"Captain Robert Turnbull, Sr., was an accomplished master mariner... born in County Durham, England, on 29 March 1803, and emigrated to Prince Edward Island sometime in the early 1820s. A young adventurer par excellence, he met, courted, and won another Yorkshire native, Isabella Severy (nee Gray), the 43-year-old widow of John Severy of Crapaud. They married on 5 August 1826, and overnight Captain Turnbull became a landowner of minor means. On 24 March 1827, a daughter, Hannah Gray, was born.
Appointed Constable for in 1830, Turnbull soon added a further 150 acres to his farm. By the late 1840s, he owned and operated the sailing vessel, Hannah Gray... Isabella Severy Turnbull died on 11 January 1856... on 27 May, he took as his second wife Mary Duncan of Three Rivers, Prince Edward Island... They married at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, but they made their home at Charlottetown, where the Captain kept his schooner. From this second marriage was born William Duncan Turnbull in 1867." [1]
Robert Turnbull of Kildare Cape, Township No 2 and formerly of Charlottetown, wrote his will on February 25, 1892. He left his entire estate to his daughter, Hannah Gray, wife of George McRae of Kildare Cape. The executor noted that a portion of the indemnity paid by the Government of Chile to the Government of the United States for the murder of certain men of the crew of the US Warship "Baltimore" had been awarded to the family of William Turnbull, but the amount was as yet unknown. [2]
"Captain Robert Turnbull, well known all over the Island as a very successful coaster. The deceased ran packets for many years, for the carriage of passengers between this port and Boston, and we believe never lost a man nor a passenger. " [3]
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