Sydney Groombridge Turner (1883 - 1970)

Born 12 Jul 1883 in North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Son of Christopher Powell and Harlettee Louisa (Groombridge) Rothery

Husband of Martha Lydia Paterson — married 10 Jun 1914 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 14 May 1970 at age 86 in Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Sydney Turner was born in Victoria, Australia

Known as Sydney Groombridge Turner throughout his life, his name at birth was registered as Sidney Turner.

Born 12 July 1883. North Melbourne (then known as Hotham East), Victoria, Australia.

Birth registered in the name "Sidney Turner", with parents recorded as William Turner and Harlettee Louisa Groombridge. This couple had only married two weeks earlier, on 30 June 1883.

Both parents were recently widowed; William in December 1882 and Harlettee in July 1882.

Baptism 14 January 1884, as "Sydney Christopher Groombridge Turner". ^[1]

Died 14 May 1970. Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Residence 1914 Richmond Central, Yarra, Victoria, Australia. 1919 Barkly Ward, Yarra, Victoria, Australia.

DNA

Three grandchildren of Sydney Groombridge Turner have taken Ancestry DNA tests: Living Woodyard, Living Turner and Living Turner.

All three have DNA matches with known descendants of Richard Smart Groombridge, confirming the biological link to Sydney's mother Harlettee Louisa Groombridge.

None of the three have DNA matches with known descendants of William Turner and his first wife, Margaret Jane (Killean) Turner.

Descendants of Sydney Turner's purported full sister Myrtle Elsie Adelaide (Turner) Rush have DNA matches with descendants of William Turner and Margaret Killean, as well as descendants of Richard Smart Groombridge.

The implication is that while Myrtle and Sydney are both the biological children of their mother, Harlettee Louisa Groombridge, only Myrtle is descended from their father of record, William Turner.

Sydney Turner's descendants have DNA matches with known descendants of Joseph Powell and Jane (Spink) Powell. Their son Christopher Powell emigrated to Melbourne from Otago, New Zealand the year before Sydney's birth, and was known to live within a few streets of Sydney's mother. Sydney's baptismal name "Sydney Christopher Groombridge Turner" supports identification of Christopher Powell as his biological father.

Sydney's descendants also have DNA matches with a known descendant of Rachel Lois Richardson (Powell) Hill.

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HNB4-VHMM : 28 January 2020), Sydney Christopher Groombridge Turner, 1883.

• Victorian Department of Justice, "Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages", database, Births Deaths Marriages Victoria (http://www.bdm.vic.gov.au : accessed 18 June 2022), index entry for birth of Sidney TURNER (17339 / 1883)
• Victorian Department of Justice, "Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages", database, Births Deaths Marriages Victoria (http://www.bdm.vic.gov.au : accessed 18 June 2022), index entry for marriage of Sydney Groombridge TURNER and Martha Lydia PATERSON (5656 / 1914)
• Victorian Department of Justice, "Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages", database, Births Deaths Marriages Victoria (http://www.bdm.vic.gov.au : accessed 18 June 2022), index entry for death of Sydney Groombridge TURNER (10480 / 1970)
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between G Turner and A Woods, his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Richard Groombridge and Hannah Holt, the great great grandparents of both G Turner and A Woods. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd - 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 130 cM across 9 segments.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between G Turner and S Powell, his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Joseph Powell and Jane Spink, the great great grandparents of both G Turner and S Powell. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd - 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 122 cM across 4 segments.
• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between G Turner and R Foggin, his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Joseph Powell and Jane Spink, the great great grandparents of both G Turner and R Foggin. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th - 6th Cousin, based on sharing 44 cM across 2 segments.