Joseph Topping

1854 -

• Name	Joseph Topping
  Born	28 May 1854	Scholes, Wigan
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	14 Aug 1854	All Saints, Wigan   [1]
  Occupation	Boatman, dock labourer
  Person ID	I00704	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Richard Topping,   b. 1834, Pottery, Wigan
  Mother	Alice Gerrard,   b. 22 Apr 1836, Wallgate, Wigan
  Married	22 May 1854	All Saints, Wigan   [2]
  Family ID	F02342	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Prescott,   b. 1866, Lydiate
  Married	17 Apr 1882	All Souls, Vauxhall, Liverpool   [2]
  Children	1. Alice Topping,   b. 1883, Liverpool   2. Frances Topping,   b. 1884, Litherland   3. Richard Topping,   b. 1886, Litherland   4. James Thomas Topping,   b. 1 May 1889, Bootle   5. Jane Topping,   b. 1891, Bootle   6. Mary Topping,   b. 1893, Lydiate   7. Martha Ann Topping,   b. 1895, Lydiate   8. Sarah Topping,   b. 17 Jul 1896, Lydiate   9. Ada Topping,   b. 1899, Lydiate   10. Joseph Topping,   b. 16 Jan 1900, Lydiate   11. Ellen Topping,   b. 1903, Bootle   12. Francis Topping,   b. 1903, Bootle   13. Maggie Topping,   b. 1905, Bootle   14. Albert Topping,   b. 1910, Bootle
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2025
  Family ID	F02341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Age varies enormously: 26 in 1882 marriage record, 39 in 1891 census, 55 in 1901 and 64 in 1911

  
  

• Sources

  [S010072] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. [S010069] MC.