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Richard married Mary Madeleine Turner 22 Dec 1942, Notre Dame de Lourdes, Cyrville, Ontario. Mary (daughter of Joseph George Turner and Bernadette Domithilde Joanis) was born 17 May 1917, Ottawa, Ontario; died 05 Sep 2016, Bolton, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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Madeleine's obituary:
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our Mother, Madeleine Kelleher (nee Turner) peacefully at King Nursing Home, Bolton, Ontario, in her 100th year of life on September 5, 2016.†Madeleine was the beloved wife of the late Robert Kelleher, loving mother to Geoffrey (SueAnn) of South Bend, Indiana, Charlotte of Vineland, Lin (Jackie) of Saskatoon, Angela (Art) of Guelph, Celine (Marc) of St. Catharines, Basil (Diane) of Kitchener and Stan (Sylvia) of Melancthon.†Madeleine was a cherished Nana to 29 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.†She will be lovingly remembered by her many nieces, nephews and friends. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at King Nursing Home for their tender loving care of our Mother throughout the past 5 years.
Friends are invited to the Butcher Family Funeral Home, 5399 Main Street South, Erin, Ontario on Wednesday September 14, 2016 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.†A Vigil will be held for Madeleine on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.†Funeral Mass will take place at St John Brebeuf Roman Catholic Church, 24 Millwood Road, Erin, Ontario on Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 11 a.m. Madeleine will be laid to rest with her beloved Bob at St. Marys Cemetery, Grafton, Ontario at a later date.

Charles — Johanna McNiff. Johanna was born 14 Jun 1884, London, Ontario; died 27 Nov 1957, London, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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George Turner was born in Hintonburg, a railroaders' village, then a suburb of Ottawa. He received his elementary and high school education in Ottawa. In 1900, he continued the Turner railroading tradition started by his father, as a call boy with Canada Atlantic Railway. By 1903 he was a fireman and in 1910 he was promoted to engineer, a position he would hold for 38 years.
In 1906 he married Bernadette Joanis of Rockland, Ontario. They were married 66 years and had 15 children, one of whom died in infancy.
They settled first in Ottawa, then in Hurdman's Bridge, a hamlet on the Rideau River.
They were a well-known family, with the popular "Turner Girls" and the accomplished boys. Cycling was a family pastime - son George was an Olympian. And cottaging at Bark Lake and Trout Lake at Barry's Bay was a summer-long annual event for many years.
George loved his wife, his children and his cars. He needed a large car to ferry his brood, and over the years owned many including a Pierce Arrow, a Nash Ambassador, and, in retirement, his '56 Ford with the T-Bird engine.
George died in 1977 at age 93.

Joseph married Bernadette Domithilde Joanis 22 Aug 1906, Très Ste. Trinité, Rockland, Ontario. Bernadette (daughter of Jules Joanis and Marie Délina Quévillon) was born 04 May 1886, Angers, Quebec; died 04 Jun 1973, Ottawa, Ontario; was buried 06 Jun 1973, Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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Bernadette was the eldest daughter of the Jules Joanis and Délina Quévillon originally of Angers, Quebec. The family had moved to Rockland, Ontario where Jules was a millwright at the W.C. Edwards sawmills (he maintained and repaired machinery and equipment). Jules died in 1900 at age 37, leaving a widow and six children.
After her father's death, to help support the family, Bernadette went to work for Mr. Dent, a tailor in Rockland. Dent later sent her to work in his shop in Ottawa, where she learned to speak, read and write English. She became an expert tailor, seamstress and dressmaker.
She married George Turner in Rockland in 1906, after which they settled in Ottawa and then Hurdman's Bridge, where they raised 14 children.

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The Ontario Marriage Registry for Russell County contains the following record: No. 16930-06 Joseph George Turner, 22, railroad work, (born) Ottawa, (residence) Coteau Station, Quebec, s/o Francis Turner and Emma Lapointe married Bernadette Joanisse, 20, dress maker, (born) Rockland, (residence) same, d/o Jules Joanisse and Délina Quévillon, witness Francis Turner and Marie Levesque, both of Rockland, 22 August 1906 at Rockland.

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Railroading in Canada was in its heyday in the 1880s and Rivière-du-Loup was a hub of rail activity. Frank Turner took advantage of this opportunity to transform his career and resettle his family in Ottawa, becoming the progenitor of many Turners living there today. Frank was tall with a strong face, featuring the quintessential Turner Greek nose and a pronounced chin. In his later years, he sported a bushy, grayish-white moustache. Frank was a family man, a man of faith, principled and resolute. And he was well known and popular in the Ottawa railway scene.
Frank was born into a stagecoach transportation family in Fredericton, and at an early age was helping his father as a driver. The family relocated to Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec in 1868 where his father John commenced a daily mail stage operation to Edmundston, New Brunswick. Frank was stationed in Edmundston c1875 and the next year married Emma Lapointe of Ste. Rose du Dégelé. They moved to Ottawa in 1882 where Frank was a locomotive fireman for the CPR. He joined Canada Atlantic Railway
as an engineer in 1889 and remained with them and successor railways until his retirement in 1910.
Frank and Emma had 11 children of whom seven reached adulthood. He died in Ottawa in 1927.

Francis married Emma Anastasia Lapointe 02 May 1876, Edmunston, N.B.. Emma (daughter of Pierre Alexandre Audet-dit-Lapointe and Marie Anastasie Gagné) was born 31 Mar 1856, Notre Dame du Portage, Canada East; died 31 Jan 1955, Ottawa, Ontario; was buried 03 Feb 1955, Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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In the 1871 Census for Notre Dame du Portage, Temiscouata County, Quebec, Emma is listed as a dressmaker.

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In 1893, Jules was working as a joiner in Casselman, Ontario. In 1900, he was a millright at the W.S. Edwards mills in Rockland.
About 1898, Jules Joanis wrote the following note to his children ( translated by Pauline Cullen in 1997):

"I am writing this "memoire" so that, in the event of our death, your mother and I, we leave this notebook so that you will know our ages as well as your own.
My dear children, you have only to consult this notebook as I, Jules Joanis and Délina Quévillon, were married at L'Ange Gardien, where we were both born. We were married on Monday, November 17th in 1884 at the age of 22 and 17, respectively.
I purchased our property in the Township of Clarence, Russell County on September 20, 1895 at $25.00 per with $6 interest on $300.00. On September 18, 1897, I made the third payment and also one payment in advance".

(the dates and place of birth were then listed)

Jules married Marie Délina Quévillon 17 Nov 1884, L'Ange Gardien, Angers, Quebec. Marie (daughter of Jean Isae Ignace Quévillon and Domithilde Maheu) was born 01 Aug 1867, Angers, Quebec; died Jul 1968, Hull, Quebec; was buried 13 Jul 1968, Très Sainte Trinité, Rockland, Ontario. [Group Sheet]