Born in Port Alfred, Cape Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Frederick Anderson Gilfillan
and Anna Maria (Thornhill) Gilfillan
Sister of
William Thornhill Gilfillan, Frederick Mouncey Gilfillan, Elizabeth Mary (Gilfillan) Greaves, Anna Frances (Gilfillan) Fisher, John Murray Gilfillan, Dorothea Mounsey (Gilfillan) Griffith, Christopher Gilfillan, Charlotte Gilfillan, Edward Stockenstrom Lodewikus Gilfillan, Henry Philip Cam Gilfillan, Mary Catherine Charlotte (Gilfillan) Hudson, George Fleetwood Gilfillan, Alfred Gilfillan and Sophia Gilfillan
Wife of
Edward Seymour Turner
— married
28 May 1862 in Cradock, Cape Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Agnes Louise (Turner) Walshe, Anna Frances (Turner) Urry and Ellen Maria (Turner) Blanchard
Died
at age 91
in George, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Apr 2016
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Biography
Maria Georgina was born on 31 August 1826 in Port Alfred, Cape Colony; she was the daughter of William Frederick Anderson Gilfillan and Anna Maria (Thornhill) Gilfillan. She was baptised on 1 May 1828:[1]
- Name: Maria Georgina
- Baptised: 1828, May 1st
- Born: 31st August 1826
- Daughter of William Frederick Anderson and Anna Margaret GILFILLAN
- Occupation: Gentleman
- Residence: Port Frances
- Baptised by: F. McClelland - Acting Chaplain
She was 36 years old when she married 44-year-old Edward Seymour Turner in Cradock on 28 May 1892.[2]
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| Marriage Edward Seymour Turner to Maria Georgina Gilfillan |
The following children were born of this marriage:
- Mary Agnes Louise Turner
- Anna Frances Turner
- Ellen Maria Turner
Maria was 91 years old and living in Montagu Street, George, Cape Province, when she passed away on 22 April 1918.[3][4]
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| Death Notification of Maria Georgina (Gilfillan) Turner |
Sources
- ↑ Source: Grahamstown - St George (Anglican), Grahamstown, Baptism register, 1826-1836, page 70, entry number 487. Repository: Cory Library, MS 14 878-1. Transcribed by Lynn Couperthwaite as part of the eGGSA Project, from photographs by William Jervois
- ↑ South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8G46-DTPZ : 1 February 2021), Maria Georgina Gilfillan in entry for Edward Seymour Turner, 1862
- ↑ South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QRSZ-1QZM : 10 March 2021), Maria Georgina Gilfillan Turner, 22 Apr 1918, George, Cape Province, South Africa; citing National Archives, Pretoria; FHL microfilm
- ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 7 March 2022
- www.1820settlers.com
- [McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 4 Apr 2016]
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