Matilda Turner^{[1, 2]}

1822 - 1905  (83 years)

• Name	Matilda Turner  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Alt. Birth	1820	Tavistock, Devonshire, England   [8]
  Born	1 Jul 1822	Tavistock, Devon, England   [9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Christened	14 Aug 1822	Brook Street-Independent, Tavistock, Devon, England   [15, 16]
  Gender	Female
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1825	England
  Moved	California
  	to
  FamilySearch ID	9QXC-Z5Z
  FamilySearch URL	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9QXC-Z5Z
  _HASHTAG	Immigrants
  Died	21 Sep 1905	Mountain View, Santa Clara Co., CA   [17]
  Person ID	I549	Main
  Last Modified	19 May 2020

  
  

  Father	John Turner,   b. Abt 1784, Petherwin, Devon, England
  Mother	Mary Gubbins,   b. 1779, Bayton, Cornwall, England ,   d. Aft 1861, Devon, England  (Age 83 years)
  Notes	Married: There are two boys named John (John #3 and John #4 below) whose parents are listed on original documents as John and Mary Turner, baptised by W. Rooker, in the same church register, in Tavistock, Devon. John #1 Turner - possible father of John #2 John #2 Turner - husband of Mary, listed as father of John #3 and John #3 Gubbins - b.5 Nov c 18 Nov 1817 (the "s" is clearly visible in the record) John #4 Turner - b. 20 Jan 1819 c.4 Feb 1819 Soome possibilities: John (#3) Gubbins Turner died young - His parents (John #2 and Mary) re-used his name for John #4 as was common in that era. Following the British Isles naming convention, John #2 Turner's first son should be named after his father - John #1.  One problem with this theory is that a John Gubbins Turner with the same birth date as John #3 Gubbins was transported to Australlia and died there in 1888.  One problem with this theory is that John #4 Turner was not listed as John Gubbins in the christening book.  Perhaps an omission, or by design to differentiate, but an anomaly either way since the parents and the minister were the same. John (#3) Gubbins Turner was adopted - His biological mother possibly died when he was born, and perhaps his father (a Gubbins), was dead or unable to provide care.  Mary and John #2 would have reason to adopt him if John #3 Gubbins was Mary's nephew, possibly the son of her brother and his deceased wife. One additional point  supporting the adoption theory is Elizabeth "Eliza" Turner was b. 20 Nov 1816 slightly less than one year before John #3 Gubbins was born. It's somewhat unusual for births to be this close even at that time.  Subsequent children were more spaced out.  This theory is compatible with John #3 Gubbins dying in Australia in 1888. John (#4) - was John #2 and Mary's first biological son.  In this case "John #4 Turner" was not re-used, it was required by convention that he be named after John #1. [18]
  Family ID	F2627	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Erastus J. Burk,   b. 29 Feb 1816, Darlington Township, Durham County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1897, Coloma, El Dorado County, CA  (Age 81 years)
  Married	13 Jun 1842	Darlington Township, Durham County, Ontario, Canada   [19, 20, 21, 22]
  Notes	Married: Possibly married in Leeds, ON abt 1842 [23]
  Children	+ 1. Ada Jane Burk,   b. 14 Mar 1844, Bowmanville, Clarington, Durham, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Mar 1929, Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years) + 2. Mirrette Eunice Burk,   b. 27 Aug 1845, Canda West, Canada ,   d. 20 Jun 1924, Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years) + 3. Mary Julia Burk,   b. 20 Apr 1850, Darlington, Durham, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Apr 1922, Mountain View, Santa Clara, California, USA  (Age 72 years) + 4. Isabel M. Burk, "Belle",   b. 10 Sep 1853, Harwich, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Aug 1915, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA  (Age 61 years) + 5. Frederic Lister Burk,   b. 1 Sep 1862, Blenheim, Kent County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jun 1924, Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	18 May 2020
  Family ID	F111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1 Jul 1822 - Tavistock, Devon, England Alt. Birth - Abt 1825 - England Moved - to - - California Died - 21 Sep 1905 - Mountain View, Santa Clara Co., CA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Matilda Turner Burk Photo cir 1897, so her age perhaps 77. Grandmother of Flora Maude Campbell, mother of Eunice Mirette Burk.
  		Burk, Campbell, Stone group photo Adults L to R: Mrs. Matilda TURNER Burk (b. circa 1825) , her daughter Mrs. Eunice Mirette BURK Campbell (b. 1845), and her daughter Mrs. Flora Maude CAMPBELL Stone (1861-1969). The children are Flora Maude Campbell Stone's children, (we believe) the eldest two boys, John and Robert Stone.
  		Erastus Burk and Family (Judi Wallbridge McCrae collection) Notation on back: Fred Burk married Miss Freer, Bell Burk Foster, Julia Burk Gates, Mirrette Burk Campbell, Ada Burk Stevens, Grandma Burk (Mathilda Turner), Grandpa Burk. (from left to right but it doesn't say)
  		Mathilda Turner Burk
  		Matilda Turner Burk, Ada Jane Burk Stevens, Henry (Harry) Stevens, Howard Stevens Matilda Turner Burk, Ada Jane Burk Stevens, Henry (Harry) Stevens, Howard Stevens circa 1897
  		Four Generations of Stevens/Burk From Left to Right: Matilda Burk nee Turner, Ada Steven nee Burk, Henry (Harry) Stevens Baby is Howard Clayton Stevens, son of Harry Stevens

