It's taken ages to find this household, presumably because George's given age is transcribed as 72, so missed my search limits. This seems unlikely wrt his job, and age of wife & children, I suspect the "72" was actually a "32".. ?

1871 Census; Ruardean, Herefordshire, England.
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
George Turner Head M 72 Coal miner. East Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Turner Wife F 22 East Dean, Gloucestershire
Samuel Turner Son M 3 East Dean, Gloucestershire
Albert W Turner Son M 1 East Dean, Gloucestershire

UPDATE !
Have viewed the Census form image and, despite the handwriting being somewhat flowery, the given age for George is definitely "72". I stand to be corrected, but I can only assume this was given in error, perhaps he was out (at work?) when the official called to take the census, and he misheard what Elizabeth told him ?. Yes men did work into their old age, but not past 70, and with a family this young.

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1861 Census; Reardean Hill, East Dean, Gloucestershire, England.
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William Turner Head M 60 Iron Miner. , ...
Maria Turner Wife F 51 Bristol, Gloucestershire
George Turner Son M 15 Iron Miner. East Dean, Gloucestershire
Maria Baldwin Servant F 50 Unmarried. House servant. East Dean, Gloucestershire

There was a relatively small iron ore mine at nearby Drybrook (Wigpool), but this side of the FoD was better served with coal mines which probably explains why William's job description changed with time. The link with Bristol maybe due to it's location downstream from the FoD via the River Severn, but it's probably because many miners moved from the coalfields in Bristol & North Somerset area to work in the Dean coalfield, and vice-versa.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_coalfields#/media/File:British.coalfields.19th.ce...

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1851 Census; East Dean, Gloucestershire, England.
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William Turner Head M 51 Coal Miner. East Dean, Gloucestershire
Maria Turner Wife F 42 Bristol, Gloucestershire
Jane Turner Daughter F 17 Unmarried. East Dean, Gloucestershire
Elizabeth Turner Daughter F 15 East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Turner Son M 13 East Dean, Gloucestershire
Harriott Turner Daughter F 11 East Dean, Gloucestershire
George Turner Son M 7 East Dean, Gloucestershire
James Turner Son M 4 East Dean, Gloucestershire

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1841 Census; Upper Bilson, Dean Walk in Dean Forest, Little???, Gloucestershire, England.
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Willam Terner M 40-44 Gloucestershire
Maria Terner F 30-34 Gloucestershire
Samuel Terner M 9 Gloucestershire
Jane Terner F 7 Gloucestershire
Elizabth Terner F 5 Gloucestershire
Willam Terner M 2 Gloucestershire

Upper Bilson is the early name for what became Lower Cinderford, 2 miles south of Ruardean Hill.

"Little???" is Littledean, an ancient village just east of Cinderford, but 240 metres below it, at the bottom of a steep hill & on the same level as the fertile Severn vale. Historically Littledean was the nearest village to the eastern side of the upper/inner Forest area, so more attractive to settlers for agriculture etc, hence was referred to on the Census as the place of local government. During the C19th & the arrival of industrial revolution into the upper/inner Forest, Cinderford grew from a few hamlets to a new town & overtook Littledean in size & local importance.

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This is the only possible Marriage Record for Wm & Maria I can find in this site's PRs, but is it the correct one, maybe should be Bristol area ?;

Record_ID: 31434
Entry_Number: 54
Year: 1826
Month: Nov
Day: 25
Grooms_Surname: TURNER
Grooms_Forenames: William
Grooms_Age: [not
Groom_Condition: [not stated]
Grooms_Occupation: [not stated]
Grooms_Residence: the Parish of Ruerdean [Ruardean]
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Surname: LEEDHAM
Brides_Forenames: Maria
Brides_Age: [not
Brides_Condition: [not stated]
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: the Hundred of St Briavels
Brides_Fathers_Surname: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: He marks she signs
Witness_1: John Brain
Witness_2: Ann Brain
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: Henry Berkin A M Curate
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference:
Page_Number: 18
Parish_Chapel: Hope Mansell
Soundex_Groom: T656
Soundex_Bride: L350

???

