This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Miles, Turner, Beck, Higginbotham, Gore, Ward, Suggs, Hardee, Lewis, Long, Kinney Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Rd.2ADE/628 Message Board Post: Hi everyone. Sure hope everyone had a great Easter weekend!. I know it is time for me to roll up my shirtsleeves and get back to some hard and serious researching now! My Turners are as follows, which I realize is not much at all but I keep hoping. *g*: Thomas C Turner b August 1860 per US census 1900 Abbott Precinct,Pasco County, Florida -Family 265 His is listed in that census as being a Teamster with: Roberta (wife) b Aug 1864 in Georgia with both parents born in Georgia. Both list 13 years of marriage. Roberta lists as having 5 children with 4 living. Children listed are: Bonnie (son)May 1886 Georgia age 14 Virgil (son) b December 1890 Georgia Perry (son) b May 1893 Florida ( my grandfather) Charles (son) July 1897 Florida From the fact they both state tthey have been married 13 years and the oldest son, Bonnie, is 14 he is a child from a previous marriage or was born to them before their marriage. Sometimes I find him as Bonnie sometimes as Bennie. ***See end of email for more info on Thomas Turner's possible family.*** The sons WW1 enlisted/military papers state they were from Macon, Georgia. From the 1900 census I conclude They moved from Georgia between December 1890-May 1893. By 1910 census Thomas is not listed with these children and the mother's name is now (and on all later findings inclyusdin city directories) listed as Sarah 1910 Polk County FL census 1910 Florida POLK LAKELAND Series: T624 Roll: 167 Page: 157 Sarah 49 none (3-4 years younger than the Roberta listed in 1900) Bonnie 21 Baggageman with Railroad Virgil 19 Flagman with railroad Perry 16 Trucking? Now Listed as being born in Georgia instead of Florida. Charlie 11 none All born in Ga except Charlie in Fl. In the 1915 Lakeland, Polk County, Florida city directory, Sarah is listed as the widow of Thomas C with Virgil O., James Perry, living with her. Also listed as renting in that address were Berney R. (Idell) as baggageman, Inez I Turner. I am thinking maybe this is Bonnie and not Bernie. In 1920 Perry is listed in Sumter County, Florida as a hiredman in the household of Dan Wilson. This was after his discharge from the Army. Turner, Perry Age: 22 Year: 1920 Birthplace: Nova Scotia Roll: T625_231 Race: White Page: 1B State: Florida ED: 185 County: Sumter Image: 696 Township: Center Hill 1930 US census Turner, Perry Age: 34 Year: 1930 Birthplace: Florida Roll: T626_331 Race: White Page: 9B State: Florida ED: 78 County: Polk Image: 0276 Township: Lakeland Relationship: Head James Perry Turner b. May 27, 1892, d September 11, 1944, in Pinellas County, FL in the VA hospital. He married Minnie Vesta Ward Sherouse on July 30, 1924, in Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida. Vesta was the daughter of Jonathan Zeno WARD of Whiteville, NC and Minnie Ethyl Suggs of Horry County, SC. Vesta was first married to Cecil Leo Sherouse b March 12, 1902 in Dade City, Pasco County, Florida and they had one child Cecil Leo Jr who died at age nine. Cecil Sr. died June 1960 in Hernando County, Fl. James Perry Turner died in 1944 in the VA hosiptal in Pinellas County, Florida but was buried in Linden, Florida according to the funeral home. At least they say his body was shipped there and there were graveside service held for him in Linden Cemetery. I have not been able to find him in any cemetery there although the people from Linden Cemetery group say there are unmarked graves there as well as some which were covered by a road. He is purported to have been full blooded Creek. From his pictures he does look Native American Children of James Perry Turner and Vesta Minnie Ward Suggs Sherouse: **George Daniel Turner b.22, Feb 1926 in Lakeland, Florida, married to Annette (Feaster) They divorced and he later moved and died March 22, 1988, in Ottumwa, Wapello County, IA Children of Dan and Annette are Kathy, Barbara, Charles and Linda. **James Clay Turner, b.23 Sept. 1928 married Shirley Sexton fron Georgia. They had one child Grace Marie Turner b abt 1960. They lived in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida. **Bonita Ethlynd Turner b. 11 November 1932 in Perry, Florida. Bonita married first C.F. Hylander. He was in the Air Force. One son Donald Thomas Hylander. She secondly married Frank Manion Miles in Polk County, Florida. They had one daughter. They divorced when the child was less than a year old. She died November 19, 1961 of lung cancer in Bartow County, Florida Note for Frank Manion Miles: b. October 13, 1922, d May 30, 1980, Lakeland, Polk County, Florida Twin of Francis Marion Miles. Also brother to Walter, Coretta Mae, Doretta Georgia. Their parents were Jefferson Davis Miles and Lillie Mae Kinney. parents of Jefferson David Miles are James T. Miles and Theodocia Norton of Georgia. James T is the son of James Elijah Miles unknown spouse. The only Thomas I found that comes close to matching this Thomas' Turner's age in Ga is a Thomas O Turner listed as the son of Levi Turner in the 1880 Macon Ga. census District 757, Macon, Georgia; Roll: T9_156; Family History Film: 1254156; Page: 644A; Enumeration District: 40; Image: 0496. Name: Levi TURNER Age: 50 Estimated birth year: <1830> Birthplace: Georgia Occupation: Farmer Relation: Self Home in 1880: District 757, Macon, Georgia Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Levi TURNER Father's birthplace: GA Mother's birthplace: GA Also in household are wife Nancy, age 49, daughter Henry 24, Jane 22, Mary 26, Thomas - 20, Anna age 18, Samuel 16, Robrt 12, Jacob 9. This family is also in the 1870 Macon Ga census with Thomas's middle initial being O. Name: Levi Turner Age in 1870: 40 Estimated Birth Year:1829 Birthplace: Georgia Home in 1870: Gatlins, Macon, Georgia Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Oglethorpe Roll: M593_163 Page: 536 Image: 453 Year: 1870 1860 census is : Name: Levi Turner Age in 1860: 30 Birthplace: Georgia Home in 1860: Georgia Militia District 743, Taylor, Georgia Gender: Male Roll: M653_137 Page: 0 Year: 1860 Head of Household: Levi Turner Nancy C Turner 29 1830 Georgia Mary E Turner 6 1853 Georgia Henry A Turner 4 1855 Georgia Amelia J Turner 2 1857 Georgia Thomas O Turner 11/12 Georgia ****This date would match the 1900 cenus which states he was born in Aug 1860. All in this area are many many Turners both black and white living next to each other. Does anyone have the reasoning for this? They are all deceased so I have no other information. Any help is appreciated [email protected] searching surnames, Miles, Turner, Beck, Higginbotham, Gore, Ward, Suggs, Hardee, Lewis, Long, Kinney,