Estella
“Stella” Turner was born on September 12, 1888 in Muhlenberg
County, Kentucky. She was the third of
four children born to Frances “Frank” Turner and Virginia Mary “Jennie” Boggess.
Stella
was raised in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
In 1900, her family was living on a farm in Boggess, where her father
worked as a farmer.
By
1910, the Turners were living in a home in Graham, Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky. Her father was working
as a coal miner at that time.
Stella’s
mother and her married brother, Addison, both died in 1913. The cause of death in both cases was
pneumonia. They were both buried in the Oglesby
Cemetery in White Plains, Hopkins County, Kentucky.
Stella
was the mother of one child:
James
William Turner, Sr. born
August 20, 1919
Stella
and her infant son were living with her sister, Alice, and her widowed father in
1920. His home was in West Court House,
Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was
employed as a loader for a coal mine.
By
1930, Stella and her son were living with her father in Graham, Muhlenberg
County, Kentucky. They lived there at least until her father’s death in
1942.
Estella
Turner died on January 4, 1946. She had
been living at 805 South Third Street in Louisville, Jefferson County,
Kentucky. Stella was buried in the Saint
Stephens Cemetery in Louisville. She was
57 years old at her death.
Notes
for Estella Turner
Birth
& Death: Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death
Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2007.
1900
US Census: Year: 1900; Census
Place: Boggess, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 545;
Page: 13B; Enumeration District:0068; FHL microfilm: 1240545. Ancestry.com. 1900
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910
US Census: Year: 1910; Census
Place: Graham, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T624_496;
Page: 3A; Enumeration District:0087; FHL microfilm: 1374509. Ancestry.com. 1910
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
1920
US Census: Year: 1920; Census
Place: West Court House, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: T625_593;
Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 98; Image: 389. Ancestry.com. 1920
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
1930
US Census: Year: 1930; Census
Place: Graham, Muhlenberg, Kentucky; Roll: 772;
Page: 12A; Enumeration District:0021; Image: 27.0;
FHL microfilm: 2340507. Ancestry.com. 1930 United
States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2002.
1940
US Census: Year: 1940; Census Place: Muhlenberg,
Kentucky; Roll: T627_1344; Page: 17A; Enumeration
District: 89-25. Ancestry.com. 1940 United
States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations, Inc., 2012.
Burial: Ancestry.com. U.S.,
Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
Notes
for James William Turner
Birth: Ancestry.com. Kentucky,
Birth Index, 1911-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2006. Kentucky
Department for Libraries and Archives. Kentucky Birth, Marriage, and
Death Databases: Births 1911-1999. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Department
for Libraries and Archives.
