Robert John William
(Bismark)
"Biz"
King-Turner
Born in Portage, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Brother of
Phoebe Sybil Scannell, Hannah Kathleen (King-Turner) Guard, Ada Lillian (King-Turner) Wells, Abbie Rose Bridget King-Turner, George Edward King-Turner, Arthur Sylvester King-Turner, Verner Bertie King-Turner and Jessie Ileen Gertrude (King-Turner) Nock
Husband of
Rose M (Reilly) King-Turner
— married
13 Sep 1911 in Pelorus Sounds New Zealand
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 79
in Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Aug 2018
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Biography
On 13/9/1911 he married Rose M. O'Reily b.1889 - d.24/12/1955 (her FAG #145990609). Rose was out of an orphanage in Wellington, sent to the Sounds in the early years of the 20th century as a schoolteacher.
Bismark King-Turner worked as a shearer and bushman. He was also farm manager for eight months at Port Hardy, earning two pounds a week and board, and had a stint as a commercial fisherman from 1920, around which time he was leasing Puangiangi and basing his farming at Hamilton Bay.
Robert John William (Bismark) King-Turner retired to Nelson in 1950, and established the Nelson Senior Citizens Old Folks Association in 1951. He was the group’s president until he died in 1966.
Sources
- New Zealand Birth & Marriage Records.
- Fauna Recovery & Restoration - Human History Part-2
- Find A Grave: Memorial #145990610
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bismark by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bismark:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bismark by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bismark:
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~0.78%
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