Henry Tomkins Turton

Son of Eli Turton, father of Henry Tomkins Turton and husband of Sarah Slater

Henry was born on 29th March 1825 and as Henry Turton, married Sarah Slater, who was born on 20^th July 1826., on 17^th November 1846 at the Parish Church, Harborn, Birmingham. Henry was aged 21 and Sarah 20. Henry was a Rope Spinner and they both lived in Harborn at the time of their marriage.  Henry’s father, Eli and Sarah’s father, John were both Rope Spinners.  Eli was deceased in 1846. Witnesses at the wedding were John Slater and a Martha Reader.

Henry appears in the Smethwick Directory of 1855, page 537, as a Rope Maker of Soho, Smethwick.

Henry and Sarah had the following children:

Dinah Turton born on 2^nd September 1847 and died on 25^th November 1848

Eli Turton born on 1^st March 1849 and died on 11^th June 1849

Mary Jane Turton born on 30^th March 1850

John Tomkins Turton born on 12^th December 1852 and died on 4^th January 1854

Sarah Ann Turton born on 12^th June 1854 and died on 17^th April 1881

Henry Tomkins Turton born on 8^th February 1856

Frederick William Turton born on 19^th January 1859

James Alfred Turton born on 27^th November 1862

Henry died on 18^th June 1865 and Sarah on 15^th August 1868

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