Margaret TOPPING 1 2
- Born: 26 April 1828, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland 2 3 4
- Christened: 13 May 1828, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland 3
- Died: 19 January 1895, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland at age 66
- Buried: 1895, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
 Other names for Margaret were Margaret TOPINS 3 and Margt TOPPING.4
Birth Notes
[1828] May Margaret, daughter of David Topins shipmaster Halfway near Irvine, and Mary Boyd spouses, was born twenty sixth ult., and baptised thirteenth instant, their second child.
Christening Notes
Relief Congregation
Burial Notes
Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, Gravestone U46
Recorded Events in Her Life
- 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 appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Barbara Cousar Head 50 Irvine, Ayr Grocer
Wm Cunningham Son 25 Irvine, Ayr Grocer
Mary Cousar Dau 12 Irvine, Ayr Scholar
John Cousar Son 10 Irvine, Ayr Scholar
Mary Toppery Niece 23 Irvine, Ayr Dress Maker
Margt Toppery Niece 21 Irvine, Ayr Dress Maker
- 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 appeared on the 1871 Census of Scotland on 2 April 1871 in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 4
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
- She appeared on the 1881 Census of Scotland on 3 April 1881 in Govan Church, Lanarkshire, Scotland. 2
David Topping Head 84 Irvine, Ayrshire Ships Overseer
Margaret Topping Daughter 52 Irvine, Ayrshire
Robert M Topping Son 42 Irvine, Ayrshire Iron Founder Employing 50 Men 10 Boy
Mary B Ferguson Granddaughter 16 Glasgow, Lanarkshire Scholar
- She appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Ann Ferguson Head 57 Irvine, Ayrshire
Mary B Ferguson Daughter 26 Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Elizabeth G Ferguson Daughter 24 Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Margaret Topping Relative 62 Irvine, Ayrshire
Robert Mcg Topping Relative 52 Irvine, Ayrshire Iron Founder
- She was buried at the Irvine Old Parish Churchyard in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1895.
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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