John William Lang Turner (abt. 1868 - 1939)

Born about May 1868 in Northumberland, England

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1939 at about age 71 in Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Biography

Archive Canada No RCIA 233240 John William Lang Turner Family, 1867-

John William Lang Turner was born in Northumberland, England ca. 1867. He came to Canada in 1903 from Portsmouth, England as a Barr Colonist. Around 1905, Turner and his family went to Onion Lake, Saskatchewan, where he became a clerk to William Sibbald, the agent at the Onion Lake Agency of the federal Department of Indian Affairs. Turner succeeded Sibbald as agent around 1921 and held the position until 1930, when he retired and moved to Victoria, British Columbia. Turner died on September 23, 1939 in Oak Bay, a residential community in Victoria. Lang Turner and his wife had eight children: Mary (William Clark McCusker); Agnes (Steve Warren); Joy (? Boudreau); Lulu (Percy Taylor); Nellie (Wesley Trimble); Marjorie (A.H. Noyce); Lena (Leslie Gould) and one son who died in infancy. Mary Turner was born in Portsmouth, England in 1900 and married William Clark McCusker in Onion Lake in 1921. They had three children: William, Betty, and Robert. W.C. McCusker died in Saskatoon on August 25, 1970. Mary McCusker died in Saskatoon on September 19, 1993. William (Bill) McCusker died in Saskatoon on September 15, 2006.

Arrived in Canada on SS Lake Manitoba 12 Apr 1903

Sources

SS Lake Manitoba passenger list page 24

1911 Census of Canada Saskatchewan / Battleford / 40 Townships 53 / page 12

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