Jim Turner

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According to the 1871 census, James is born to Samuel and Hannah.

According to the 1881 census, James is the oldest of four children living with their widowed mother, who is a housekeeper for Martin McDermott at Heaths Row in Brindley Ford. James is a coal miner.

According to the 1871 census, James is born to Samuel and Hannah.

According to the 1891 census, James is married to Emma, and living with them are his brother Thomas and another lodger, living at 68 Green Street in Radcliffe.

Cannot be found on the 1901 census.

"DEATH OF TURNER, INTERNATIONAL HALF-BACK
"SUCCUMBS AT FENTON TO CONSUMPTION
"We regret to have to announce that Mr. James Turner, the old Stoke, Bolton Wanderers, Derby County, and international half-back, has this morning succumbed to the ravages of consumption. 'Jim Turner' was for a long time a popular idol of football crowds at Stoke, and other towns mentioned, and had won for himself respect also for his cricketing prowess. For the past few years has acted as captain of the Fenton Cricket Cub. Turner was only 37 years of age.
The deceased formerly resided at the Terrace Inn, Fenton, and only recently he removed to 52, Nelson-street. Turner had been connected with the Fenton Cricket Club for 12 years and during the last five years he was captain of the team. During his captaincy the team met with the greatest amount of success from a playing point of view in its history. In the five years the championship of North Staffordshire Cricket League was won three times and the second position was reached once. Turner was born at Black Bull and it was in that locality that he first took to playing football. He was transferred to Radcliffe, Lancashire, and he left that team to join Bolton Wanderers, with which team he was connected along with the present President of the Football League, Mr. J. J. Bentley. While with Bolton Wanderers he was selected to play in the International between England and Scotland, but unfortunately in the trial match he met with an accident and this prevented him from taking part in this particular match and also from assisting the Wanderers in the final for the English Cup. From Bolton Wanderers he came to Stoke and he was transferred from Stoke to Derby County. He was very successful with the County and gained his international cap England v. Ireland. He also played for Derby for the final of the English Cup" - The Staffordshire Sentinel, Wednesday, 25 November 1903.

"DEATH OF JAMES TURNER—A NOTABLE HALF-BACK.
"James Turner, a well-known International half-back in the nineties, died at Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, yesterday from consumption, at the early age of 37. Whilst playing with Bolton Wanderers, Turner was selected to play against Scotland, but was prevented through injury. He afterwards migrated to Stoke and Derby County, and whilst playing for the latter organisation represented England against Ireland. Locally he was well known as a cricketer, having captained the Fenton club for the least five years." - The Nottingham Daily Express, Thursday, 26 November 1903.
"DEATH OF JAMES TURNER
"James Turner, the old international half-back, died yesterday at Stoke-on-Trent, of consumption. Turner was in his day a very well known player, and was at one time one of the most effective half-backs taking part in first class football. He was a native of the Potteries, but he left the district of his birth and played for some years with Bolton Wanderers, for whom he did yeoman service. After a prolonged stay in Lancashire, he returned to the Potteries, having joined the ranks of the Stoke club, and up to the time of his retirement from active participation in the game, he remained a member of the Stoke team. He was always of a most steady disposition, and no player ever gave less trouble to a directorate than Turner. On his retirement he settled down as a publican, and in this sphere, as in the football world, his career was successful and unblemished." - The Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Thursday, 26 November 1903.

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], Eric Harrison, Turner's great nephew-in-law &

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