William James TURNER

He is said to have shifted from Victoria to Western Australia in 1899 ^[P2]
Worked as a Railway Inspector for the Midland Railway Company ^{[10: 14-Jul-1914]}
Married Emma Teresa WEBLEY in 1899 in Walkaway, Western Australia ^[15]
In 1904 he purchased land west of Arrino ^[P2]
Farmer of Victoria Farm in Arrino 1904-1914 ^[P2]
His farm grew from 100 acres to a total of 1,376 acres and consisted of Victoria Locations 2884, 2890, 2891 and 4140 ^[44]
He was said to have always been willing to give his time and aid to assist any public movement in Arrino ^{[9: 24-Mar-1911]}
Gravelled the Dudawa Road in Arrino for the Upper Irwin Road Board for £3/8/- in June 1910 ^{[9: 10-Jun-1910]}
Attended the farewell to William and Florence TIMMS at the railway station in Arrino on Friday 17 March 1911 ^{[9: 24-Mar-1911]}
Member of the Arrino & Dudawa Farmers Progress Association in 1911 ^{[9: 14-Apr-1911]}
During June 1911 did gravelling on roads in Arrino for the Upper Irwin Road Board, for which he received £2 per chain ^{[9: 2-Jun-1911]}
Stepfather of and father to George ^[585]; and father of Jack, Bill, Emma, Mary, Maggie, Albert, and Annie ^[P2]
Died 9 July 1914 at the Moora Hospital in Moora; buried at Dongara Cemetery in Dongara, Western Australia ^{[10: 14-Jul-1914]}
In his will, written on 21 May 1914, he left all of his household items to his wife, his watch and gold chain to his son Jack, ^[585]
     £50 to his wife, £50 to his wife's niece Emma T. CARROLL, and the profits from the balance of his estate to his wife ^[585]
     When his wife died or remarried the balance of the estate was then to be split between his children, including his stepson ^[585]
     Appointed his wife, her nephews Joseph J. CARROLL and William J. CARROLL, and James A. O'SHANNASSY as trustees ^[585]


From The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper, Tuesday 14 July 1914:
Death at the Hospital
"Mr. W. J. Turner, of Arrino, who was an inmate of the Moora Hospital, died in that institution at midnight on Thursday last. He had been ailing for some six months past and finally succumbed to a malignant bowel trouble. Mrs. Turner came to Moora, and had the body conveyed to Dongara, where interment took place. Mr. Turner was well known in the Midlands, where he had for years been connected with the Midland Railway as a district inspector, and subsequently as a farmer at Arrino. Much regret is felt by a large number of friends at his untimely demise, and the sincerest sympathy expressed for Mrs. Turner in her sad bereavement."

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