Douglas James Weddell Turnbull (1925 - 2017)

Born 3 Apr 1925 in Basildon, Essex, England

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Died 9 Jul 2017 at age 92 in Marietta, Cobb, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Douglas was born in 1925, the eldest son of Kenneth Turnbull and Grace Coase. He trained as an aerospace engineer with DeHavilands in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. He married Mary Paula Sperring 10 April 1950 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. He later emigrated to the USA to work for Lockheed in Georgia and California and finished out his career with McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis. He died 9 July 2017 in Marietta, Georgia and is buried at Honey Creek Woodlands in Conyers, Georgia.

Sources

Births index (CR) England & Wales. RD Billericay, Essex. 2nd Q., 1925. TURNBULL, Douglas J W. Vol. 4a. p. 1104. Collection: England & Wales, Birth Index: 1918-2005. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 8 March 2022.

Marriages index (CR) England & Wales. RD Hatfield, Hertfordshire. 2nd Q., 1950. TURNBULL, Douglas J W and SPERRING, Mary P F. Vol. 4b p. 88. Collection: England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ : accessed 8 March 2022.