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1871 Census; East Dean, Gloucestershire, England.
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Amos Williams Head M 32 Collier. East Dean, Gloucestershire
Harriett Williams Wife F 30 East Dean, Gloucestershire
George Williams Son M 9 Scholar. East Dean, Gloucestershire
Emma Williams Daughter F 7 East Dean, Gloucestershire
Clara Williams Daughter F 4 East Dean, Gloucestershire
Samuel Williams Son M 2 East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Bosley Nephew M 13 Collier. East Dean, Gloucestershire
William Turner Father-in-law M 75 Collier. East Dean, Gloucestershire
Maria Turner Mother-in-law F 62 East Dean, Gloucestershire
Edward Beard Lodger M 26 Married. Collier. May Hill, Gloucestershire
Eliza Beard Lodger F 20 Married. May Hill, Gloucestershire
Edwin Beard Lodger M 0 May Hill, Gloucestershire

This is a very helpful household for piecing-together extended family.
Clearly Harriett Williams is Wm's daughter Harriet nee Turner, looks like she married and left their household c1858.

Oddly, altho I can find her Baptism in this site's PRs, cannot find her Marriage.
This may be it, from FreeBMD, altho only part of the record is available, so ?? ...

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Jun 1854 (>99%)
Williams Amos Monmouth 11a 69

Tried finding Baptism Records for William's children, but no luck so far in this site's database, they don't seem to have been regular Churchgoers.

However I think this is George's (Evan's father's) marriage, it fits nicely, and gives a likely link into the Matthews family who are with William & Maria in the 1871 Census, see next post.

Record_ID 37517
Entry_Number 499
Year 1867
Month Oct
Day 13
Grooms_Surname TURNER
Grooms_Forenames George
Grooms_Age 22
Groom_Condition Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation Collier
Grooms_Residence East Dean
Grooms_Fathers_Surname Turner
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames William
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation Collier
Brides_Surname MARFELL
Brides_Forenames Elizabeth
Brides_Age 19
Brides_Condition Spinster
Brides_Occupation
Brides_Residence East Dean
Brides_Fathers_Surname [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Forenames [not stated]
Brides_Fathers_Occupation [not stated]
Licence_or_Banns Banns
Date_of_Banns
Signature_or_Mark Both mark
Witness_1 Mark of James Matthews
Witness_2 Lydia Marfell
Other_Witnesses
Officiating_Minister T. G. Smythies
Event Marriage
Memoranda
Notes
Register_Reference P85/1 IN 1/4
Page_Number 250
Parish_Chapel Cinderford St John
Soundex_Groom T656
Soundex_Bride M614

Witness James Matthews is probably the same man(with wife Esther & family) who's living next-door to George & family in the 1871 Census posted earlier.

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The FamilySearch site also gives a glimpse into Evan Turner's WW1 Service in the British Army. Given the spread of his children's births, I'd already guessed he was probably away during the War.

Name Evan Turner
Event Type Military Service
Event Year 1908
Age 17
Military Company/Regiment Herefordshire Regiment
Military Regimental Number 480
Birth Year (Estimated) 1891
Birthplace East Dean, Gloucestershire, England

Again, using this weekend's free access to Ancestry can search for his Army Records, can find the source of the above info. This is an Attestation form for Evan, dated 24 July 1908. He has signed-up for 4 Years Service with the Territorial Force, in the Herefordshire Battalion. In other words, as Europe is expecting War and the British Regular Army is very small, many young men are spending their spare time learning to be soldiers, just in case. The form shows Evan is a collier, employed at Trafalgar Colliery, single and residing Ruardean Woodside. His age is 17 yrs 0 months, height 5'4", chest 33" girth with 2" expansion, "good" vision and "capacious" physical development.
The next form shows he did preliminary training, then attended annual training every year until 1913 (these were summer camps). He was then embodied into the 1st Battalion Herefords on 5.8.1914, but was discharged 25.9.1914, having been found "medically unfit". My gut feel is he probably re-volunteers or is conscripted at a later date, when the War's dragging and every man is needed, I'll look for more records on Ancestry or National Archives site.

Again, if you want them but cannot access the site yourself (free at UK public libraries, for example), I've downloaded the images for you, pls email me.

UPDATE: I've revisited the WW1 Army Records on Ancestry and found some records that MAY be your Evan's. However apart from a name, they give little background information to tie him to our Evan. Sadly a large part of the WW1 records were lost during WW2, and some of the remaining records only bear initials of first names, so easy to confuse. The Record I've found and downloaded is a Medal Roll entry for the Royal Engineers, as follows;

Name: Evan Turner
Military Year: 1914-1920
Rank: Sapper
Medal Awarded: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Regiment or Corps: Royal Engineers
Regimental Number: 310740
Previous Units: Middx Rgt, 25332, Pte., Labour Corps, 403974, Royal Engineers, 310740

Labour Corps often includes men who wern't considered young or fit enough for front-line fighting. As the War became bogged-down into Trenches the Army realised they needed specialist tunnellers, they were part of the Royal Engineers and were often drawn from miners, many Dean Forest miners joined Tunnelling Battalions. Hence it seems possible this MAY be your Evan. The fact he MAY have joined the Middlesex Regiment isn't significant. The other Records on his page, and the other pages in the book, all show men from mixed Regimental backgrounds who have finally become Sappers. I've searched FreeBMD for all Birth records for all Evan Turners throughout the country, and it's true there are quite a few who could have been WW1 soldiers, including one born in London "hence" Middlesex Reg't, perhaps; but we just don't know for sure, yet ??.

