Below are links to images and/or transcripts of many original documents relating to Theodore Turley available on our website or other online databases. We hope they will be of benefit to descendants and researchers. (Note: this page is still under construction.)
Vital Records
Christening Records – includes 1801 Christening record of Theodore Turley (Birmingham, England), 1822 Christening record of son, Theodore Turley, Jr. (Birmingham, England), and 1826 Christening record of daughter, Frances Amelia Turley (London, England).
1821 Marriage Record of Theodore Turley and Frances Amelia Kimberley Turley (Harborne, England) – Note: Harborne is in the greater Birmingham area.
1850 Marriage Record of Theodore Turley and Ruth Jane Giles (Salt Lake City, Utah) – transcript only.
Family Memorials – Theodore’s personal handwritten family group sheets documenting his marriages and children with Frances Amelia Kimberley, Mary Clift, and Sarah Ellen Clift. (We are not aware of any family memorials documenting his marriages and children with Eliza Clift or Ruth Jane Giles.)
- Frances Amelia Kimberley Turley Family Memorial
- Mary Clift Turley Family Memorial
- Sarah Ellen Clift Selwyn Turley Family Memorial
1872 Probate Record for Theodore Turley (Beaver County, Utah)
Journals
Theodore Turley’s Mission Journal (Also check out Theodore’s autobiographical life sketch, likely written as a part of his mission journal in 1840. Transcript only.)
- Related: The Theodore Turley: A Biography series by Richard E. Turley, Jr., relies heavily on Theodore Turley’s mission journal as a source.
Wilford Woodruff’s Journals – Theodore Turley accompanied members of the Twelve Apostles, including Wilford Woodruff, on their mission to England in 1840.
- Related: several installments in the Theodore Turley: A Biography series by Richard E. Turley, Jr., relating to the 1839-1840 British Mission. See, for example, “The Voyage to England, 19 December 1839 to 1 January 1840” and “Early Missionaries Continue their Voyage to England, 2 January-11 January 1840.”
William Clayton’s Journal – William Clayton was in the group of British converts that Theodore brought back to Nauvoo in 1840.
- Related blog post: From the Inbox: Bringing the British Converts to Nauvoo
Offline: Amasa Mason Lyman Journals – full transcript available in the book Thirteenth Apostle: The Diaries of Amasa M. Lyman, 1832-1877, edited by Scott H. Partridge (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2016).
- Related blog post: Do We Have Theodore’s Death Date Wrong?
Correspondence
1837 Letter from Theodore Turley to Isaac Russell (Churchville, Ontario)
- Related: “Church Life in Canada, 1837-1838,” in the Theodore Turley: A Biography series by Richard E. Turley, Jr.
1848 Letter from Theodore Turley to Brigham Young (probably Winter Quarters, Nebraska)
1849 Letter from Silas Richards to Brigham Young giving a status report on their journey from Winter Quarters to Salt Lake City (transcript and original). Mentions Theodore Turley among the company members. See also the Camp of Israel schedule and report for the Silas Richards company.
- Related blog post: Crossing the Plains with the Silas Richards Company.
1855 Letter from Theodore Turley to Hosea Stout (San Bernardino, California)
- Related: David Roche Turley’s presentation at the 2019 TTFO Temple and Family History Day.
1864 Letter from Theodore Turley to his children in California (Minersville, Utah). Published in June 2012 Theodore Turley Family Organization Newsletter.
Newspapers
England
- Birmingham
- London
Canada
- York (Toronto)
United States
- California
- Sacramento
- San Bernardino County Sun
- Illinois
- Nauvoo Register
- Utah
- Deseret News
- Salt Lake Tribune
- Salt Lake Herald
Census Records
U.S. Federal Census Records – includes 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses.
California Census Records
Illinois Census Records
Property Records
Canada
United States
- California
- Illinois
- Missouri – has anyone found records relating to Theodore’s property in Far West, Missouri?
- Utah
- Salt Lake City
- Related blog post: “In the Valley of the Great Salt Lake.”
- Washington
- Minersville
- Beaver
- Salt Lake City