Mary Amaryllis Turner

1894 - 1981  (86 years)

• Name	Mary Amaryllis Turner
  Born	04 Dec 1894	Ottawa, Ontario
  Gender	Female
  Died	27 Aug 1981	North Bay, Ontario   [1]
  Notes	Amarylis (1894-1981), also known as Amy and Did, married Gaeten de Grosbois in 1916. He was in banking. After his children were born, he was transferred to Ville Marie and Cochrane, Ontario where he contracted tuberculosis and spent his last summer convalescing at the Turner cottage at Aylen Lake. He died there in July 1929 at age 29 years. Amy and her two sons then lived with her widowed mother and sister Ida at 70 Blackburn Avenue in Ottawa. They helped raise the children while Amy worked in the Civil Service. She married Bob Tallon in 1961. After his death in 1965, she moved to Vero Beach, Florida where she lived for a number of years near her sister Kit until Kitís death in 1968. Amy then moved to North Bay to live with her son Paul where she resided until moving to Cassellholme Home for the Aged. She died there in 1981.
  Person ID	I1424	Cullen family tree

  
  

  Father	Francis Ebenezer Turner,   b. 19 Jun 1853, Fredericton, New Brunswick ,   d. 06 Oct 1927, Ottawa, Ontario  (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Emma Anastasia Lapointe,   b. 31 Mar 1856, Notre Dame du Portage, Canada East ,   d. 31 Jan 1955, Ottawa, Ontario  (Age 98 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	02 May 1876	Edmunston, N.B.   [2]
  Family ID	F1968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charles Gaeten B de Grosbois,   b. 11 Sep 1894, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. 10 Jul 1924, Aylen Lake, Ontario  (Age 29 years)
  Married	12 Feb 1916	Notre Dame Cathedral, Ottawa, Ontario   [3]
  Children	1. Roland de Grosbois,   b. 03 Jul 1919, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. 10 Dec 2005, North Bay, Ontario  (Age 86 years)  [natural]   2. Paul Sylvan de Grosbois,   b. 25 Mar 1921, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. 18 Feb 2001, Pembroke, Ontario  (Age 79 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F1089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Robert J Tallon,   b. 21 Jul 1885, Belleville, Ontario ,   d. 14 Sep 1965, Aylen Lake, Ontario  (Age 80 years)
  Married	01 Jul 1961	St. Joseph Parish, Ottawa, Ontario   [4]
  Family ID	F1100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Amy de Grosbois residence 70 Blackburn Street Ottawa After Frank Turner's death in 1927, Emma Turner moved with daughter Ida to this house to live with daughter Amy and her family.
  		Amy de Grosbois
  		Amy Turner c1912
  		Amy and Florence Turner
  		Amy de Grosbois
  		Amy de Grosbois 1947
  		Amy Turner
  		Ida Turner, Ruth de Grosbois, Emma, Amy & Kit
  		Harvey & Eleanor Turner with aunts Amy & Ida c1935

  
  

  Documents

  Mary Amaryllis Turner baptism 1895

  
  

  Histories		Turner, Frank and Emma Family Photo Album Excerpt from A Melding of Cultures Ancestors of George Turner and Bernadette Joanis Volume 1 Our Turners: Canadian Transportation Pioneers, Mark Cullen, Vancouver, 2013, pp 54-61 Additional photos courtesy of Steve de Grosbois
  		Turner, Francis Ebenezer (1853-1927) and Emma Lapointe (1856-1955) Frank Turner, born in Fredericton, worked in the family stagecoach business before becoming a railroad engineer in Ottawa. In marrying Emma Lapointe in 1876, Frank formed the first link to our extensive French Canadian heritage. Excerpt from A Melding of Cultures, Ancestors of George Turner and Bernadette Joanis, Volume 1: Our Turners: Canadian Transportation Pioneers, Mark Cullen, Vancouver, 2013 pp 37-53, 267-269 and 197-211
  		Turner Family - Aylen Lake

  
  

  Albums

  Turner, Frank and Emma Lapointe family (54)

  
  

• Sources

  [S184] Marjory McGillivray Waters. [S101] Turner family bible. [S42] Le Cathedral d'Ottawa 1827-1980 Le Centrade Genealogie SC 1983, 217. [S83] St. Joseph's Ottawa Mariages 1856-1984 centre de genealogie 1985, 265.