Notes from Tim Jessen

When Elma (Frank's daughter) and I moved to Indiana 8 years ago, we tried to find out information about (great-great-...) grandmother Jean Horne, who according to our family records was raised in Scotland, Indiana, where her father, William, was a minister (about 1840).

We went to the little town of Scotland (still exists) found the Presbyterian Church (now closed) and the cemetery, but no record of any Hornes! Checked with the county seat Church at Bloomfield (Greene County), and they could find nothing. We gave up our search.

Then last fall I was called to "pulpit supply" a Presbyterian Church in Hanover, Indiana where there is a Presbyterian College and several "Covenanter" congegations nearby.

Inlaws of our son Paul had done some geneology research and found the Hornes had located in Switzerland County, close to Hanover and the larger town of Madison, Indiana.(in the southeast corner of the state, close to the Ohio River).

Then we discovered there is a small "Caledonia" Presbyterian Church (Caledonia being another name for Scotland) which still exists! It was originally Covenanter, but is mainline Presbyterian now. Sure enough, looking at those records in the Hanover College archives, we found all about the Hornes, William and his daughter Jean.

So that's why the records we had said they lived in "Scotland" -- because "Caledonia" equals Scotland! Perhaps the Scotland post office name was already taken, and they therefore chose Caledonia. Haven't researched that, but it solved a mystery that we had been unable to solve in all our years in Indiana.

Tim (and Elma Turnbull) Jessen, Bloomington, IN

Thanks for the info Tim!

Back again!

Hi Everyone!
Well, its been a long long while since I posted anything on the blog, but my Uncle Hugh pointed out something pretty cool I thought I could share. Apparently Penn State has digitized their old yearbooks and Hugh was able to find a picture of my grandpa (David) in the '32 edition.

1932 yearbook cover

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I was also able to find Ruth in the '48 book...

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If anyone else has any alumni in their family, the interface on the site is pretty easy. There is a search engine on this page that you can start with:
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/digital/lavie/
There are about 20 results for "Turnbull". I will look through some and see if any familiar faces pop-up. Let me know if you find anyone of interest!

New addition to the Turnbull Clan

On July 12 I finally got married in my hometown of Lititz, Pa. My new wife, Deanna Staffo, and I had a really great day with close friends and family. I am sorry I could not extend invitations to extended family; we were trying to keep the event on the small side. We just got back from our honeymoon on Wednesday. We flew into the northern tip of California, rented a car and drove all the way down the coast, leaving from LA. We fit in a lot and had a fun time. If you'd like to see more pictures from the wedding or honeymoon feel free to check them out here:
http://www.jessedeanna.blogspot.com

Sheldon Gray in the news

Sorry to ignore the blog the past few months. I have been deep in wedding planning mode.
Anyway, I got this link through the e-mail list to Sheldon and Family's appearance in the paper and thought I would put it up. It's a great article.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/beaconnews/news/crosby/999053,2_1_AU11_DENISE_S1.article

I'm sorry I'll be missing out on the reunion this year. I hope everyone has a blast ( I know you will). If anyone would like to send me photos to post of Tennessee fun from this year's reunion, feel free.
turnbullclanblog@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Jesse

Geneaology Links from Keith

Cousin Keith was kind enough to e-mail me some links to information about past Turnbulls, here they are...

Link regarding Thomas Bedveridge Turnbull of Illinois b. 1847 m. to Jean Morton Horne
1873 d. 1932 from Pat Thomas Gedcom

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tyrilla&id=I16764

Link regarding David Turnbull of Ohio b. 1809 m. to Nancy Mitchel 1830 d. 1871

from Pat Thomas Gedcom

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tyrilla&id=I3174

Link regarding William Turnbull of Scotland b. 1758 or 1757 arriving in NY in1784 m. to Elizabeth Marshall 1797 d. 1834 from Pat Thomas Gedcom

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tyrilla&id=I20263

Link from a Turnbull Eades Genealogy site regarding Alexander Turnbull. It has some info on some Turnbulls (our branch) for another 3 or 4 generations.

http://www.ctrcreations.com/genealogy/aqwg462.htm#12666

The link below contains a story about William Turnbull and later to be president Andrew Jackson.

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/county/warren/haletwp.html

keith

Reunion Photos

Well the seasons are changing, which means that the reunion is mere months away. Can't you just smell the trees? Sadly I don't think I'll be able to make it this year with all of my wedding preparations going on. Here are a few images from past reunions.

This image was from one of the Lake Erie reunions. I believe it was from 1966. It was part of an article written about the family which you can read below.

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The next two images are from the 1963 Tennessee reunion.
My grandparents, David and Ruth, are in the front with my father in this one.
I'll see if I can figure out a difinitive who's who for this picture at some point. Can you identify everyone?

David Sr.

I got to sort through some more of my parent's photos this weekend. I scanned some more photos and will be putting them up in the next couple of weeks. Here is another photo of David the first.

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Check back soon for a couple photos from some of the first reunions-

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.

turnbullclanblog@yahoo.com

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