Edna A. Turner

Edna A. Turner

• Father: Joseph R. Turner b. circa 1852, d. 18 April 1918
• Mother: Louisa Scheck b. circa 1853, d. 20 March 1893

• Edna A. Turner was born on 23 June 1889 in Pennsylvania.
• Her name was recorded as Edna Rogers in the 1900 and 1920 censuses.
• Following the death of Louisa Scheck Turner, children William, Joseph, Walter, Edna and Louisa were taken in by members of Louisa's family.
• Eugene VanTasel Rogers and Adeline Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, at 22-1/2 (rear) New Jersey Avenue South. Other members of the household included Edna A. Turner. Edna is identified as a niece.
• Eugene VanTasel Rogers and Adeline Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, at 24-1/2 North Delaware Avenue. Other members of the household included Edna A. Turner. Edna is identified as a niece.
• She was employed as a stenographer in a law office, according to the 1910 census.
• Eugene VanTasel Rogers and Adeline Scheck appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, at 8 Haddon Avenue. Other members of the household included Edna A. Turner. Edna is identified as a niece.
• She was employed as a secretary in a law office, according to the 1920 census.
• She married Clarence Edgar Knauer circa 1920.
• Clarence Edgar Knauer and Edna A. Turner appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Hammonton, Atlantic County, New Jersey, at 320 South Third Street. Other members of the household included Mary L. Knauer, Jane Knauer, Edna F. Knauer, Daniel Knauer and Adeline Rogers.
• She officially witnessed the death of Adeline Scheck on 28 October 1934 at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Edna A. Turner and Clarence Edgar Knauer appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Pleasantville, Atlantic County, New Jersey, at 16 East Greenfield. Other members of the household included Mary L. Knauer, Jane Knauer and Edna F. Knauer.
• Edna A. Turner became a widow at the 30 April 1941 death of her husband Clarence Edgar Knauer.
• The SSDI lists Ventnor City, Atlantic County, New Jersey, as the last residence of record of Edna A. Turner.
• Edna A. Turner died in December 1975 at age 86.
• Ruth Hoffman treasured a small collection of greeting cards and postcards received during her childhood from distant family in Philadelphia, whom she supposed to be Dexheimer descendants: Louisa and Katie Heldt were daughters of Philippina Dexheimer Heldt, and Wilhelmina, Myrtle and Edith Morgan, and Horace Dehler were grandchildren of Philippina's elder sister Magdalena Dexheimer Scheck. Edna Rogers was a niece of Eugene Rogers, husband of Magdalena's daughter Adeline.

• Last Edited: 22 Mar 2015

• Charts: Descendants of DEXHEIMER Philipp Peter & Maria Agnesa Wagner / Anna Christina Baltz