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Thanks Janey. I'm so new to all this so I appreciate your comments & help. I don't have any research on this but I will look into all you've posted & see how it fits in. Amazing that there is so much help & good will from all round the world. Thanks heaps! Pauline

Many thanks, also, Seaham for your contribution. I'm pretty sure the John you turned up would be the one!! Wow!

Do you have his date of birth from a marriage or death or other record in Australia? If you were lucky, he would have given parents' names on his marriage certificate. If you were really really lucky, whoever reported his death knew his parents' names and included them.

From the familysearch (Mormon) site:

JOHN TURNER
Christening: 07 FEB 1836 Hayfield, Derby, England
Father: WILLIAM TURNER
Mother: ANN
Batch No.: C054521

This would certainly fit a January birth, so it's a possibility to consider.

If you find that record at the url I gave, you can click on the batch number and search for other baptisms with the same parents.

Pauline, you have complete access to the same free sites that I have from Canada, or anyone from the UK has!

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/igi/search_igi.asp

for parish records including pre-1837 (not complete, of course)

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

for parish records -- a work in progress and not nearly complete now, but worth checking regularly

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

for BMD registrations starting in 1837

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=7572

for the 1881 English census at Ancestry

1851 Possible ??
John Turner
Age: 12
Estimated birth year: abt 1839
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Samuel
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Hayfield, Derbyshire, England

Civil parish: Mottram
County/Island: Cheshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View image

Registration district: Ashton Under Lyne
Sub-registration district: Mottram
ED, institution, or vessel: 2f
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 42
Household Members: Name Age
Samuel Turner 39
Mary Turner 39
Elizabeth Turner 17
Sarah Turner 14
John Turner 12
Thomas Turner 10
Samuel Turner 7

Another son Joseph was born to this couple in 1852

John Turner, of Hayfield, Derbyshire born 3.1.1836 was my Great Grandfather. I'm in Australia so don't have access to some of the UK free sites. Any of his ancestral history would be most helpful.

Many thanks Pauline