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TURNER, Edith Caroline (Buster)
1910 - 1985 (74 years) Has 10 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1877 - 1925 (48 years)-
Name TURNER, Edith Caroline (Buster) Birth 29 Jan 1910 Farnborough, Hampshire 
Gender Female Death 1985 Chichester Registration District, Sussex Person ID I2051 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father TURNER, Arthur, b. 9 Jan 1877, Farnborough, Hampshire d. 4 Apr 1925, Farnborough, Hampshire (Age 48 years) Mother DORRETY, Edith Jane, b. 1883, Dissington, Northumberland, England d. 19 May 1922, Farnborough, Hampshire (Age 39 years) Marriage 1904 Hartley Wintney Registration District, Hampshire Family ID F1076 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BORLAND, Samuel Scarlett, b. 5 Apr 1903, Kilmarnock (Ayr), Scotland d. 1975, Worthing Registration District, Sussex (Age 71 years) Marriage 1932 Aldrington, Sussex, England Family ID F1078 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Birth - 29 Jan 1910 - Farnborough, Hampshire 
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EDITH CAROLINE (BUSTER) TURNER 1910-1985
Edith Caroline, daughter of Arthur TURNER and Edith née DORRITTY, was born at 1 Westfield Terrace, Park Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, on 29 January 1910. Arthur TURNER was described a a hardwareman's assistant.
(GRO March Q 1910 Hartley W. 2c 192)
The 1911 census of 1 Westfield Terrace, Park Road, Farnborough, Hampshire:
Arthur TURNER, head, aged 34, shop assistant, furnishing and general shop, born at Farnborough, Hampshire;
Edith TURNER, wife, married 7 years, aged 27, born at Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland;
Vera Dorrity TURNER, daughter, aged 6, at school, born at Farnborough, Hampshire;
*Edith Caroline TURNER, daughter, aged 1, born at Farnborough, Hampshire.
(RG14/PN6256/RG78PN297/RD109/SD2/ED6/SN67)
Edith Caroline TURNER, a 22 year old spinster from "Thistledo", Holmes Avenue, Aldrington, Hove, Sussex, and daughter of Arthur TURNER, deceased, married Samuel Scarlett BORLAND, a 29 year old bachelor from 24 Riding Avenue, [illegible], [illegiible], bank clerk, and son of Adam BORLAND, a borough official, were married at Aldrington Parish Church, Sussex, on 8 October 1932. Witnesses were T. [F?] [C?] KELLY, L. [?] SAMSON and James BORLAND.
(GRO December Q 1932 Steyning 2b 705)
The death of her husband Samuel Scarlet BORLAND was registered in 1975. He was born on 5 April 1903.
(GRO December Q 1975 Worthing 18 2385)
The death of Edith Caroline BORLAND aged 75 was registered in 1985. She was born on 29 January 1910.
(GRO December Q 1985 Chichester 18 1758)
She was said by her cousin Brenda EDGOOSE née TURNER to have died at Brompton Hospital. She may have meant Edith's sister Vera Dorritty TURNER.
NOTES & QUERIES:
Michael James EDGOOSE remembers meeting Edith Caroline (Buster) TURNER, her husband, her son and two daughters, at Harwin, Peabody Road, Farnborough, between 1952 and 1957. He thought her husband was a Scot and her son was called Alexander.
When and where were the children born?
(revised 18.02.2011)