Ellen Turner (buried 1966)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Turner
First name: 
Ellen
Other Christian names: 
Gertrude
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1935
Born: 
23/5/1874
Died: 
06/11/1966
Buried: 
12/11/1966
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SES
Cemetery row: 
10
Cemetery plot: 
16
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

Ellen Gertrude was born on 23rd May 1874 in Lewisham London to James Smith Hepburn and Ellen Gertrude Hepburn. James Smith Hepburn was a solicitor with the company Hepburn Son and Cutcliffe, Cheapside. He was a member of the Curriers Company (this is one of the ancient livery companies of the city of London and is associated with the leather trade) and the Transvaal Exploring Land and Mineral company (mainly mining for gold)

Ellen married Edgar Passand Turner on the 1st March 1913 at St. Paul's Church Worthing.

There is no record of any children being born.

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.

In 1939 Ellen is living at 151 George V Avenue, she has a live in companion

By the time of her death on the 6th November 1966,  she is living at 35 Church Walk Worthing Sussex.

She left an estate of £7415 (approx. £130,000 in 2020), probate to Helen Mary Elizabeth Hepburn and Walter Frederick Searle Tapner (solicitor)

Burial researcher: 
Jackie Rooney

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
23/05/1874
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Hepburn
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Edgar Passand
Spouse one last name: 
Turner
Marriage one date: 
01/03/1913
Marriage one address: 
Worthing, Sussex, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
06/11/1966
Age (at time of death): 
92
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
20 Reigate Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Helen Mary Hepburn status: Spinster: Walter Frederick Tapner status: Solicitor
Probate pounds: 
£7,415

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1911 census: 

Addiscombe Lodge Worthing

Ellen Hepburn (Head) age 63,  Ellen Gertrude Hepburn (Stepdaughter?) age 36, Frances Hepburn (Daughter) age 24, Plus 1 nurse and 1 servant