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If you want further information about the info you discover about your ancestors, for example regarding their occupational jobs in the Census, or indeed almost any other general F.H. queries, please first search this forum and you will invariably find these and most other questions have already been covered on prior threads. You may also find other people have researched parts of your tree.
As you can see, by just repeatedly searching this site's PRs, and the free access FreeBMD & FamilySearch websites, you can build your tree quite extensively. Just takes time and a little care to check each finding seems a logical fit compared to the others, just in case you've accidentally found someone who shares similar name but isn't actually the person you're looking for.

Ref my previous post abt Oliver Turner who emigrated to the USA. Well, on finding that photo (on this site!) I should clearly have then immediately searched for him on this forum !...
Regular poster & owner of the photo Jim Ashton confirmed my findings in 2010, saying
"Oliver Turner b. 15.10.1885 East Dean my 2C2R. Emigrated to USA 1904. Son of George Turner b. 1845 East Dean & Elizabeth Marfell (1C3R) b. 28.6.1849 Ruardean."
see http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?mode=thread&id=22663

Perhaps this is your ancestor you believed went to Australia ?

Oliver and the others presumably moved from Ruardean to the USA for work, as did many from the FoD, in this case drawn by La Salle's numerous coal-mines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaSalle,_Illinois#Zinc_City_.281858.E2.80.931978.29
http://www.lasallecountymining.org/history
http://www.ivaced.org/illinois-valley-history

Being a U.S. website, FamilySearch gives free access to the US Census etc, including photo images of the actual documents which are worth viewing as give more detail than the transcription pages.
Hopefully this link will take you to my findings, which may include details of his imigration into the USA, wrt shipping passenger lists.
https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Aoliver...

From the above can find;

1920 US Census, La Salle Township, La Salle, Illinois, United States.
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
William Morman Head M 36 Illinois
Ada Morman Wife F 35 England
Elsie Morman Daughter F 12 Illinois
Mabelle Morman Daughter F 10 Illinois
Danoin Morman Son M 1 Illinois
Amos Gibbs Father M 64 England
Oliver Turner Boarder M 34 England

All coal miners, more info on the detailed Census form, see
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJS-SKT?mode=g&i=23&cc=1488411

1930 US Census, Harrisburg, Saline, Illinois, United States.
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Benjamin Knight Head M 45 England
Mable Knight Wife F 34 England
Stanley Knight Son M 12 ILLINOIS
Oliver Turner Cousin M 45 England

Still all coal miners.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R46-262

1940 US Census, Harrisburg Township, Saline, Illinois, United States.
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Ben Knight Head M 52 England
Mabel Knight Wife F 44 England
Mary Lou Knight Daughter F 8 Illinois
Oliver Turner Cousin-in-law M 53 England

Different jobs now, mines all worked-out ? Oliver is single.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89MB-HH2S?mode=g&i=11&cc=2000219

United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name Oliver Turner
Event Type Draft Registration
Event Date 1942
Event Place Harrisburg, Saline, Illinois, United States
Residence Place Harrisburg, Saline, Illinois
Gender Male
Employer W.P.A. Oliver/Turner
Birth Date 15 Oct 1885

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X4W-W6?mode=g&i=1442&cc=1861144

On the 1940 Census & this Draft Card Oliver is recorded as a Labourer for the W.P.A.
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration

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UPDATE: Apologies to Jim Ashton et al, it comes as no surprise to see that this forum has already discussed the general subject of Oliver and other FoD miners moving to Illinois. Please see these prior threads;

When finding the UK Census' for the Turners I noticed several of the neighbouring households were Marfells,
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?id=27954

And this thread abt the Turners in Illinois. I'm a little disappointed I didn't find this thread before starting this post, I did search the forum for prior threads about the Turners and unlikely as it seems I didn't find this one. Ah well, always good to have more than one source of reference ;)
http://www.forest-of-dean.net/fodmembers/index.php?id=9518

OR IS THIS OUR WILLIAM ??

