• Born: 22 August 1864, Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland ²
• Died: 29 June 1902, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Scotland at age 37
• Buried: 1902, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland

   Another name for Mary was Mary B. FERGUSON.²

  Burial Notes

Irvine Old Parish Churchyard, Gravestone U46

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• She appeared on the 1871 Census of Scotland on 2 April 1871 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
  

John Topping           Head      35   Cromer, Ayrshire       Iron Faunder
Anne Ferguson          Sister    37   Cromer, Ayrshire
Mary B Ferguson        Niece      6   Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Elizabeth D Ferguson   Niece      4   Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Janet Hamson           Servant   17   B Subject, New York

• 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 1902.
  
  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.