] Vital Record, Certified Copy, England, Death; 31 August 1901; Charles Turner; Henley, Oxfordshire; author. [S223] Vital Record, Certified Copy, England, Birth; 1 June 1848; Henry Turner; Reading, Berkshrie; author. [S218] Marriage Index, England & Wales 1837-1915, Charles Turner & Ellen Brown; 1845; Jul-Aug-Sep; Newbury; 6; 279. [S223] Vital Record, Certified Copy, England, Marriage; 6 September 1845; Charles Turner & Ellen Brown; Newbury, Berkshire; author. [S196] 1851 UK Census, Reading, St Mary; Piece: 1692; Folio: 285; Page: 41; GSU roll: 193600.; 1N; Collins; 182. [S223] Vital Record, Certified Copy, England, Death; 1865; Ellen Louisa Turner; Reading; author. [S211] 1871 UK Census, Henley, Caversham; Piece: 1427; Folio: 14; Page: 21; GSU roll: 828776; 21; Turner; 85.