William Birkett Turgoose

William was the son of Edmund (b. Langley Mill 1861) and Eliza Turgoose née Selby (d.1928). They married at Nottingham in 1884. William was Christened on 24th July 1889 in the Shirebrook Registration District. William married Mary Watt Maxwell (b.1885 in Newark) and they had two children born in Beeston Isabella Winifred (1906) and Thomas Edward (Teddy) (1909). In 1911 William and family lived at 8 Alpine Cottages William Street Beeston along with Eliza’s brother Luther Maxwell, a miner. Edmund and his housekeeper Elsie Noon and their children lived next door in 1911 at 6 Alpine Cottages. Edmund’s marriage to Eliza had evidently ended some years earlier. Nottingham Evening Post 30th June 1891 . 'Today’s Police News. Summons Court (Before Ald. Lambert and Mr F Carver). Husband and Wife. Edmund Turgoose of 7, Bramcote-place, Willoughby-street, was summoned for deserting his wife, Eliza Turgoose. Mr HB Clayton defended. The complainant stated that she had been married for seven years to the defendant, and there were two young children. She was obliged to leave him on account of his illtreating her. By Mr Clayton: She had never summoned him for illtreating her. Mr Clayton at this juncture pointed out that the alleged desertion took place while the parties resided at Shirebrook and therefore out of the Nottingham magistrates’ jurisdiction, as the statute held that the proceedings must be taken in the district in which the offence took place. The Bench upheld this view and dismissed the case.’ (www. britishnewpaperarchive.co.uk)