Personal information about Lucy Turk

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Burial Information

Name on burial register:
    Lucy Turk
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Age at death:
    75
Date of burial:
    07 June 1904
Abode at death:
(according to burial register)
    Cheap Street, Newbury
Burial register information:
   
Book number: 1899
Page number: 085
Record number: 7877
Official at burial:
    Ephraim Torland
     
Comments:
    Not sure about surname
Source of information:
   Burial Register
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Memorial Details

Name on Memorial:
   Lucy Turk
Date of death:
   04 June 1904
Age at death:
   76
Gender:
   Female
   
Memorial type:
   Headstone and footstone
Construction Material:
   Limestone with inlaid letters
     
Inscription:
   From top of headstone: "Thy will be done"./ In Affectionate Remembrance of/ John Turk/ who died Feb 28th 1886/ in the 74th year of his life./ Also of Lucy his wife/ who died June 4th 1904/ in the 76th year of her age.
     
Condition of memorial:
   Good
Pattison location code:
   C104
Other Notes:
    
     
Date monument recorded:
   01 October 2014
Monument recorder:
   DL
 
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Other people list on this memorial

John Turk

 

 

Obituaries and Newspaper announcements

Lucy Turk
Article source:    Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser
Date of source:    09 June 1904
Copyright:    © Newbury Weekly News

Transcription:

  

LUCY TURK

THE LATE MRS. TURK.

—The funeral took place on Tuesday last, at the Cemetery, of the late Mrs. Turk, widow of the late Mr. John Turk. The service was conducted by the Rev. E Turland. 

The mourners were Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. John Turk, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Johnson. Mr. W. Johnson, Mr P. Matthews, and there were also many friends the family present. There were no flowers at the special request of the deceased.

Mrs. Turk had for many years been the head of the firm of agricultural implement makers whose goods are used far and wide throughout England, Turk's ploughs being highly esteemed by agriculturalists.

Since the death of her husband she had been assisted by her son the late Mr. John Turk, who died some years ago.

Latterly failing health had rendered her a partial invalid.

 

Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser - Thursday 09 June 1904
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Grave of the Month - Lucy Turk 1828-1904
Article source:    Michaela Peters
Date of source:    23 June 2025
Copyright:    © 

Transcription:

  

GRAVE OF THE MONTH/JUNE 2025

           Lucy Turk 1828-1904

  

 

Lucy Turk was baptised in Aug 1828 at Greenham. Her parents were Hannah and John Burton. Lucy had a younger sister Eliza Burton.

 

Lucy married John Turk on the 9th December 1856. By the 1861 census they were living at St Marys Hill, Newbury and were listed as Iron Founder Master and Iron Founder’s wife. They had a son John Burton listed as being aged 4.

 

By 1881 they still lived in Cheap Street where they ran their Iron Foundry making agricultural implements which were used throughout England. Turk’s ploughs were highly esteemed by agriculturalists.

Iron railings made by Turk & Son are believed to be around The Parish Church.

 

On the Kings Road West side of 55 Cheap Street, you can see the sign for

Povey & Wade, this was painted over the former Turk & Son ghost sign, which you can just see behind.

 

Lucy's husband John passed away in 1886 and she continued to run the business alongside her son until he also passed away at the age of 39 in 1896. Lucy died on the 4th June and was buried on the 7th

June 1904. Failing health had rendered her a partial invalid. Cause of death was recorded as Renal Insufficiency ending in Coma.

 

Researched By Michaela Peters – FNRC – June 2025
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Pictures and photographs

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Turk Plough

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Turk Plough
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The turk sign just visible underneath Povey and ward

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The turk sign just visible underneath Povey and ward

 

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