John Turner ATKINSON [12473]

   Another name for John was John TURNER.

  General Notes:

Bendigo Advertiser (Vic. : 1855 - 1918) Sat 21 Nov 1903 Page 3
A BENDIGO DIVORCE CASE. ATKINSON V. ATKINSON.
A BENDIGO DIVORCE CASE. ATKINSON V. ATKINSON.
Melbourne, 20th November.
Before Mr. Justice Hodges in the Divorce Court to-day, Kate Roberts Atkinson, of Bendigo, petitioned for a divorce from her husband, John Turner Atkinson, photographer, on the grounds of desertion and repeated acts of adultery.
The parties were married on the 2nd of May 1881, by a Methodist minister, at Ballarat. There are two children now living.

Petitioner's counsel (Mr. Woolf), in opening her case, said that petitioner, as a husband, was a failure from start to finish. Petitioner had received £2 per week from her husband up to 1885, but had not received a threepence since. It would be proved that respondent was at present living at Canterbury with another woman.

Petitioner said that her mother started respondent as a photographer at Beechworth, giving him in all £150 to assist the business. Continuing, witness said that while residing with her husband in Bendigo street, Prahran, her husband removed all the furniture, leaving her and the two children in an empty house. She then went back to her mother, and had been maintaining herself as a machinist ever since.

A milkman named John Kinnealy deposed that he knew respondent by the name of Turner, and that he had been living at Canterbury for some time with a woman who was called "Mrs. Turner."
After further evidence had been given; his Honor granted a decree nisi, and gave costs against the respondent.
The latter's counsel (Mr. Hansford) held a silent brief, and made no attempt to cross-examine witnesses.

spouse 1 Kate Roberts Skidmore 1859 - 1932 divorced in 1903
1 Caroline Maude Mary Atkinson 1882-1946
2 Albert Victor Atkinson 1884-1937

Spouse 2 Marie Augusta Edith Bonnefin 1873- 1959
Children
1 Adrian Charles Turner 1897-1942
2 Edward Lilford Alcide Turner 1905-1955
3 Jack Turner 1907-1984
4 Marie Edith Evelyn Turner 1907-1991
5 Rita Irene Turner 1910-1983
6 Ian Hamilton Turner 1915-1925

The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Fri 24 Dec 1926 Page 1
Family Notices
TURNER - on the 21st December, at private hospital, Ascot Vale, John Turner dearly beloved husband of Edith, loving father of Adrian, Edward, Marie, Rita, Jack, Ian (deceased). Privately interred 23rd December. Sadly missed