Individual Details
John Gordon Turnbull
(8 Nov 1885 - 1 Apr 1953)
Oregonian, Portland, Oregon, April 3, 1953, Page 27: Death Comes To Engineer. Turnbull Noted For Big Projects. J. Gordon Turnbull, one of the nation's outstanding construction engineers, who laid out and planned major postwar additions to Richland, Wash., and who began his career in Portland, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 62. He had been ill many months. Automobile factories, synthetic rubber and aircraft plants and air bases, were among his achievements. Mr. Turnbull was born in San Francisco, son of Alexander Turnbull, well-known mining engineer, and was educated abroad. After pioneering in construction of hydroelectric transmission projects in the Pacific Northwest, he moved to Seattle where he designed the government locks linking Puget Sound and Lake Washington. Canol Project Recalled. He was consulting engineer for Ford Motor company's River Rouge plant; the Knolls atomic laboratory in Schenectady, N. Y., and the Alaskan Canol project in which the navy prospected for oil. From 1927 to 1932 he held the same post for the Russian government, designing foundries, steel plants, tractor and automotive factories and hydroelectric installations. At the time of his death he was president of the engineering firm bearing his name, with headquarters in Cleveland, and branches in Los Angeles, Kansas City, Dallas and in foreign countries. The widow, Mrs. Susan Aycock Turnbull, and three children, John G. Jr., Alexander and Susan Turnbull, all of Los Angeles, survive. The funeral will be Saturday.
Events
| Birth | 8 Nov 1885 | San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California |  | ||
| Residence | 1910 | Seattle Ward 3, King Co., Washington | | ||
| Residence | 1915 | Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon | | ||
| Residence | 1920 | Detroit Ward 4, Wayne Co., Michigan | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Highland Park, Wayne Co., Michigan | | ||
| Marriage | 20 Aug 1938 | Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky - Susan Vaughan Aycock | | ||
| Residence | 1 Apr 1940 | East Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio | | ||
| Death | 1 Apr 1953 | Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California | | ||
| Alt name | Unknown Turnbull | ||||
| Burial | Unknown | ||||
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Families
| Spouse | Susan Vaughan Aycock (1912 - 2006) |
| Child | John Gordon Turnbull Jr. (1939 - ) |
| Child | Susan Gay Turnbull ( - ) |
| Child | Alexander Turnbull ( - ) |