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Joseph BOYD
(Abt 1745 – )
Barbara DALRYMPLE
(Abt 1750 – )
Robert JAFFREY
(1748 –1811)
Janet ALLAN
(Abt 1750 –1826)
James BOYD
(1776 – )
Mary JAFFREY
(1775 –1851)
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Mary BOYD
(1802 –1872)

 

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1. David TOPPING

Mary BOYD 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
  • Born: 4 August 1802, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland 1 13
  • Christened: 5 August 1802, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland 4
  • Marriage (1): David TOPPING on 11 December 1825 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: 23 November 1872, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland at age 70 2 14
  • Buried: 1872, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland 2

bullet   Another name for Mary was Mary TOPPING.1

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bullet  Burial Notes

Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, Gravestone U46

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bullet  Recorded Events in Her Life


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  • Gallery: Rear view (Side D) of the David Topping and Mary Boyd family obelisk in Irvine Kirkyard (gravestone U46), in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. Note there are no inscriptions carved on this side.
  • She had a residence on 13 November 1826 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. 5

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  • Gallery: Side B of the David Topping and Mary Boyd family obelisk in Irvine Kirkyard (gravestone U46), in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. The inscription on this panel is nearly identical to the inscription on the children's memorial (another gravestone in the churchyard).

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  • Gallery: Side C of the David Topping and Mary Boyd family obelisk in Irvine Kirkyard (gravestone U46), in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • She resided at Halfway in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland on 13 May 1828. 6
  • She resided at Halfway in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland on 21 September 1829. 7
  • She resided at Halfway in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland on 30 May 1831. 8
  • She resided at Halfway in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland on 29 May 1833. 9
  • She resided at Halfway in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland on 19 October 1835. 10
  • She resided at Halfway in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland on 4 October 1837. 11
  • She appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Mary Topping      38   Ayrshire, Scotland   Sewer
Mary Topping      14   Ayrshire, Scotland
Margart Topping   12   Ayrshire, Scotland
David Topping     10   Ayrshire, Scotland
James Topping      8   Ayrshire, Scotland
Ann Topping        6   Ayrshire, Scotland
John Topping       4   Ayrshire, Scotland
Robert Topping     2   Ayrshire, Scotland

  • She worked as a sewer on 6 June 1841 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  • She appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Mary Topping      Head   58   Irvine, Ayrshire   Shipmaster's Wife
Margt Topping     Dau    32   Irvine, Ayrshire  
Anne Topping      Dau    27   Irvine, Ayrshire  
John Topping      Son    25   Irvine, Ayrshire   Shipbuilders Cl
Robert Topping    Son    23   Irvine, Ayrshire   Sewd Musling Desegner
Barbara Topping   Dau    15   Irvine, Ayrshire   Scholar

  • She worked as a shipmaster's wife on 7 April 1861 in Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  • She appeared on the 1871 Census of Scotland on 2 April 1871 in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 1

David Topping       Head   73   Irvine, Ayrshire   Ship Hustand
Mary Topping        Wife   68   Irvine, Ayrshire
Margt Topping       Dau    42   Irvine, Ayrshire
Robt M Topping      Son    32   Irvine, Ayrshire   Saver Machie Mannfs
Barbara L Topping   Dau    25   Irvine, Ayrshire


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  • She was buried at the Irvine Old Parish Churchyard in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1872.

    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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Mary married David TOPPING, son of John TOPPING and Margaret McKEAN, on 11 December 1825 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.1 2 (David TOPPING was born on 12 August 1798 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland,1 15 16 died on 15 December 1886 in Plantation, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 2 17 and was buried in 1886 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland 2.)

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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Ancestry.com, 1871 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007). Original data: Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. Reels 1–191. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, David Topping household, 2 Nethsdale Pl Paisley Rd, Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Parish: Govan; ED: 16; Page: 2; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1871_143.
  2. Cemetery Gravestone, David Topping and Mary Boyd family obelisk, Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, Irvine, Aryshire, Scotland.
  3. Kirsty M. Haining.
  4. Birth Certificate (digital or paper copy of official birth record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  5. Irvine Relief Church (Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland), Baptisms 1778 –1790 and 1807 –1855 and Session Minutes 1777 –1877. The National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1826 birth and baptism of Mary Topin; FHL microfilm 0889478.
  6. Irvine Relief Church (Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland), Baptisms 1778 –1790 and 1807 –1855 and Session Minutes 1777 –1877. The National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1828 birth and baptism of Margaret Topins; FHL microfilm 0889478.
  7. Irvine Relief Church (Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland), Baptisms 1778 –1790 and 1807 –1855 and Session Minutes 1777 –1877. The National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1829 birth and baptism of David Topen; FHL microfilm 0889478.
  8. Irvine Relief Church (Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland), Baptisms 1778 –1790 and 1807 –1855 and Session Minutes 1777 –1877. The National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1831 birth and baptism of James Topin; FHL microfilm 0889478.
  9. 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.
  10. Irvine Relief Church (Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland), Baptisms 1778 –1790 and 1807 –1855 and Session Minutes 1777 –1877. The National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1835 birth and baptism of John Topen; FHL microfilm 0889478.
  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, 1837 birth and baptism of Robert McGaven Topen; FHL microfilm 0889478.
  12. Dundonald Parish Church (Dundonald Parish [Dundonald, Troon, Barassie, Fullarton, and Crosbie], Ayrshire, Scotland), Baptisms, v. 3, 1819 –1855; Marriages, v. 4, 1820 –1854; Deaths, v. 4, 1820 –1854. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, "Volume 4: Marriages, 1820 –1854," 23 Dec 1825 marriage of David Topping and Mary Boyd; FHL microfilm 1041340.
  13. Birth Certificate (digital or paper copy of official birth record privately held by Kirsty M. Haining).
  14. Statutory Registers of Scotland, Index of Deaths, 1855 – 2012 (Edinburgh, United Kingdom: General Register Office for Scotland), Mary Boyd or Topping, 1872, Govan, Glasgow City, Scotland.
  15. 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.), Master's Certificate of Service issued for David Topping in London, dated 11 January 1851 (certificate no. 47,867).
  16. Ancestry.com, 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007). Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1– 338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, David Topping household, Govan Church, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Parish: Govan Church; ED: 12; Page: 3; Line: 6; Roll: cssct1881_254.
  17. Statutory Registers of Scotland, Index of Deaths, 1855 – 2012 (Edinburgh, United Kingdom: General Register Office for Scotland), David Topping death, 1886, Plantation, Glasgow City, Scotland.


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