Nelson Seymour Trowbridge and Adeline Martha Mann Turner were cousins whose families moved to Jackson CA in the gold rush. They grew up and had six children each. Two of their kids married each other and became my great grandparents. You can contact me at mlwilson at ucsc dot edu.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Turner Party in Late 1940's NEW PHOTO ADDED!

These pictures were taken at a party at the San Francisco home of Kate Elliot Turner Studt.  Her sister Ruth and Ruth's husband Ted Dement were visiting from Colorado that summer, and the party was to gather the Bay Area Turners together during their visit.

Present were the three surviving Turner siblings (Olive, Henry, Jessie) and spouses and descendants of Turner siblings (including of the deceased Chester and Wallace).  Click the pictures for larger versions.

Who is Mystery Woman?  Of the six siblings and their spouses, all are IDed in the photos or were desceased.  Next-generation Turners not accounted for (excluding the children of William, who grew up out-of-state) are Adeline Toye Cox (b. 1895), Wilber Toye (b. 1900), Arthur Hurt (b. 1901), Fritz Hurt (b. 1903), and Elsie Hurt Wood (b. 1907).  Could Mystery Woman be Adeline Cox or Elsie Wood?  Or the wife of Arthur or Fritz?  (The wives of the men seem less likely, since you'd think the husband would be there too.)  Could Mystery Woman be any of the unidentified women in Turner Women, 1931?

 Seated: Olive with children, not identified here for privacy reasons.
First row standing: Henry; May Noble Turner (widow of Chester); Phyllis Turner LaPlante (daughter of Henry); Mystery Woman; Fred Hurt (husband of Jessie)Rear standing:  Kate Elliot Turner Studt (daughter of Wallace); Ray Studt (husband of Elliot); Ruth Turner Dement (daughter of Wallace); Jessie; Ted Dement (husband of Ruth); Marie Adeline Turner Schrieber (daughter of Henry, with arms around her sister in front of her); Henry Turner Jr. ("Hank," son of Henry, behind his two sisters); Cecile DeLeon Turner (wife of Henry Jr.); Wallace Foot Turner Jr. (son of Wallace, mostly obscured by Mystery Woman); Hazel Olsen Turner (wife of Wallace Jr.).


From left to right the adults are: Henry; Marie Adeline Turner Schrieber; Jessie (obscured); Ted Dement; May Noble Turner; Ruth Turner Dement; Phyllis Turner LaPlante; Olive; Mystery Woman (obscured); Cecile DeLeon Turner; Fred Hurt; teenage girl (known, still living); Henry Turner Jr.


Same grouping.  Adeline Schreiber can now be seen behind Henry.


Clockwise from the man standing alone: Ray Studt; Henry Turner Jr.; Phyllis LaPlante; Henry; Fred Hurt; Adeline Shreiber; Mystery Woman; Jessie; Elliot Studt; Olive; May; Cecile.

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