James Woodward Turner

London businessman, pioneer settler and amateur wood turner who brought his own lathe when he migrated to Western Australia. The family, James, his second wife Maria Rockley and eight of his children sailed from Portsmouth in 1829 arriving in Western Australia in 1830.

The family then sailed down to their grants at Augusta. Woodward built the ship the Alpha. He returned to England in 1847 to plead for support for the settlement. He moved his pre-fabricated “Lismore House” to Perth where in the 1860s he employed ticket of leave men in his general dealership.

https://museum.wa.gov.au/welcomewalls/names/turner-james-w-family
TURNER, James W & Family
30 January 1780 – 14 June 1862
6 September 1791 – 1 August 1869

Origin London, England
Accompanying Family Maria (wife), Ann, Selina & Maria (daughters) & Thomas, George, John & James (sons)
First settled in Augusta, WA
Original Occupation Builder / Architect
Occupation in Australia Shipbuilder & Timber Agriculturist

WARRIOR

Departure Port Portsmouth
Arrival Year 1830 Fremantle

Welcome Wall

James Woodward Turner, small in stature, huge on Bulldog Tenacity. In Augusta, WA where he settled his family 1830, he built two ships to carry timber to Mauritius. He relocated his home, Ligmore House (prefabricated in England) to Adelaide Terrace, Perth in 1849, the RAC now stands there

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215259144/james_woodward-turner
James Woodward Turner
BIRTH
30 Jan 1780
London, City of London, Greater London, England
DEATH
13 Jun 1862 (aged 82)
Perth, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
BURIAL
East Perth Cemeteries
Perth, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia
PLOT
Church of England
82 years; Arrival 12/03/1830 per "Warrior";
Married Ann, England;
2nd marriage Maria Rockley 10/09/1829, St Anne, Soho, London;
Children: 1st Ann Elizabeth 1811; Thomas 1813; George 1816; Selina 1817; John 1819; Maria Louisa 1821; Sarah 1823; 2nd James Augustus.
Residence Perth; Late of Port Augusta; Gentleman; One of our oldest settlers.
Death Notice and General Intelligence 20/06/1862 The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News pg 2.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2933897?searchTerm=%22ja...

Gravesite Details
No headstone

Family Members

Spouses
Ann Turner (no reference to Elizabeth or Rockley)
1784–1825 (m. 1805)

Maria Rockley Turner
1791–1869 (m. 1829)

Children

Mrs Ann Elizabeth "Nancy" Turner Green
1811–1867

Thomas Turner
1813–1895

Selina Turner
1817–1903

John Turner
1819–1902

Maria Louisa Turner Green
1821–1913

Sarah Turner Hester
1823–1920

James Augustus Turner
1826–1877