Estella "Stella" Turner (1888-1946)

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.