  
  

  Documents		Mirrette Eunice Burk Campbell - death record
  		Ada Jane Burk - Death record
  		1870 Census - Erastus Burk Family
  		Matilda Turner - Baptism record Name: Matilda Turner Birth Date: 1 Jul 1822 Event Type: Baptism Father: John Turner Mother: Mary Baptism Date: 14 Aug 1822 Baptism Place: Tavistock, Devon, England Denomination: Independent Piece Title: Piece 0451: Tavistock (Independent), 1796-1837 Source Citation The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 451 Source Information Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.

  
  

• Notes

  Ellen Smart email to JSH 13 May 2020 notes: "We found it fascinating that Matilda was 19 when she left Tavistock for Darlington.  She married Erastus Burk less than a year later.  We wonder what her connection to Darlington was before she left Tavistock, why she went to Darlington, and how she and he met." [24] _HASHTAG: Immigrant

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] JSH Feb 13 2003 gedcom, John S. Howell, Jr. [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com). [S1566] Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869 - 1932, Her name spelled Matilda on her daughter Mirrette's death record. [S1735] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 18 May 2020), entry for Matilda Turner, person ID 9QXC-Z5Z. [S1735] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 13 May 2020), entry for Matilda Turner, person ID 9QXC-Z5Z. [S1600] Ellen Smart, Ellen Smart, (ellensmart@mac.com), 11 Oct 2018 email to JSH "Matilda". [S690] 1870 U.S. Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 9, Placer, California; Roll: M593_76; Page: 471B; Family History Library Film: 545575 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. [S1701] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Aug 2017), entry for Mathilda Turner, person ID 9QXC-Z5Z. [S672] IGI Index v5.0, (http://www.familysearch.org), "b. About 1820, Tavistock, Devon, England". [S1241] 1861 Canadian Census, Year: 1861; Census Place: Harwich, Kent, Canada West; Roll: C-1039-1040; Page: 41 "Matilda Burk, age 37". [S1593] 1841 England Census, FreeCEN - Search, (Online database http://www.devonlink.co.uk/devon-directory/devonlink-director.php?url=www.ancestor-search.info&st=4), NO PROOF - Only 4 Turners listed in 1841 Census, Tavistock, Devon, England. Matilda Turner, F, age 15, b. Devon; Mary Turner, F, age 60, b. outside census county; John Turner,m, age 55, Farmer, b. Devon; Jane Turner, F, age 15, female servant, b.  Devon. [S1714] Laura Smart. [S1600] Ellen Smart, Ellen Smart, (ellensmart@mac.com), 11 Oct 2018 email to JSH "1 Jul 1822". [S1815] England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970, National Archives of the UK, Name: Matilda Turner Birth Date: 1 Jul 1822 Event Type: Baptism Father: John Turner Mother: Mary Baptism Date: 14 Aug 1822 Baptism Place: Tavistock, Devon, England Denomination: Independent Piece Title: Piece 0451: Tavistock (Independent), 1796-18. [S1701] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 22 Aug 2018), entry for Mathilda Turner, person ID 9QXC-Z5Z. England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ61-L5G : 11 December 2014), Matilda Turner, 14 Aug 1822, Baptism; citing p. 37, Tavistock, Devon, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London. ;Contributor: John Howell, jhowell@jhowell.com [S1815] England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970, National Archives of the UK, Name: Matilda Turner Birth Date: 1 Jul 1822 Event Type: Baptism Father: John Turner Mother: Mary Baptism Date: 14 Aug 1822 Baptism Place: Tavistock, Devon, England Denomination: Independent Piece Title: Piece 0451: Tavistock (Independent). [S672] IGI Index v5.0, (http://www.familysearch.org), "21 Sep 1905". [S518] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com), research notes. [S860] Janice McEachran, Janice McEachran, 6 Nov 2003. [S860] Janice McEachran, Janice McEachran, email 19 Nov 2004. -----Original Message----- From: shawjan@sympatico.ca [mailto:shawjan@sympatico.ca] Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 11:59 AM To: jhowell@jhowell.com Subject: Re: Children of Fred J. Thatcher and Mabel Irene McKinlay John I have a marriage date of about 1842 for Erastus and Mathilda. They possibly were married in Leeds Ontario. but no proof as of yet.  