1871; Ruardean, Ruardean, Herefordshire, England
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Richard Harper Head M 60 Butcher. Ruardean, Gloucestershire
Mary Harper Wife F 55 Shirehampton, Gloucestershire
William Henry Harper Grandson M 7 Ruardean, Gloucestershire

??

Record_ID: 274882
Entry_Number: 161
Year: 1941
Month: Apr
Day: 12
Surname: HARPER
Forenames: William Henry
Residence: Newham Bottom Woodside
Age_at_death: 77 yrs
Officiating_Minister: J F Hilder Rector
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/33
Page_No: 21
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: H616

Aged 77, so born abt 1864, good fit wrt the 1871 Census above, and our area.

????

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Searching this site's PRs gives this likely marriage for William & Ann, the ages etc fit nicely;

Record_ID: 20906
Entry_Number: 15
Year: 1884
Month: Oct
Day: 7
Grooms_Surname: HARPER
Grooms_Forenames: William
Grooms_Age: 21
Groom_Condition: Bachelor
Grooms_Occupation: Coal miner
Grooms_Residence: Ruardean Woodside
Grooms_Fathers_Surname: Harper
Grooms_Fathers_Forenames: Mary
Grooms_Fathers_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Surname: BENT
Brides_Forenames: Ann
Brides_Age: 20
Brides_Condition: Spinster
Brides_Occupation: [not stated]
Brides_Residence: Ruardean Woodside
Brides_Fathers_Surname: Bent
Brides_Fathers_Forenames: Timothy
Brides_Fathers_Occupation: Coal miner
Licence_or_Banns: Banns
Date_of_Banns: [not stated]
Signature_or_Mark: Both sign
Witness_1: Aaron Baldwin
Witness_2: Emily Bent
Other_Witnesses:
Officiating_Minister: William Barker Vicar
Event: Marriage
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P109 IN 1/8
Page_Number: 8
Parish_Chapel: Drybrook
Soundex_Groom: H616
Soundex_Bride: B530

NB: I also searched for ALL UK marriages twixt "Wm Harper" & "Ann"'s using FreeBMD, the only local records was this;

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1884 (>99%)
BENT Anne Westbury S. 6a 479
HARPER William Westbury S. 6a 479

so confirms the above marriage PR is ours.

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NB: Earlier I mentioned an excellent book abt the people & history of Ruardean Hill called "The Highest Point of Dean", I've been reading it while writing these posts. It was written in 1985 by a very active local historian and son of Ruardean Hill, Maurice Bent. The book states his father was Timothy Bent, searching this name in FreeBMD shows he married Maurice's mother in 1933. There is another local record for a Death of Timothy Bent aged 60 in 1902; at a guess I suspect this may be Maurice's Grandfather and the father of Bride Ann in the above Marriage ?.

This site's PRs confirm;

Record_ID: 42759
Entry_Number: 6449
Year: 1902
Month: Apr
Day: 13
Surname: BENT
Forenames: Timothy
Residence: Ruardean Woodside
Age_at_death: 60 years
Officiating_Minister: Edw[ard] Parnell Rector
Event: Burial
Cause_of_death:
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P275 IN 1/14
Page_No: 8
Parish_Chapel: Ruardean
Soundex: B530

Record_ID: 156879
Entry_Number: 519
Year: 1841
Month: May
Day: 9
Parents_Surname: BENT
Child_Forenames: Timothy
Fathers_Forenames: James
Mothers_Forenames: Ann
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Weston
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: William Nevins Off[iciating] Minister
Event: Baptism
Memoranda: Son of
Notes:
Register_Reference: AA33/5
Page_Number: 65
Parish_Chapel: Weston under Penyard
Soundex: B530

(So very near to Ryford, Ann's possible birthplace).

No Marriage record for him in the PRs, but FreeBMD suggests he married one of the following two ladies;

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Marriages Dec 1858 (>99%)
Bent Timothy Ross 6a 921
Green Charlotte Ross 6a 921
Meadman Alice Ross 6a 921
Meadmore Alice Ross 6a 921

Unfortunately this doesn't fit the following Baptism which I suspected was our Ann's !

???

Record_ID: 157299
Entry_Number: 138
Year: 1865
Month: May
Day: 7
Parents_Surname: BENT
Child_Forenames: Anne
Fathers_Forenames: Timothy
Mothers_Forenames: Marianne
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Weston
Occupation: Labourer
Officiating_Minister: E B Hawkeshaw
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: AA33/6
Page_Number: 18
Parish_Chapel: Weston under Penyard
Soundex: B530

So more work needed, will be edited...