By 1907 he had moved to Melbourne, where he worked as a fruiterer in Northcote. In 1865 Higson set up a business as a fruiterer. The baker, fruiterer, iceman and milkman all delivered to the back door. His father, John Solomon, was a fruiterer or greengrocer selling from a store in Piccadilly. Born in United States, Turner became a fruiterer on the Shankill Road.