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Alexander FERGUSON
(Abt 1780 – )
Elizabeth GRAY
(Abt 1799 – )
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Capt. Thomas Brown FERGUSON
(1837 –1866)

 

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1. Anne TOPPING

Capt. Thomas Brown FERGUSON 2
  • Born: 5 February 1837, Saltcoats, Ardrossan Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland 3 4 5
  • Christened: 26 February 1837, Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
  • Marriage (1): Anne TOPPING on 2 February 1863 in Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 7 March 1866, Calcutta, Bengal, India at age 29
  • Buried: 8 March 1866, Calcutta, Bengal, India

bullet   Other names for Thomas were Capt. T. B. FERGUSON, Thomas FERGUSON,3 4 Thomas B. FERGUSON 1 and Thomas FERGUSSON.

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bullet  Burial Notes

Thomas was buried in Calcutta, but there is a memorial inscription for him in Irvine Old Parish Churchyard in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland (Gravestone U46)

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bullet  Recorded Events in His Life

  • He has conflicting birth information of 6 February 1837 and Saltcoats, Ardrossan Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. 3 4 6
  • He appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Saltcoats, Ardrossan Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. 3

Alexander Ferguson   M   60   Scotland             Agent For Cotton Manf
Elisabeth Ferguson   F   60   Ireland
Mary Ferguson        F   15   Ayrshire, Scotland  
Jane Ferguson        F   14   Ayrshire, Scotland
Hugh Ferguson        M   12   Ayrshire, Scotland
Margaret Ferguson    F    9   Ayrshire, Scotland
Robert Ferguson      M    7   Ayrshire, Scotland
Thomas Ferguson      M    4   Ayrshire, Scotland

  • He appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in Saltcoats, Stevenston Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland. 4

Elizabeth Ferguson   Head       F   51   Ireland          Inn Keeper
Mary Ferguson        Daughter   F   25   Ardrossan, AYR
Thomas Ferguson      Son        M   14   Ardrossan, AYR   Scholar
William Evan         Lodger     M   35   N  K             Shipmaster


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  • He resided at 114 Blythswood Terrace Bathwell St in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 21 March 1857. 7

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  • On 21 March 1857 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Thomas passed his exam and received a certificate of competency as Second Mate. 7

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  • He resided at Quay Street in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland on 14 August 1857. 8

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  • On 14 August 1857 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Thomas passed his exam and received a certificate of competency as Only Mate. 8

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  • He resided at 7 Dale Street in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 31 December 1858. 9

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  • On 31 December 1858 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Thomas passed his exam and received a certificate of competency as First Mate. 9

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  • He resided at 111 Paisley Road in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 4 February 1863. 10

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  • On 4 February 1863 in London, England, after 10 years of service as a mariner, Thomas passed his exam and received a certificate of competency as Master. 10

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  • Thomas was buried in Calcutta on 08 March 1866, but there is a memorial inscription for him in Irvine Old Parish Churchyard in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland (Gravestone U46).

    Monumental Inscriptions on the various sides of the David Topping and Mary Boyd family obelisk (gravestone U46):

    Side A
    SACRED
    To The Memory Of
    MARY BOYD
    THE BELOVED WIFE OF
    DAVID TOPPING
    SHIP MASTER GLASGOW,
    DIED 23RD NOVEMBER 1872,
    AGED 70 YEARS
    The Above
    DAVID TOPPING
    DIED 15TH DECEMBER 1886
    AGED 89 YEARS
    ROBERT McG. TOPPING their Son
    DIED 2ND DEC. 1916 AGED 79 YEARS

    Side B
    ALSO
    In Memory of Their Children
    BARBARA;
    DIED 25TH NOV., 1843, AGED 11 MONTHS.
    DAVID;
    DIED 15TH APRIL 1844, AGED 14½ YEARS.
    Also of
    JAMES TOPPING;
    SHIP MASTER,
    WHO WAS DROWNED ON THE MARGATE SANDS,
    JANY. 20 1855, AGED 23 YEARS.
    Much regretted.

