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| Above: An aerial photograph Rowgate Farm, Thorpe Bassett 2010 |
1805 Info 1g for John Crompton |
Ann CROMPTON - John and Ann's seventh child
Ann CROMPTON was born at Thornholme in 1850. There is no obvious GRO reference.
1851 Census Sun/Mon 30/31st March 1851
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref H1O7
Piece: 2367; Folio: 20; Page: 33; Sched: 10
Dwelling:
Place: Thornholme, York ER, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
John Crompton Head M 45 Farmer of 400 acres empl 9 labourers Yorks, Bridlington
Ann Crompton Wife M 38 Yorks, Nafferton
Henry Crompton Son S 10 Yorks, Nafferton
Mary Crompton Dau S 6 Yorks, Nafferton
John Crompton Son S 5 Yorks, Nafferton
Ann Crompton Dau S 1 Yorks, Thornholme
plus six labourers and three domestic servants
1861 Census Sun/Mon. 7/8th April 1861
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG09
Piece: 3622; Folio: 36; Page: 18; Sched: 10-11
Dwelling: Farm House
Place: Thornholme, York ER, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
John Crompton Head Wid 55 Farmer of 560 acres empl 10 men 6 boys Yorks, Bridlington
Henry Crompton Son S 20 Farmer's son Yorks, Nafferton
Alice Crompton Dau S 18 Farmer's daughter Yorks, Nafferton
Mary Crompton Dau S 16 Farmer's daughter Yorks, Nafferton
John Crompton Son S 15 Farmer's son Yorks, Nafferton
Ann Crompton Dau S 11 farmer's daughter Yorks, Thornholme
plus 10 labourers and three domestic servants
Ann married Arthur TOPHAM in the fourth quarter of 1870 (GRO ref: Bridlington 9d 579). Arthur was born in the third quarter of 1847 (GRO ref: Malton 24 457).
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| Above: An aerial photograph Rowgate Farm, Thorpe Bassett 2010 |
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| Above: A 1895 map locating Rowgate Farm, Thorpe Bassett Scale 1:10560 |
1871 Census Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG10
Piece 4809 Folio 58 Page 1 Sched 4
Dwelling: Farm House
Place: Helperthorpe, York ER, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Arthur Topham Head M 23 Farmer of 384 ac. employing Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
6 men & 4 boys
Ann Topham Wife M 21 Yorks, Thornholme
Thomas Burton Serv U 23 Farm servant Yorks, Long Sutton
Geo Lee Serv U 19 Farm servant Yorks, Cottingham
Thos Bean Serv U 18 Farm servant Yorks, Weaverthorpe
Walter Lazenby Serv U 21 Farm servant Yorks, Wakefield
John Dawson Serv U 12 Farm servant Yorks, Sherbury
Aaron Gillory Serv U 19 Farm servant Yorks, Duggleby
Robert Foxton Serv U 28 Farm servant Yorks, Allerton
Esther Thompson Serv U 26 Domestic servant Yorks, Knapton
Mary Alice Harrison Serv U 15 Domestic servant Yorks, Langtoft
The 1874 Foxholes Polling District for the parish of Helperthorpe records Arthur TOPHAM qualifying to vote being a £50 occupier.
