James Bligh TURNBULL

1847 - 1930  (82 years)

• Name	James Bligh TURNBULL
  Born	06 Apr 1847	Colo, New South Wales, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	02 Apr 1930	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia   [2, 3]
  Obituary	09 Apr 1930	Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia   [4]
  	1930 'Mr. J. B. Turnbull.', The Macleay Chronicle (Kempsey, NSW : 1899 - 1952), 9 April, p. 4. , viewed 16 Nov 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173232035 Wednesday last at Austral Eden, Mr. James Bligh Turnbull, a member of the well-known old-time Euroka family, passed away suddenly aged 83; and his funeral took place Friday to Euroka Methodist cemetery, Mr. Jos. T. Walker conducting, and the Rev. P. O. Davis officiating. Deceased, who for most of his life successfully farmed on this river, is survived by a widow, formerly Miss Gosper, of Molong, seven sons and three daughters. The sons are Messrs. John Thomas, George, Henry and Archie Ray (at home), and James William (Beechwood), Robert (Dungay Creek), Frederick (Bungle), and Ivor Gosper (Kempsey). The daughters are Misses Clara May, and Eliza Jane (at home) and Sarah Jane (Euroka). Miss Martha Turnbull is a sister and Messrs. George and Ralph Turnbull of Euroka, Joseph of Bonville, and Henry of Singleton are brothers of the deceased. When first on the river, Mr. Turnbull drove a team for a few years, then took on road maintenance for the Public Works Department. About 30 years ago he started farming, 20 years on the Upper Macleay and the last 10 years he has resided at Austral Eden, where his end came. In his boyhood days his father traded between the Hawkesbury River and Sydney in a sailing boat carrying maize and he several times accompanied him on the voyage. When he was 18 he went to Orange and worked on a wheat farm for about three years. When the gold rush broke out at Parkes he purchased a team and traded between Parkes and Orange and camped under the rock where the bushrangers stuck up and robbed the Parkes gold escort. He also drew the stone to erect the first Roman Catholic Church in Cudal and the stone for the first flour mill for Mr. Landauer at Molong. His grandfather, John Turnbull arrived in New South Wales in the first batch of settlers from England in the year 1802, and he settled down on a grant on the Hawkesbury River called Ebenezer. The sailing vessel he came out in was called the Coromandel. The Turnbull stock was notedly particularly hardy, and many on this river remember the father of deceased, when he was well over 80 years of age, sustaining a fracture of a thigh through his cart spilling him out at a rut on Euroka road.
  Buried	Euroka, New South Wales, Australia   [3]
  	Euroka cemetery
  		TURNBULL James Bligh and Eliza (nee COX) Headstone
  Person ID	I22301	Rossow-Beitzel
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	William Bligh TURNBULL,   b. 08 Jun 1809, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 14 Apr 1892, Euroka, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Sarah DAVIS,   b. 16 Jun 1822, Wilberforce, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 09 Mar 1906, Euroka, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 83 years)
  Married	24 Dec 1838	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
  Family ID	F104435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eliza COX,   b. 27 Jul 1860, Maraylya, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 05 Sep 1940, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 80 years)
  Married	16 Mar 1878	Molong, New South Wales, Australia   [5]
  Children	1. John Thomas TURNBULL,   b. 26 May 1878, Molong, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 30 Aug 1959, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 81 years)   2. Clara May TURNBULL,   b. 16 Sep 1880, Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 17 Jun 1950, Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 69 years)   3. James William TURNBULL,   b. 19 Dec 1882, Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 15 Jun 1968, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 85 years)   4. George Henry TURNBULL,   b. 27 Feb 1885, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 22 Jul 1965, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 80 years)   5. Sarah Jane TURNBULL,   b. 21 Jan 1886, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 13 Jan 1948, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 61 years)   6. Robert TURNBULL,   b. 27 May 1888, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 04 Jun 1953, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 65 years)   7. Eliza Ann TURNBULL,   b. 06 May 1889, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 13 Apr 1975, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 85 years)   8. Alfred TURNBULL,   b. 05 Aug 1890, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 19 Feb 1891, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 0 years)   9. Matilda TURNBULL,   b. 05 May 1892, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 13 May 1892, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 0 years) + 10. Frederick Bligh TURNBULL,   b. 21 Aug 1893, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 13 Apr 1968, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 74 years)   11. Elsie TURNBULL,   b. 05 May 1895, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 03 Nov 1895, West Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 0 years)   12. Albert TURNBULL,   b. 14 May 1897, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 21 May 1897, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 0 years)   13. Ivor Gosper TURNBULL,   b. 10 Aug 1898, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 18 Aug 1986, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 88 years)   14. Ruby Grace TURNBULL,   b. 02 Jul 1900, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 05 May 1906, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 5 years)   15. Archibald Ralph TURNBULL,   b. 25 Jul 1905, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 01 Nov 1978, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	19 Nov 2017
  Family ID	F104445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 06 Apr 1847 - Colo, New South Wales, Australia Married - 16 Mar 1878 - Molong, New South Wales, Australia Died - 02 Apr 1930 - Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia Obituary - 09 Apr 1930 - Macleay River, New South Wales, Australia Buried - - Euroka, New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S1] New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths Marriages, 1315/1847 V18471315 32A. [S1] New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths Marriages, 6842/1930. [S123] http://austcemindex.com/index.php?state=ALL. [S128] Newspapers - Australia NLA, National Library of Australia, 1930 'Mr. J. B. Turnbull.', The Macleay Chronicle (Kempsey, NSW : 1899 - 1952), 9 April, p. 4. , viewed 16 Nov 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173232035. [S1] New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths Marriages, 3767/1878.