The
Toop Family
Ada Toop

Born: 17/12/1863 (birth certificate)
Died: 1937
Father: Thomas Toop (1835)
Mother: Elizabeth Bethell
(1833)
Married: George William
Charles Westray (1865) in 1908 (marriage certificate)
Born: Colchester Essex
Harold
Westray (top left), Daniel Westray (top right) with George William Charles and
his third wife, Ada Toop
Alice Elizabeth Toop
Baptised:
6/11/1859
Father: Henry Toop (1837)
Mother: Ann Barnett
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Ann Toop
Baptised:
27/2/1814
Father: William Toop
(c1787)
Mother: Jane
Married: Joseph Palmer (d.
1845) in about 1810 and John Roper (c1818) between 1845 and 1849.
Children: George Palmer (c
1839), Jane Palmer (c 1842), James Palmer (c. 1844), Elizabeth Palmer (1845),
Frederick Roper (8/1/1850), William Roper (1852) and Mary Roper (1854).
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Ann Toop
Baptised:
12/12/1847
Father: John Toop (1818)
Mother: Ellen Fry Barnes
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Arthur Williamson Toop
Born: 1868
Father: Thomas Toop (1835)
Mother: Elizabeth (Betsy)
Bethell (1833)
Married: Caroline Reed in
1891
Born Great Bromley, Essex
Arthur Westray Toop
Born: 1892
Died: 1915
Father: Thomas Bethell Toop
(1866)
Mother: Elizabeth Alice
Westray (1868)
Died as a Sapper in the 2nd
Field Coy. Australian Engineers on Sunday, 21st November 1915 in Suez, Egypt.
Arthur Toop
Born: 26/11/1895 (birth
certificate)
Father: James Toop (1871)
Mother: Elizabeth Staniforth
Bessie Toop
Born: 1903
Died: unknown
Father: Thomas Bethell Toop
(1866)
Mother: Elizabeth Alice
Westray (1868)
Married: John Lamb in
Lauceston, Tasmania 1928
Born in Ballarat.
Charles Edward Toop
Baptised:
16/11/1874
Father: William Toop (1829)
Mother: Emma
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Claude Toop
Born: 1901
Died: 1969
Father: Thomas Bethell Toop
(1866)
Mother: Elizabeth Alice
Westray (1868)
Married: Gwendolyn Hammill
in Perth 1932
Born
in Ballarat, died in Perth
Dorothy Shelton Toop
Born: 29/8/1894
(birth certificate)
Father:
unknown
Mother:
Martha Theodora May Toop (1874)
Married:
Clarence Gale (1985)
Children: Betty Irene (1921), Norman Arthur (1923),
Audrey Lois (1925), Nora (1933)
Born
Nottingham
Dorothy above and with Clarence Below

Dorothy Toop
Born: 1899
Died: 1951
Father: Thomas Bethell Toop
(1866)
Mother: Elizabeth Alice
Westray (1868)
Married Patrick Henry in
Ballarat in 1926
Born and died in Ballarat.
Elizabeth Toop
Baptised:
22/8/1869
Father: George Toop (1816)
Mother: Ann Hames
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Ellen Toop
Baptised:
24/3/1867
Father: William Toop (1829)
Mother: Emma
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Emily Toop
Baptised:
11/3/1856
Father: William Toop (1829)
Mother: Emma
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Frank Toop
Baptised:
11/3/1860
Father: William Toop (1829)
Mother: Emma
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Frederick Toop
Baptised:
4/9/1870
Father: William Toop (1829)
Mother: Emma
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
George Toop
Baptised:
26/5/1816
Father: William Toop
(c1787)
Mother: Jane
Married: Ann Hames in 1868
Children: Elizabeth (1869)
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
George Toop
Baptised:
7/4/1842
Father: John Toop (1818)
Mother: Ellen Fry Barnes
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
George Toop
Baptised:
2/8/1857
Father: William Toop (1829)
Mother: Emma
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Henry Toop
Baptised:
2/7/1837
Father: James Toop (1809)
Mother: Elizabeth
Married: Ann Barnett
Children: Alice Elizabeth
(1859), & Kate (1870)
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Henry Toop
Baptised:
21/9/1862
Father: William Toop (1829)
Mother: Emma
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Ivy Toop
Born: 1891
Died: 1977
Father: Thomas Bethell Toop
(1866)
Mother: Elizabeth Alice
Westray (1868)
Married:
Sidney Long in Ballarat in 1916
Born:
Clunes, Died Lauceston, Tasmania
Jane Toop
Baptised:
11/5/1856
Father: John Toop (1818)
Mother: Ellen Fry Barnes
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Jane Toop
Baptised:
18/3/1821
Father: William Toop (c1787)
Mother: Jane
James Toop
Baptised:
14/6/1809
Father: William Toop
(c1787)
Mother: Jane
Married: Elizabeth
Staniforth in 1908
Children: James (1833),
Thomas (1835), Henry (1837), Mary (1839), Sarah (1842) & Martha (1849)
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
James Toop
Baptised:
21/4/1833
Father: James Toop (1809)
Mother: Elizabeth
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
James Toop
Baptised:
17/8/1858
Died: 3/5/1859
Father: John Toop (1818)
Mother: Ellen Fry Barnes
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
James Toop
Baptised:
1/7/1860
Father: John Toop (1818)
Mother: Ellen Fry Barnes
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
James Toop
Born: 1871
Father: Thomas Toop (1835)
Mother: Betsy (1833)
Married: Elizabeth
Staniforth
Occupation: Journeyman
Gardner
Children: Arthur Toop (26/11/1894)
Born Pilkstone, Dorset.
Lived at 4 Babworth Street, Carrington, Basford in 1895.
John Toop
Baptised:
11/10/1818
Father: William Toop
(c1787)
Mother: Jane
Married: Ellen Fry Barnes
Children: George (1842),
William (1844), Ann (1847), Thomas (1853), Jane (1856), James (1858-1859) &
James (1860)
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Kate Toop
Baptised:
12/6/1870
Father: Henry Toop (1837)
Mother: Ann Barnett
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Martha Toop
Baptised: 1827
Father: William Toop
(c1787)
Mother: Jane
Married: George Roper
(1823)
Children: Mary Jane (1854),
James (1856), Jesse (1858), Alfred (1861), Mary Ann (1864) and Charles (1867).
Martha Toop
Baptised:
21/1/1849
Father: James Toop (1809)
Mother: Elizabeth
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Martha Theodora May Toop
(known as
Dora)
Born: 1874
Father: Thomas Toop (1835)
Mother: Elizabeth Bethell
(1833)
Children: Dorothy Shelton
Toop (29/8/1894)
Occupation: Dressmaker
Born Wimborne, Dorset
Lived at 56 Hucknall Road,
Carrington, Basford in 1894
Below Dora aged 15