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| Above: Map locating Helperthorpe in relationship to Driffield, Malton and Bridlington |
1881 Census Sun/Mon 2/3rd April 1881
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG11
Piece 4809 Folio 30 Page 17 Sched 87
Dwelling: Rowgate Farm [YO17 8LU]
Place: Thorpe Bassett, York ER, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Birthplace
Arthur Topham Head M 33 Farmer of 405 ac. employing Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
6 men & 3 boys
Ann Topham Wife M 31 Yorks, Thornholme
Ann Lightfoot Gov U 18 Governess Yorks, Masham
John R. Topham Son 2 Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
Gertrude Topham Dau 6 Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
Ida M. Topham Dau 4 Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
Fanny Gott Serv U 16 General domestic servant Yorks, Grosmont
Sarah A. Hakins Serv U 16 Housemaid Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
Robert Lephington Serv U 25 Ag Lab Indoors Yorks, Wetwang
John Baker Serv 20 Ag Lab Indoors Yorks, Bishop Wilton
Thomas Mennel Serv U 17 Ag Lab Indoors Yorks, Norton
John A. Baker Serv U 14 Ag Lab Indoors Yorks, Swinton
Robert W. Medd Serv U 21 Ag Lab Indoors Yorks, Winteringham
George Malkin Serv U 16 Ag Lab Indoors Yorks, Burton Agnes
Megginson Hardy Serv U 20 Ag Lab Indoors Yorks, Birdsall
Robert Smith Serv U 40 Ag Lab Indoors Norfolk, Elinham
1891 Census Sun/Mon 5/6th April 1891
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG12
Piece 3887 Folio 45 Page 36 Sched 235
Dwelling: 15 East Mount Road, Micklegate
Place: York, York ER, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Employ Birthplace
Arthur Topham Head M 43 Horse dealer Employer Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
Anne Topham Wife M 41 Yorks, Thornholme
Ida M Topham Dau 14 Scholar Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
John R Topham Son 12 Scholar Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
Arthur M Topham Son 7 Scholar Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
Ann died in the fourth quarter of 1892 (GRO ref: York 9d 21) aged 43.
Arthur TOPHAM - Anne's husband
The 1901 census of Ireland records Arthur TOPHAM living at Inchicore Road, New Kilmainham, Dublin with is daughter and son.
1901 Census of Ireland - Sunday 31 March 1901 Dwelling: Inchicore Road Place: New Kilmainham, Dublin. Name Rel Religion Mar Age Education Occupation Where born Arthur Topham Head CofE Wid 53 Read/Write Horse dealers agent England Ida May Topham Dau CofE S 24 Read/Write John Robert Topham Son CofE S 22 Read/Write Assistant to head of family England Arthur Maxwell Topham Son CofE S 17 Read/Write Richard Haywood Vis CofE S 24 Read/Write Horse dealer England Ellen Tierney Serv RC S 14 Read/Write General servant Dublin city
Arthur TOPHAM, a dealer of Silverdale, Kilmainham, Dublin, was advertising his stock in the Royal Exchange and on Saturday 03 March 1906 and in the Irish Times on 07 April 1906. He lived in a 14 roomed house with two stables, a coach house and a harness room.
In the 1911 census Arthur had returned to York and had moved next door to the house in which he lived with Anne in 1891.
1911 Census: Sun/Mon 2nd April/3rd April 1911
Source: TNA Ref: RG14 PN28435
Reg. Gen. Ref: RG78 PN1627 En.Dist: 11 Sched: 30
RegDist: York SubDist: Micklegate
Dwelling: 14 East Mount Road
Place: York, Yorkshire East Riding
Rooms in dwelling, other than scullery, landing, lobby, closet, bathroom: 6
Years married:
Children: Alive , dead none
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
Mary Hagger Head Wid 58 Retired Confectioner Yorks, Mufforth
Arthur Topham Boar Wid 63 Agent Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
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| Above: 15 East Mount Road, York, 2010
Right: 14 East Mount Road, York, 2010 |
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| Above: Map locating East Mount Road, York |
1921 Census: Sun 19th June 1921
Source: RG15; Piece: ;
RegDist number: ; SubDist: ; ED ; Sched: ;
Reg District: ; Parish:
Dwelling:
Place: Brixworth, Northampton
Rooms: 6
Children under sixteen: none
Name Rel Age Mar Occupation Employer Work place Birthplace
Yrs Mn
Arthur Topham Head 74 Wid Horse Dealer R Haywood Chapel Brampton Yorks, Thorpe Bassett
Horse Dealer
One suggestion is fourth quarter of 1933 aged 86 GRO reg: Berkhampstead 3a 1133). His age corresponds to his year of birth. His probate records Arthur TOPHAM of Sunnycroft, Anglefield Road, Berkhampstead dying on 16 October 1933 leaving £77 15 shillings to Ida Mary Lewis, a widow. Ida Mary was his daughter and from the 1921 census Berkhampstead would be a sensible location for his death. Arthur was living with his daughter.
Ann and Arthur's children
Gertrude TOPHAM - Anne and Arthur's first child
Gertrude TOPHAM was born in the third quarter of 1874 (GRO ref: Malton 9d 372).
