looking for information on Arthur Joseph Turner

Question

I have been looking for a pic of my father Arthur Joseph Turner now for years. I only had one and lost it. He died around 1955-56 . He was suppose to have been raised in a Catholic orphanage. I know he had a brother named Raymond but I don't remember anything else. He was shot in a Baltimore Bar. My name is Dianne Turner. He worked for Baltimore City and was passed the bar to become a lawyer. don't know much more.

Comments

Who was he married too,also her maiden name.

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he was married to Ada Lorraine Ricker daughter of Ada Alva and William M Ricker he was born in 1925 or 26

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I do hope you find a picture of your father.  I found a picture of my father in his high School Annual, that we had never seen, and found out he was a football player, also had a picture of him in his football uniform.  Maybe that could be a source for you to follow up on, if you get no real results here. Good luck hunting!

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I do know that he was in the Army and he had several metals that disappeared. He was in the Army WW2 also he was in law school I think in Baltimore but I don't know where. Thanks for you help though.

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Ada Loraine Ricker,died Ada Loraine Smith.See no marriage too Arthur

Turner.

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he was her second husband first one was Harry Daffin  3rd husband William Smith the man who shot my father Arthur Turner

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Might be worth purchasing a subscription to the Baltimore Sun's archives to look for newspaper accounts of the shooting that might offer more clues for you to follow.

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I did go to the main library and had a copy of it but I lost it. There was a pic of him in there but you couldn't really tell who he was it was black and white and could barely see it.

Answer 1

Do you know who his Mother and Father were.Or his exact date birth.

Of course late date ,the family would be protected by right of privacy.

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no he was raised in a Catholic Orphanage. I really don't know much about him he died when I was about 8 years old.

Answer 2

Social Security Death Index?

Answer 3

HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS (Death Record, Index) 1875-1972 MSA CE 42

http://vitalrec.msa.maryland.gov/pages/seriesunit.aspx?qu=CE&sr=42&src=cty&it=pages

1956-1957  >>K000-Z656 >> T >> pg 31 

There is a record for Arthur Turner date of death 3 March 1957


Maybe your father?

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Thank u very much I actually just found his death certificate after looking for it for years it was in with my deceased mothers paper work. d