Edgar Turner (buried 1918)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Turner
First name: 
Edgar
Other Christian names: 
Passand
Gender: 
Male
Burial number: 
905
Born: 
14/2/1880
Died: 
24/05/1918
Buried: 
28/05/1918
Occupation: 
Surveyor and Valuer;
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
10
Cemetery plot: 
16
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
Here rests Edgar Passand Turner born Feb 14th 1880 died May 24th 1918 "Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends" Also his wife Ellen Gertrude born May 23rd 1874 died Nov 6th 1966

Life story

Life story

In 1891 Edgar is living at home with his family at 15 Canning Road Croydon. Edgar's Father was a bank clerk, By 1901 Edgar's Father has died but he still living at 15 Canning Road with his Mother and Siblings. Edgar is working as a Surveyor and Valuer. In 1911 Edgar is staying at the home of Ellen Hepburn at Addiscombe Lodge Worthing. Also living there was Ellen Gertrude Hepburn (Step-Daughter) who Edgar married on 1st March 1913 at St. Paul's Church Worthing. Edgar died on 24th May 1918 at Groombridge nursing Home Chaucer Road Worthing of a Tubercular disease of the hip and an operation for an abscess and general Tuberculosis. His main home at the time of death was Heathside, Northdown Way, Margate. Probate of £505 2s 8d (£14678.01 in 2020) was granted on 5 September 1918 to Henry Woodman Turner, Captain RFA. (Edgar's Brother)

Burial researcher: 
Jackie Rooney

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
14/02/1880
Marriage
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Ellen Gertrude
Spouse one last name: 
Hepburn
Marriage one date: 
01/03/1913
Marriage one address: 
Worthing, Sussex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
24/05/1918
Age (at time of death): 
38
Cause of death: 
Tubercular Disease of Hip; Operations for Abscess; General Tuberculosis;

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1891 census: 

Alfred W Turner (Head) age 46, Charlotte (Wife) age 39, Elizabeth A (Daughter) Age 16, Thomas A (Son) age 12, Edgar P (Son) age 11, Henry W (Son) age 8, Walter R (Son) age 5, plus 1 teacher and 2 servants

1901 census: 

Charlotte (Head) age 49, Elizabeth A (Daughter) age 26, Thomas A (Son) age 22, Edgar P (Son) age 21, Henry W (Son) age 18, plus 1 boarder and 2 servants.

1911 census: 

Visitor at the home of Ellen Hepburn and Ellen Gertrude Hepburn (Stepdaughter) and Frances Hepburn (Daughter)

Miscellaneous information

Norwood News 8th March 1913

Turner - Hepburn - on the 1st inst., at St Paul's, Worthing, Edgar Passand Turner, son of the late Alfred William Turner, of Croydon to Ellen Gertrude, eldest daughter of the late James Smith Hepburn, of Croydon.