Walter Lewis Turner (1860 - 1891)

Born 1860 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Died 18 Aug 1891 at about age 31 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Walter Lewis Turner was born in1859^[1] to Ann Freeman and George Atkins Turner.^[2][3]

In 1882 he married Ellen Hainsworth.^[4]

In 1891 Walter was found guilty of the murder of Barbara Whitham Waterhouse whose mutilated body had been found in a street in Hosforth, Leeds in June. He was hanged at Armley Gaol on August 18.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26YF-GXF : 1 October 2014), Walter Lewis Turner, 1859; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27T-HDWN : 11 December 2017), Walter Lewis Turner in household of George Atkins Turner, Shipley, Yorkshire,Yorkshire West Riding, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 33, Piece/Folio 4473/81, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,252.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7JX5-6ZM : 6 May 2019), Walter Turner in household of Ann Turner, Horsforth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DTG-RKH : 13 December 2014), Walter Lewis Turner, 1882; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1882, quarter 4, vol. 9B, p. 701, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JNZ-JT6 : 31 December 2014), Walter Lewis Turner, 1891; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Bramley, Yorkshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.