Mary Toop
Baptised:
6/10/1839
Father: James Toop (1809)
Mother: Elizabeth
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Mavis Toop
Born: 1905
Died: unknown
Father: Thomas Bethall Toop
(1866)
Mother: Elizabeth Alice
Westray (1868)
Married: Gordon Higgins in
Launceston Tasmaia in 1934.
Born in Ballarat
Millicent Ada Toop
Born: 1890
Died: 1969
Father: Thomas Bethall Toop
(1866)
Mother: Elizabeth Alice
Westray (1868)
Married: Edward Keating in
Melbourne 1936
Born in Nottingham, Died in
Melbourne.
Sarah Toop
Baptised:
2/1/1842
Father: James Toop (1809)
Mother: Elizabeth
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Thomas Toop
Born: 1896
Died: 1966
Father: Thomas Bethall Toop
(1866)
Mother: Elizabeth Alice
Westray (1868)
Married: Malva Edmunds in
Melbourne 1920
Born in Ballarat, died in
Melbourne
Thomas Toop
Born: 1835
Father: James Toop (1809)
Mother: Elizabeth
Married: Elizabeth (Betsy)
Bethell (b 1833) Pictured left
Children: Ada (1863),
Thomas Bethell Toop (1866), Arthur W. Toop (1868), James Toop (1871) and Martha
Theodora May Toop (1874)
Occupation: Head Gardener.
(In 1863 his stated occupation was servant Gardner)
Born Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Thomas Toop
Baptised:
1/5/1853
Father: John Toop (1818)
Mother: Ellen Fry Barnes
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
Thomas Bethell Toop
Born: 1866
Father: Thomas Toop (1835)
Mother: Elizabeth Bethell
(Betsy) (1833)
Married: Elizabeth Alice
Westray (17/2/1889) (marriage certificate)
Born Great Bromley, Essex
Occupation: Under Gardener
in 1881. Migrated to Australia early 1900s Became head curator at the botanical
gardens in Ballarat.
Children: Millicent Ada
Toop (1890-1969), Ivy (1891-1977), Arthur Westray Toop (1893-1915), Thomas Toop
(1896-1966), Dorothy Toop (1899-1951), Claude Toop (1901-1969), Bessie Toop
(1903) and Mavis Toop (1905)
Lived at 37 Eaton Street,
Nottingham in 1889
William Toop
Baptised:
unknown
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Married: Jane
Children: James (1819),
Anne (1814), George (1816), John (1818), Jane (1821) & William (1829)
William Toop
Baptised:
31/5/1829
Father: William Toop
(c1787)
Mother: Jane
Married: Emma
Children: Emily (1856),
George (1857), Frank (1860), Henry (1862), Ellen (1867), Frederick (1870),
William (1871), Charles Edward (1874)
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
William Toop
Baptised:
19/9/1844
Father: John Toop (1818)
Mother: Ellen Fry Barnes
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
William Toop
Baptised:
29/10/1871
Father: William Toop (1829)
Mother: Emma
Born: Charlton Marshall,
Dorset
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