Thomas & Elizabeth Turner of Ockham

Thomas Turner was probably born around 1778 but nothing is known about his origins.

Elizabeth Baverstock was probably born around 1780 but her baptism has not been identified.

Thomas Turner married Elizabeth Baverstock in East Clandon on 19th April 1802 and they are known to have had the following children baptised:

James

16 Jan 1803

East Clandon

William

29 Mar 1807

East Clandon

Eliza

16 July 1809

West Horsley

Robert

26 May 1811

Ockham, born 13 Apr

Sarah

5 Sep 1813

Ockham, born 24 July

Jane

17 Dec 1815

Ockham, born 5 Nov

Thomas

15 Nov 1818

West Horsley

George

11 Mar 1821

Worplesdon

Elizabeth Turner, aged 59, was buried in Worplesdon on 29th March 1840

It may have been Thomas, aged 63, who was living at Hungry Corner, near Broadstreet Common in Worplesdon in 1841.

Of their children:

  • Robert married Louisa Monk in 1843.

  • Sarah married Thomas Dench, a farm worker, on 12th May 1832 in West Horsley where they lived and they are known to have had nine children baptised:

    Elizabeth

    4 Nov 1832

    West Horsley

    John

    1 Mar 1835

    West Horsley

    Mary Ann

    15 Jan 1837

    Effingham

    Thomas

    2 Jun 1839

    West Horsley

    Eliza

    16 Jan 1842

    West Horsley

    Sarah

    30 July 1844

    West Horsley

    William

    3 Oct 1847

    West Horsley

    Ann

    21 Apr 1850

    West Horsley

    James

    5 Mar 1854

    West Horsley

    Thomas was buried in West Horsley on 17th November 1868, after which Sarah was recorded as a charwoman in 1871 and a lodging house keeper in 1881, still in West Horsley. She was buried in West Horsley on 22nd May 1885, aged 71.

  • Jane married Peter Mills, a farm worker, in Godalming on 15th April 1837 and they lived in Compton, near Guildford, and had the following children:

    Elizabeth

    21 Apr 1839

    Compton

    Thomas

    26 Feb 1843

    Compton

    Eliza

    10 Jan 1847

    Compton

    Peter

    15 Dec 1850

    Compton

    Peter was buried in Compton on 7th October 1892, aged 71 and Jane was buried there on 17th February 1904, aged 88.

  • George was a farm labourer and he married Henrietta Nunns in Godalming on 19th June 1841. They lived in Worplesdon where they had eleven children baptised:

    Ellen

    9 July 1842

    Worplesdon

    George

    1 Feb 1844

    Worplesdon

    James

    15 Mar 1846

    Worplesdon

    Alfred

    27 Apr 1848

    Worplesdon - bur. 16 Dec 1849

    Louisa

    9 Dec 1849

    Worplesdon

    Eliza

    4 May 1851

    Worplesdon

    Mary

    5 Feb 1854

    Worplesdon

    Flora

    6 Dec 1856

    Worplesdon

    Alice

    31 Oct 1858

    Worplesdon

    Henrietta

    4 Aug 1861

    Worplesdon

    Walter Herbert

    7 Feb 1864

    Worplesdon

    George was buried in Worplesdon on 7th July 1890, aged 69, and Henrietta was buried there on 9th June 1893 aged 72.