Turnbull History

Well I haven't been doing too well with keeping up my blogging so far this year. I have been wanting to put this up for a while. This is a document my father gave me a copy of that traces the Turnbull's back to Scotland in 1757. My grandfather David R. Turnbull put this together according to my dad. If anyone spots any wrong information feel free to email me about it, I would be happy to update it. Have fun trying to figure out how many great great's Scotland's William Turnbull is to you. I am putting the document up one page at a time, and will also try to put it up as one multi-page pdf file. Hopefully I can grab some new pictures to put up next time I am back home.

Jesse

Click on pages to see them full size:

page 1

page 2

page 3

page 4

page 5

Click on the link below to download the PDF file of these pages

http://www.jesseturnbull.com/turnbullhistory.pdf

Happy New Year Turnbulls!

Well one of my resolutions for the new year is to start posting on the blog again. Here are a couple pictures Hugh sent me a while ago that have been sitting on my computer. Please mail me if you have any pictures you'd like to add.

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Gil Scofield, HJT, JWT, Bill Scofield and DRT III

David II and Ruth Turnbull

1959 Alpine School Bus Wreck

Here is an article my dad found online mentioning some notable Turnbulls.

http://www.josephinesjournal.com/1959wreck.htm

Margaret Turnbull

Sorry...

Sorry it has been so long since I posted anything. I am teaching this semester and its been pretty hectic. I do have a nice write up tracing back to the first Turnbull to reach these shores that my dad gave me that Ill put up soon. I'm not sure where it came from, but I'll see if I can put the correct credit on it before it goes up. If anyone has any photos to share feel free to send them my way. I'll try to get them up as soon as I can.

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1985 Turnbull reunion

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Here is a photo from the 1985 reunion. Sadly there is no little Will, Dan, or Jesse, but I'm sure you can all pick out some familiar faces.

Zach Turnbull in the news

http://www.planetjh.com/environment/A_102001.aspx

Here is a link to an article featuring Zach Turnbull (one of Hugh's sons). It comes from The Planet News in Jackson Hole Wyoming. The article talks about Zach's role as a bear management specialist for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and the busy year he has had.

Little Waltons

Here are some Walton images

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Abbie and Joe

Jean and Joe

Joe, Jean, David , and Sally

Joe in Cleveland

David and Joey- Father and Son? Long lost Twins?
Joey picture is a detail from a 1985 reunion group shot.
I'll put the entire picture up sometime soon.

Uncle Paul's Stories Part 4

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GRANDPA (Paul) GOES TO JAIL

When Grandpa was in high school at Beaver Falls, the basketball team was playing a league championship game. There were four teams playing in the playoff. Our gym was not large and each team was assigned 1/4 of the tickets. So, even though our team was to play for first place, tickets sold out quickly, and we weren't going to get to see the game.
Uncle John and I wanted to see the game. We knew the layout of the building and about the tunnel that connected the boiler room to the locker room. So, John managed to leave a window unlocked in his home room on ground level. We managed to get into the classroom without any trouble. But there were maybe 25-30 others with all the same idea, and police officers flushed us all out of the building, loaded us into the paddy wagon and then, into jail.
From about 8:00 p.m. to about 1:00 a.m., we taught the whole group to play battleship and generally had a pretty good time in the jail. When they let us go home, we were concerned about our mother's reaction for we were expected to be home as soon as the game was over. To our surprise, she wasn't upset at all, maybe relieved that we were O.K.

Some great photos from Lisa

Here are two older pictures from Lisa-

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Here is a photo of 4 Generations:

Clockwise-
Baby-William T. Turnbull
Elder Woman-Mary Dugan (Ruth Johnson Turnbull's Grandmother)
Ruth Johnson Turnbull
Sara Ure Johnson (Ruth's mother)
Back of photo
Here is a picture of the Wm.-Mary Ure Family. Mary is your (Jesse's Generation) Great, Great, Great, Grandmother. Great huh?!
The center woman standing is Grandma Turnbull's Mother -- Sara Margaret Ure Johnson--.
I will be sending the notes on the back of the photo.
It does list Sara Margaret's siblings.
Lisa

Dan's Wedding

My brother Dan got married last week (Sept. 1) to his new bride Brook. The ceremony was in Lititz, so I got to go back home for a couple of days along with my fiancee. All of the planning came together, and we all enjoyed a lovely day. I didn't have time to grab any new Turnbull pictures when I was back for the wedding, but might have some new stuff to show in the next week or two.