    Side C
    ALSO
    MARGARET TOPPING, THEIR DAUGHTER
    DIED AT BLANTYRE 19TH JANUARY 1895
    AGED 65 YEARS
    IN MEMORY OF
    CAPT. T. B. FERGUSON
    WHO DIED AT CALCUTTA 7TH MARCH 1866
    Also
    MARY B. FERGUSON HIS DAUGHTER
    WHO DIED AT BLANTYRE 29TH JUNE 1902
    AGED 37 YEARS
    ALSO ANNIE TOPPING HIS WIFE
    WHO DIED AT BLANTYRE 1ST OCTOBER 1905
    AGED 72 YEARS
    AND ELIZABETH G. FERGUSON THEIR DAUGHTER
    WHO DIED AT BLANTYRE 28TH JUNE 1951
    AGED 84 YEARS

    Side D
    No monumental inscription on this panel.

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Thomas married Anne TOPPING, daughter of David TOPPING and Mary BOYD, on 2 February 1863 in Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.1 (Anne TOPPING was born on 13 May 1833 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland 11, christened on 29 May 1833 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland,11 died on 1 October 1905 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland 12 13 and was buried in 1905 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.)


bullet  Marriage Notes

Paisley Road

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald (Ardrossan, Scotland, UK), “Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald BDM Intimation Database 1856 –1899,” database, AyrshireRoots.com  (http://www.ayrshire-roots.co.uk/ : 2005), accessed 24 August 2009), Ann Topping marriage to Thomas B. Ferguson, Paisley Road, Glasgow; 07 Feb 1863 edition of the newspaper.
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1–151), Alexander Ferguson household, Dockhead Street, Village of Saltcoats, Ardrossan Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; Parish: Ardrossan; ED: 12; Page: 2; Line: 500; Year: 1841.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006). Original data: Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 217. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, Elizabeth Ferguson household, Kirkwood's Land, Saltcoats, Stevenston Parish, Ayrshire, Scotland; Parish: Stevenston; ED: 8; Page: 20; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1851_139; Year: 1851.
  5. Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850 –1927 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Master's Certificates. Greenwich, London, UK: National Maritime Museum.), Thomas Brown Ferguson's exam application paperwork for his Certificates of Competency as First Mate (1858) and as Master (1863); certificate no. 16,587.
  6. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R) [database on-line] (Copyright © 1980, 2002), Member-submitted data.
  7. Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850 –1927 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Master's Certificates. Greenwich, London, UK: National Maritime Museum.), Certificate of Competency as Second Mate issued for Thomas Ferguson in Glasgow, dated 21 March 1857 (certificate no. 16,587).
  8. Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850 –1927 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Master's Certificates. Greenwich, London, UK: National Maritime Museum.), Certificate of Competency as Only Mate issued for Thomas Ferguson in Greenock, dated 08 August 1857 (certificate no. 16,587).
  9. Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850 –1927 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Master's Certificates. Greenwich, London, UK: National Maritime Museum.), Certificate of Competency as First Mate issued for Thomas Ferguson in Glasgow, dated 27 December 1858 (certificate no. 16,587).
  10. Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Masters and Mates Certificates, 1850 –1927 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Master's Certificates. Greenwich, London, UK: National Maritime Museum.), Certificate of Competency as Master issued for Thomas Brown Ferguson in London, dated 04 February 1863 (certificate no. 16,587).
  11. Irvine Relief Church (Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland), Baptisms 1778 –1790 and 1807 –1855 and Session Minutes 1777 –1877. The National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1833 birth and baptism of Ann Toppin; FHL microfilm 0889478.
  12. Statutory Registers of Scotland, Index of Deaths, 1855 – 2012 (Edinburgh, United Kingdom: General Register Office for Scotland).
  13. Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858 –1966 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Original data: Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.), Anne Topping death in Blantyre, Scotland on 1 Oct 1905.


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