Dr Alfred Jefferis Turner was good friends with Dr George William Frederic PAUL, as well as being Dr Paul's brother's brother-in-law. Dr Paul's youngest son by his first wife, Turner Paul, was named for Dr Turner. In fact, Turner and his next oldest brother, Arthur, were pages at his wedding to Hilda Constance Roehricht
Dr Turner signed Dr Paul's father's death certificate in 1910 as A Jefferis Turner.
According to sources, Dr Turner's parents were (mother) Sophia Mary Harmer and (father) Frederick Storrs Turner.[1]
Papa Turner, in turn, was the son of Benjamin Bockett Turner, a clerk of Bow, London, and Elizabeth Maria Storrs of Edinburgh. Frederick was born in Stepney, London; and was baptised at the Bull Lane Independent Church, a nonconformist church in Stepney.
Jefferis Turner married Hilda Constance Roehricht on the 2nd February 1898 in Sandgate, Queensland, Australia.[2]
Wedding announcement (mentioning other local notables) —[3]
WEDDING AT SANDGATE. Turner-Roehricht.
The wedding of Dr. A. Jefferis Turner and Miss Hilda Roehricht, youngest daughter of the late Mr. R. H. O. Roehricht, of the Rail-way Department, was solemnised at St. Nicolas Church, Sandgate, yesterday morn-ing. The wedding party was confined to the immediate friends of the bride and bride-groom. Canon Matthews, who had hastened his return from Warwick for the purpose, performed the ceremony. The bride, who was attired in a simple gown of soft white silk and small white hat, was given away by her brother, Mr. Oswald Roehricht. The two bridesmaids—Miss Aline Townsend and Miss Hilda Parker—wore pretty dresses of white hailstone muslin over buttercup silk, with long sashes of the same shade, and hats en suite. The bride was attended by two little pages, Masters Arthur and Turner Paul, the sons of Dr. and Mrs. F. Paul, who wore white holland suits and sailor hats. After the ceremony refreshments were served at the house of Dr. and Mrs. Paul, and soon after Dr. and Mrs. Turner left for Brisbane, en route for Sydney and the Blue Mountains, where the honeymoon is to be spent. Dr. and Mrs. Turner will return to town at the beginning of March. Many pretty and valuable presents were received by the bride and bridegroom.
Despite his dedication to solving disease, especially that caused in children (while not neglecting adults), Jefferis Turner took time out to go to war. From 1916 to 1918 he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps.[1]
Because of his mild manner and love of children, Dr Turner was known as "Gentle Annie", but he wasn't always mild - especially against disease, especially when it was children who were sick.[4]
Alfred Jefferis "Jefferis" Turner passed away on the 29th December 1947, aged 86 years.[5][6]
Some further reading: Dr Alfred Jefferis Turner, 1861-1947 : his contribution to medicine in Queensland.[7] and articles found on Trove (National Library of Australia).[8] Alfred Jefferis Turner: pediatrician and noted amateur entomologist.[9]
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