Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn William Turkle
Birth26 Mar 1865, Guernsey Co, OH
Census14 Jul 1870, Oxford Twp, Guernsey Co, OH
Memoroll#1206, pg 555
CensusJun 1880, Oxford Twp, Guernsey Co, OH
Memoroll#1020, pg 221
Census13 Jun 1900, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH
Memoroll#1301, pg 8
Death28 Jan 1914, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH
BurialBelmont Cem, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH
FatherJohn W. Turkle (1832-)
MotherNancy A. Clark (1837-1917)
Misc. Notes
Indexed under Tenkle in 1870, where he is listed with his parents and two brothers.
Listed as John W. Turkle (15, OH) in 1880, the son of John W. Turkle (47, OH). He is with his father and older brother Thomas, no mother.
Listed as William, a day laborer in 1900 census; and as John W., a superintendent of a steel roofing company in 1910.
Spouses
BirthDec 1868, Noble Co, OH
Death29 Jan 1947, Ohio
BurialHighland Park Cem, Highland Hills, Cuyahoga Co, OH
FatherJohn W. Wells (1836-1914)
MotherAnn Eliza Finley (1842-1877)
Misc. Notes
Married (John) William Turkle (her step-brother) and was living in Cambridge in 1895. So her step-mother became her mother-in-law as well.
In 1900 they are listed in Youngstown, married 14 yrs with 2 children - Homer LeRoy Turkle b. 8 May 1887, OH and Oscar Wells Turkle b. 9 Jul 1891, OH. Her sister Minnie is living with them.
In 1910 only son Oscar is living with them.
By 1920, she was widowed as Cora Turkle and living with the Billetter family of her sister Minnie.
Remarried to Joseph R. Richards who died shortly thereafter, and was listed as Cora Richards (62, OH) with her brother Joseph in Youngstown in 1930, where she is listed as widowed. She then lived in Youngstown, OH with her son, Homer Turkle and his wife Sadie Hitchings where she is listed as F. Cora Richards (72, OH) and widowed in 1940. Homer was listed as an Engineer for the steam railroad.
She died in 1947 and is buried in the Highland Park cemetery, Cuyahoga county.
Marriage27 Mar 1886, Guernsey Co, OH
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