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Tom Turner, Jack Annard, Willie Hughes and Robert Blair. Thomas McCausland Turner was born September 1, 1877 in Swatragh, Maghera, Londonderry, Ireland to William and Melisena (Bateman) Turner. He was a schoolteacher in Co. Galway when he professed in 1898. After John Long and William Irvine, it appears that Tom Turner and Alex Givan were the very first two men to commit to the work full time, in 1899. In January, 1906, Tom Turner (age 27), Jim McCreight (24), Laura Falkiner (29) and Aggie Hughes (27-sister to Willie Hughes) arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia aboard the S.S. Oroya and pioneered the work there. After spending some time in Western Australia and Victoria, Tom spent the last 35 years of his life as the Elder worker in Queensland. He also preached in Poland, Latvia and Ireland. He died April 19, 1959, aged 81 and is buried in Brisbane, QLD in the Mt. Gravatt Cemetery (MON4e, isle 6, plot 508). He wrote Hymn Nos. 306, 236 and 369 in Hymns Old & New (1987 Ed.). - Turner, Tom Grave
Overseer of Queensland. Tom Turner's Tombstone in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. - Weir, Irvine
James Irvine Weir (born September 7, 1878 in County Dublin, Ireland and died in 1957). He is buried in North Weymouth, Massachusetts. He was friends with Carrolls, who invited him from Dublin to Nenagh to hear William Irvine. He was one of the young men who went on 1899 bicycle trip and he also was was one of the first three workers to come to America in 1903, along with George Walker and William Irvine. Irvine Weir was in the work from 1900-1918, in California, Ontario, and Kentucky. One of the first workers, he is listed on 1905 Workers list. The FIRST Sunday Morning meeting was held in their home in Dublin, over their store, Weir's Hardware Store. He was later EXCOMMUNICATED by George Walker. Irvine Weir later married, had 2 sons and a daughter, and lived in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. - Smith Annie
Mary Anne) Smith was from Bridge House, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, Ireland She worked for Ed Cooney's father in Enniskillen. She professed in 1902. She was one of 8 workers who pioneered Australia in Sept 1905 and labored in Tasmania, Australia and New Zealand. She married Wilfred Charles Heyes in 1914 from Tasmania, Australia. Had 2 sons. - Smith, Annie w husband and child x4
Mary Anne) Smith was from Bridge House, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, Ireland She worked for Ed Cooney's father in Enniskillen. She professed in 1902. She was one of 8 workers who pioneered Australia in Sept 1905 and labored in Tasmania, Australia and New Zealand. She married Wilfred Charles Heyes in 1914 from Tasmania, Australia. Had 2 sons.