• 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

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

  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)

  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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

• 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.

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.)

  Marriage Notes

Paisley Road