Now there is also an Erasuts Burk son of Jessiah (Josiah)Jessie Burk who married Mary Brady.  Jessie and Mary  were married about 1839 probably in the Darlington area.  This Erastus is buried in the Bowmanville cemetery.  This Erastus was born betwwen 1849-1855 and died on the 24 August 1921 or 1927. Below is what was sent to me from Graham Stewart: I hope some of this info helps out. ERASTUS AND MAGGIE BURK by Harry Douglas Stewart Hardly could I close this little account of our Burk forebears without some reference to a delightful old couple with whom, I think, all of "them kids of Harry" were familiar. Maggie Metcalf, who lived brightly for 88 years, was, I suspect, a daughter of another pioneer family whose farm was adjacent to the Burk holdings (see Tremain's Map with the spelling Medcalf). Erastus Burk was the older brother to our grandmother Sarah Burk. Maggie Metcalf (or Medcalf) was 13 years younger than Erastus but she was just about the same age as grandmother. Could it be that she was a close friend of Sarah Burk when Erastus began to take note of her? Erastus and Maggie inherited what came to be known as the east farm. On this farm there was an extended frame house on which there was a long verandah. During the War of 1812, this house was a resting place for the troops of the Upper Canada Militia that patrolled the shore of the lake as a vigilante lest an invasion by the Americans should be attempted. During the tenure of Maggie and Erastus, this house became the lounge and dining centre of a successful tourist operation that they managed with the renowned cuisine that was provided by their daughters Florence (Flo) and Mary Anne (Birdie). I have met people from disparate parts of Ontario who have spoken of wonderful vacations they had experienced frequently at the Lakeside Summer Resort. The James Burk homestead has been farmed by the descendants of James for 193 years now. Erastus, son of Jesse and grandson of James died in 1921, leaving no living son. His two daughters, Mrs. Blake Short earlier and Mrs. Garnet Symons later, occupied the farm until it was sold to the St. Maryts Cement Company in 1969. An agreement with this firm was drawn up to grant permission to the present occupant, Mr. Frank Symons, to remain on the farm with his family so long as he may live. Last fall I visited this west farm under the guidance of Mr. Leroy Short (a grandson of "Maggie and Ras") from which we looked off toward the old east farm where all of the old buildings have been razed. The tombstones of our forebears that could be found and were decipherable were carefully removed from the old farms by the St. Maryts Cement people to the Bowmanville-Newcastle Cemetery. Ontario Hydro has fenced a small burial plot on the Darlington Site and visitors to the site can obtain permission to visit these few historic graves if they wish to see them. John Burk, his wife Jane, and all their 13 children are buried in this plot. [S1788] Stevens Burk Family Tree on Ancestry, ivclb1, https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/69410486/person/42196964770/media/02845b31-736a-43dc-af7b-71ec32c1b910?destTreeId=153900399&destPersonId=212034089928&_phsrc=sLZ186&_destTreeId=153900399&destPersonId=212034089928&_phsrc=sLZ184&_phstart=default. [S1600] Ellen Smart, Ellen Smart, (ellensmart@mac.com), 11 Oct 2018 email to JSH. [S860] Janice McEachran, Janice McEachran, "marriage date of about 1842 for Erastus and Mathilda. They possibly were married in Leeds Ontario. but no proof as of yet."  email to JSH 19 Nov 2004. > -----Original Message----- > From: shawjan@sympatico.ca [mailto:shawjan@sympatico.ca] > Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 11:59 AM > To: jhowell@jhowell.com > Subject: Re: Children of Fred J. Thatcher and Mabel Irene McKinlay > > John I have a marriage date of about 1842 for Erastus and Mathilda. They > possibly were married in Leeds Ontario. but no proof as of yet.  Now there > is also an Erasuts Burk son of Jessiah (Josiah)Jessie Burk who married Mary > Brady.  Jessie and Mary  were married about 1839 probably in the Darlington > area.  This Erastus is buried in the Bowmanville cemetery.  This Erastus was > born betwwen 1849-1855 and died on the 24 August 1921 or 1927. Below is what > was sent to me from Graham Stewart: I hope some of this info helps out. > ERASWS AND MAGGIE BURK [S1600] Ellen Smart, Ellen Smart, (ellensmart@mac.com), email to JSH 13 May 2020.