Francis Ebenezer Turner

1853 - 1927  (74 years)

• Name	Francis Ebenezer Turner
  Born	19 Jun 1853	Fredericton, New Brunswick   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	06 Oct 1927	Ottawa, Ontario   [1]
  Buried	08 Oct 1927	Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario   [2]
  Notes	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.
  Person ID	I835	Cullen family tree
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	John Turner,   b. 31 Jul 1824, Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick ,   d. 31 Oct 1911, Winnipeg, Manitoba  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Agnes Nicholson,   b. 09 Jun 1825, Dumfries, Scotland ,   d. 28 Sep 1894, Rivière-du-Loup Station, Quebec  (Age 69 years)
  Married	31 Dec 1847	St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Fredricton York County, New Brunswick   [3]
  Family ID	F523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emma Anastasia Lapointe,   b. 31 Mar 1856, Notre Dame du Portage, Canada East ,   d. 31 Jan 1955, Ottawa, Ontario  (Age 98 years)
  Married	02 May 1876	Edmunston, N.B.   [4]
  Children	1. Agnes Frances Turner,   b. 23 Jan 1877, Edmundston, New Brunswick ,   d. 24 Jan 1877, Edmundston, New Brunswick  (Age 0 years)  [natural]   2. John Alexandre Turner,   b. 15 Jan 1878, Edmundston, New Brunswick ,   d. 08 May 1879, Edmundston, New Brunswick  (Age 1 years)   3. Francis Henry Tancrede Turner,   b. 30 Nov 1879, Edmundston, New Brunswick ,   d. 10 Dec 1898, Ottawa, Ontario  (Age 19 years)   4. Mary Florence Eugenie Turner,   b. 04 Sep 1881, Ste-Rose-du-Dégelé, Quebec ,   d. 12 Oct 1969, Stoney Creek, Ontario  (Age 88 years)   5. Joseph George Turner,   b. 02 Jan 1884, Hintonburg, Ontario ,   d. 11 Apr 1977, Ottawa, Ontario  (Age 93 years)   6. Louis Joseph Adelard Turner,   b. 22 Feb 1885, Hintonburg, Ontario ,   d. 15 Sep 1964, Aylen Lake, Ontario  (Age 79 years)   7. Mary Ida Turner,   b. 04 Sep 1887, Aylmer, Quebec ,   d. 30 Dec 1981, Victoria, British Columbia  (Age 94 years)  [natural]   8. Katherine Loretta Turner,   b. 05 Mar 1890, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. Abt 12 Apr 1968, Vero Beach, Florida  (Age 78 years)   9. Frances Emma Turner,   b. 05 Jun 1892, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. 08 Jan 1988, Belleville, Ontario  (Age 95 years)   10. Mary Amaryllis Turner,   b. 04 Dec 1894, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. 27 Aug 1981, North Bay, Ontario  (Age 86 years)  [natural]   11. Edward Chalmers Turner,   b. 04 Jan 1897, Ottawa, Ontario ,   d. 12 Dec 1898, Ottawa, Ontario  (Age 1 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F1968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Frank and Kit Turner at the farm in Rockland c1915
  		Frank Turner and Roly de Grosbois c1925
  		Frank Turner and Gaetan de Grosbois mid 1920s
  		Railroads of Eastern Ontario c1915
  		Rockland Ontario c1915
  		Turner, Frank c1908
  		Turner, Frank and family c1905
  		Clarence Township, location of Frank Turner's farm

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Frank Turner lease Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick 1879 page 1
  		Frank Turner lease Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick 1879 page 2
  		Frank Turner lease Madawaska Parish, New Brunswick 1879 page 3
  		Rockland Farm Purchase 1909 page 1
  		Rockland Farm Purchase 1909 page 2
  		Rockland Farm Purchase 1909 page 3
  		Rockland Farm Purchase 1909 page 4
  		Rockland farm sale 1919 page 1
  		Rockland farm sale 1909 page 2
  		Frank Turner Death Certificate 1927
  		Turner, Frank obituary 1927
  		Turners Ottawa directory 1890-1899
  		Frank Turner - "Cross Town" column, Ottawa Citizen, Nov 12 1949 This article references a train accident in 1904 or 1905 where the Canada Atlantic Railway line then crossed the Rideau Canal near Pretoria Bridge. Frank Turner was engineer and Fred Page was fireman.

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		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, Frank - The Rideau Canal Railway Accident 1891 This report of a railway accident in 1891 alleges the involvement of Frank Turner. 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 201-202
  		Lapointe, Pierre Alexandre (1825-1900) and Anastasie Gagné (1825-1900) Pierre Alexandre Lapointe was our most successful entrepreneurial French Canadian ancestor. He was a carpenter, blacksmith, farmer, builder and repairer of sawmills and grist mills, dealer in farm implements, and, importantly, prominent as a founding settler, land owner and mill owner of Sainte-Rose-du-Dégelé in Temiscouata.
  		Turner, John (1824-1911) and Agnes Nicholson (1825-1894) John Turner, our great-great grandfather, was a colourful horseman and stage operator for more than 50 years in New Brunswick and the Temiscouata region of Quebec. 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 23-36, 179-195 and 265-267
  		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
  		A Melding of Cultures Volume 1: Our Turner Ancestors - Introduction Table of contents, forward, coats of arms, introduction, structure, acknowledgements and bibliography. Excerpt from A Melding of Cultures, Ancestors of George Turner and Bernadette Joanis, Volume 1: Our Turners: Canadian Transportation Pioneers, Mark Cullen, Vancouver, 2013
  		Turner residences in Ottawa 1890-1899 From Ottawa directories for 1890-1899, residence addresses for Frank Turner and his brother George and sister Myra. Myra was a nurse, George H. was with the messenger service in the House of Commons and Frank was a railway engineer with Canada Atlantic Railway. Their brother, Fred may also have been a resident 1898-1899.
  		Holden Turner direct descendants to Mark Cullen Chart showing the 7 generations from Holden Turner to Mark Cullen. Holden was the first of the family to settle in Canada in 1783.
  		Turner Family - Aylen Lake

  
  

  Albums		Turner, John and Agnes Nicholson family (17)
  		Turner, Frank and Emma Lapointe family (54)

  
  

• Sources

  [S213] Notre Dame Cemetery Register, Ottawa Archives, 1927, #675. [S57] Ancestry.ca Drouin Collection. [S2] Marjory McGillivray Waters OLA, Page 126. [S101] Turner family bible.