Mr William John Turpin
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| Name: Mr William John Turpin
Born: 1883 Age: 29 years Marital Status: Married. Last Residence: in Plymouth Devon England Occupation: Carpenter / Joiner 2nd Class Passengers First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 11668 , £21 Destination: Salt Lake City Utah United States Died in the Titanic disaster (15th April 1912). Body Not Recovered |
Mr William John Turpin, 29, was born at Plymouth, Devon in 1883, the son of a plasterer Jacob John Striker Turpin (1855-1925) and Mary Ann Halse.
He married Dorothy Ann Wonnacott on 23 March 1908 at Eldad Presbyterian Church in Plymouth. The marriage certifiacte indicates his occupation as journeyman carpenter. Turpin was a freemason and, according to a newspaper report, a member of the Masonic brethren of the Lodge of St. George, No. 2025, Plymouth.
The couple lived at 59 Chaddlewood Avenue, Lipson, Plymouth for a time before William secured work in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
They returned to England to visit family. Originally intending to return on the SS New York the coal strike meant that vessel was laid up and so they were transferred to the Titanic.
They boarded at Southampton and travelled in second class (ticket number 11668, £21).
The couple died in the sinking, their bodies were never recovered. They had no children.
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Dorothy Ann Turpin
References and Sources
Exeter Flying Post, April 20, 1912
Ancestry.co.uk : William John Turpin
Marriage Certificate
Gavin Bell, UK
Steve Coombes, UK
Chris Dohany, USA
Arthur Merchant, USA
Graham Naylor, Plymouth
Brian Ticehurst, UK
Anita West, New Zealand
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| Illustrated Western Weekly News (1912) | MR AND MRS TURPIN | |
| Western Morning News (1912) | UNTITLED | |
| Western Morning News (1912) | UNTITLED |
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