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Resting place
  
Occupation
  
Company director

Name
  
John Turner


Full Name
  
John Sargent Turner

Born
  
3 December 1826Whangaroa, New Zealand (
1826-12-03
)

Died
  
29 July 1900(1900-07-29) (aged 73)Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Nationality
  
New Zealander Australian

Spouse(s)
  
Adelaide Mary Jane Ball (m.1855 d.1887)

Relations
  
William Graham (brother-in-law), Henry Jordan (brother-in-law)

John Sargent Turner (3 December 1826 – 29 July 1900) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

Turner was born in Whangaroa, New Zealand in 1826 to Nathaniel Turner, a Weslyan missionary, and his wife Anne (née Sargent) and educated in New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land.

He was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council in April 1878, serving until his death in July 1900.

In 1861, Turner married Adelaide Mary Jane Ball and together they had three sons. He died in 1900 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery. Turner was survived by two sons, Major Leonard Haslewood Turner, and Leslie Mountford Turner. He was also survived by two sisters, Louisa Elizabeth Graham, the wife of William Graham, and Sarah Elizabeth Jordan, the wife of Henry Jordan.

References

John Sargent Turner Wikipedia


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