Mary Ann von Dadelszen (née Turner)

???? - 1875

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Awarded 1/16th of the compensation for the Dunbarton estate in St Ann Jamaica, one of a large group of claimants described collectively as 'representatives of William Gale Redwar.' She also owned 2 enslaved persons in Clarendon, Jamaica.  Mary Ann Turner was the daughter of planter Dutton Smith Turner and Mary Gale Turner (née Redwar), and grand-daughters of Henry Redwar of Dunbarton estate. Nephew of William Gale Redwar (q.v.).

  1. Her brother Edward Turner (q.v.) was an eminent chemist: he was a lecturer in Chemistry at Edinburgh University between 1824 and 1827 and 'collected around him the remaining unsettled members of his family - a clever boy and four young, handsome and accomplished sisters'.

  2. Mary Anne Turner of Hampstead, daughter of Dutton Smith Turner, married Heinrich Hermann von Dadelszen, gentleman of Hampstead 28/08/1838 at St John Hampstead, on the same day as the marriage of her sister Sarah White Turner (q.v.). They had a son born in Vepery, Madras, in 1839, where von Dadelszen was a minister. Another son was born in 1847. Heinrich died in Ceylon, 'shortly after his appointment as Colonial Chaplain of Trinity Church, Colombo, in 1852.'


Sources

T71/857 St Ann claim. no. 565; T71/859 Clarendon claim no. 200.

  1. Sir Robert Christison, The Life of Sir Robert Christison, Bart. (2 Vols., Edinburgh, W. Blackwood and Sons, 1885), Vol. 1 pp. 130-133. W. H. Brock, ‘Turner, Edward (1796–1837)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004) online edn, Jan 2009 available at http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/27848 [accessed 23/07/2012].

  2. Ancestry.com, London, England, Marriages and Banns 1754-1921 [database online]. Robert Lancashire, 'Edward Turner, chemist', Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery Magazine, Issue 72, January 2014, pp. 14-20, quote from p. 20.

We are grateful to Robert Lancashire and Signe Hoffos for their assistance with compiling this entry.


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Maiden Name
Turner
Name in compensation records
Mary Anne Turner
Spouse
Heinrich Hermann von Dadelszen
Children
Hermann Randall (1839-1873), James Evan (1847-1915)

Associated Claims (2)

£34 13s 0d
Awardee
£2,956 15s 6d
Awardee

Legacies Summary

Imperial (1)

East India Company
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Relationships (14)

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Addresses (3)

Hampstead, London, Middlesex, London, England
Madras, India
Ceylon [Sri Lanka]