Henry Tomkins Turton

Son of Eli Turton, father of Henry Tomkins Turton and husband of Sarah Slater

Henry was born on 29th March 1825 and, as Henry Turton, married Sarah Slater, who was born on 20^th July 1826 the daughter of John and Mary Slatter, on 17^th November 1846 at the Parish Church, Harborn, Birmingham. Henry was aged 21 and Sarah 20. Henry was a Rope Spinner and they both lived in Harborn at the time of their marriage.  Henry’s father, Eli and Sarah’s father, John were both Rope Spinners. Eli was deceased in 1846. Witnesses at the wedding were John Slater and a Martha Reader.

Henry appears in the Smethwick Directory of 1855, page 537, as a Rope Maker of Soho, Smethwick.

Henry and Sarah had the following children:

Dinah Turton born on 2^nd September 1847 and was baptised at The Wesley Chapel, Constitution Hill on 26th September; Henry and Sarah were then living in Garbet Street in the Parish of Birmingham. She died on 25^th November 1848

Eli Turton born on 1^st March 1849 and was baptised at The Wesley Chapel, Constitution Hill on 25th March; Henry and Sarah were still living in Garbet Street in the Parish of Birmingham.  He died on 11^th June 1849

Mary Jane Turton born on 30^th March 1850 and was baptised at The Wesley Chapel, Constitution Hill on 26th May; Henry and Sarah were then living in Great Tindail Street in the Parish of Birmingham.

John Tomkins Turton born on 12^th December 1852 and died on 4^th January 1854

Sarah Ann Turton born on 12^th June 1854 and died on 17^th April 1881

Henry Tomkins Turton born on 8^th February 1856

Frederick William Turton born on 19^th January 1858 and was baptised at The Wesley Chapel, Constitution Hill on 28th February; Henry and Sarah were then living in Jamaica Row in the Parish of Birmingham.

He married Mary Jane Grant in 1881

Henry and Mary had 7 surviving children:

Frederick Grant Turton born in 1882

Oliver Turton born in 1884.

Eva Gertrude Turton  born in 1886. She married in 1910 George Cruickshank Calder

Madeline Turton born in 1888

Isabel Turton born on 25th February 1893. She married Reginald Guillaume

Josephine Turton born on 31st January 1896. She married W E Arbuthnot. She died of Appendicitis on 15th August 1822

Mary Gervaise Turton born on 16th October 1899 and died on 17th December 1993

Hannah Amelia Turton born on 28^th September 1859 and was baptised at The Wesley Chapel, Constitution Hill on 13th October; Henry and Sarah were still living in Jamaica Row in the Parish of Birmingham.

James Alfred Turton born on 27^th November 1862

Henry died on 18^th June 1865 and Sarah on 15^th August 1868

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