Daniel Forshaw Turner

1897 - 1975  (78 years)

• Name	Daniel Forshaw Turner
  Born	21 Jun 1897	Bank Newton, nr Gargrave
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Boat builder, canal maintenance supervisor
  Died	28 Jul 1975	Idle, Bradford   [1]
  Person ID	I08988	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Alfred Turner,   b. 16 Sep 1868, Wigan ,   d. 28 Jul 1947, Bingley  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Slater,   b. 7 Feb 1865, Great Ouseburn, North Yorkshire
  Married	Abt Nov 1893	Skipton   [2]
  Family ID	F02857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Vera Cissie Ross,   b. 28 Sep 1895, Idle, nr Shipley
  Married	Abt May 1922	Bradford   [2]
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F10394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ARP warden in 1939 Census. Mike Clarke, President of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society, records in a document on canal maintenance: "Daniel Forshaw Turner, started as half-timer at Tom Wilkinson's Apperley Bridge boatyard in March 1911. Taken on as apprentice, then firm closed. Joined Ramsey's boatyard at Shipley in Feb 1913 but found it too far to travel, so joined ther Company in June 1913 at Apperley Bridge, where his father was foreman. He worked there for 49 years. He became chargehand in 1928, then foreman for Leeds-Kildwick in place of his father in 1932, and then District Foreman for Leeds-Barnoldswick, ending up as engineer (inspector?) after nationalisation, taking over from F W Bateman. His great-grandfather was the 2nd lock-keeper on the Rufford line. His grandfather started work in 1867 and worked with Dan's father on construction of Winterburn reservoir."

  
  

• Sources

  [S010083] National Probate Calendar. [S010048] England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index.