Louis Albert Turner

1910 - 1912  (2 years)

• Name	Louis Albert Turner
  Born	22 Feb 1910	Ottawa, Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Nov 1912	Ottawa, Ontario   [2]
  Buried	07 Dec 1912	Ottawa, Ontario   [3]
  Notes	Albert Turner drowned with his brother Harold in the Rideau Canal. In 1912, Louis and Laura were living with 5 year old Harold and 2 year old Albert at 59 Waverley Street, about one block from the Rideau Canal. On November 30th the boys strayed from home, fell through the ice and drowned. Albert's body was recovered that afternoon. It was front page news for a week while the search continued for young Haroldís body. In the meantime Albertís funeral was held. Extensive recovery efforts continued. The water level in the Canal was lowered and the ice broken up, but the body was not located. As time slipped by, rumours were that Harold had not drowned but had been kidnapped. These were put to rest in the following April, when the body was discovered about two blocks from the site of the drowning. Haroldís funeral was held on April 11, 2013. Both are buried in Notre Dame Cemetery.
  Person ID	I5522	Cullen family tree

  
  

  Father	Louis Joseph Adelard Turner,   b. 22 Feb 1885, Hintonburg, Ontario ,   d. 15 Sep 1964, Aylen Lake, Ontario  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Laura Jean Dent,   b. 05 Nov 1887, Rockland, Ontario ,   d. 01 Nov 1918, Ottawa, Ontario  (Age 30 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	21 Jul 1906	Sainte Famille, Ottawa, Ontario   [4]
  Family ID	F1013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Lou and Laura Turner with children Harold and Albert 1910 Laura Dent was Lou's first wife; she died in 1918; Harold and Albert drowned in the Rideau Canal in 1912. See Harold and Albert album.

  
  

  Histories

  The Drowning of Harold and Albert Turner 1912 Lou Turner's 2- and 5-year-old sons drowned in the Rideau Canal in 1912. Excerpt from A Melding of Cultures Ancestors of George Turner and Bernadette Joanis Volume 1 Our Turners: Canadian Transportation Pioneers, Mark Cullen, Vancouver, 2013, Appendix 4, pp 212-214

  
  

• Sources

  [S102] Ancestry.ca Drouin Collection, Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1911, St. Patrick's Parish, Ottawa, 1905-1913, 115. [S10] Ottawa Citizen, Dec 2 1912, Page 3. [S102] Ancestry.ca Drouin Collection, Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1911, St. Joseph's Parish, Ottawa, 1912-1924, 26. [S55] Rep. de Mariages Comte Ottawa-Carleton 1873-1986 Club de Genealogie deLongueuil, 402.