1891 Census Sun/Mon 5/6th April 1891
Source: FHL Film TNA Ref RG12
Piece: 3887; Folio: 30; Page: 6; Sched: 32
Dwelling: Micklegate, Priory House
Place: York, Yorks ER, England
Name Rel Mar Age Occupation Status Birthplace
Gertrude Topham Board S 16 Scholar Assistant Teacher Yorks, Thorpe Basset
On 18 December 1925 a Gertrude Topham, aged 50, sailed on the Ruahine of the New Zealand Shipping Company as a third class passenger from Southampton bound for Wellington, New Zealand.
Ida Mary TOPHAM - Anne and Arthur's second child
Ida Mary TOPHAM was born in the fourth quarter of 1876 and christened on 29 October 1876 (GRO ref: Malton 9d 366). In 1901 she is recorded as living at Inchicore Road, New Kilmainham, Dublin. On 07 November 1907, Ida arrived in Quebec, Canada on the Lake Champlain, bound for Vancouver British Columbia. She was described as a 38 year old Irish immigrant born in England. She arrived as a domestic servant and intended to continue in the line of employment. On 16 January 1915 she married Arthur Robert LEWIS at Point Grey, British Columbia, Canada. In 1918, an Arthur R LEWIS was a draftsman in the Wallace Shipyards on 42nd Avenue West, Vancouver City. There is a suggestion that Mr AR LEWIS, his wife and infant and Master R LEWIS sailed on the Canadian Pacific Melita on Tuesday 17 June 1919 as cabin passengers from Montreal to Liverpool.
1921 Census: Sun 19th June 1921
Source: RG15; Piece: ;
RegDist number: 120; SubDist: 2; ED 2; Sched: 309;
Reg District: ; Parish: Tilehurst
Dwelling: 2 Hillside, Mortimer
Place: Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire
Rooms: 6
Children under sixteen: none
BL=Both parents alive; FD=father dead; MD=mother dead
Whole time school
Name Rel Age Mar Occupation Employer Work place Birthplace
Yrs Mn
Arthur Robert Lewis Head 58 8 M Civil Engineer No fixed place Ireland, Dublin
Ida Mary Lewis Wife 41 9 M Home Duties Yorks, Thorpe Basset
Robert Maurice Lewis Son 5 6 BL Whole tine Canada, Vancouver, BC
Michael Peebles Lewis Son 2 8 BL Whole tine Canada, Vancouver, BC
John Robert TOPHAM - Anne and Arthur's third child
John Robert TOPHAM's US World War II registration card shows he was born in Yorkshire on 01 March 1879 (GRO ref: Malton 9d 393).
1906 Prairie Census of Canada, Township of Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan Page 4, line 27 Date: 06 July 1906 PO Address: Qu'Appelle Sk; Location: Section: ; Township: ; Range: ; Meridian: Names Rel Sex Status Age Origin Immigration Horses Milk cows Meat cows Sheep Pigs Topham John R M S 27 England 1905
On 13 November 1935, John Robert TOPHAM sailed from London on the SS Loch Katrine bound for Norwalk, California where he had lived before his journey to UK. He was a single farm labourer aged 45 who could read and write. He gave F.Dunster (friend) of Chapel House, St Michaels, Tenterden, Kent as a UK referee. Norwalk is a suburb of Los Angeles.
| The Ventura County Star of 14 May 1956, reports a John R TOPHAM died on 05 May 1956 after a long illness when he was living on Route 1, Box 386 Fillmore, Ca. He was buried in Bardsdale Cemetery, Fillmore. He had no known relatives. His obituary gives his birth as 02 March 1881. |  |
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| Above: John Robert TOPHAM's headstone |
William Sampson TOPHAM - Anne and Arthur's fourth child
William Sampson TOPHAM, was born in the third quarter of 1880 at Thorpe Basset and (GRO ref: Malton 9d 391) and died in fourth quarter of 1880 at Malton (GRO ref: Malton 9d 259)
Arthur Maxwell TOPHAM - Anne and Arthur's fifth child
Arthur Maxwell TOPHAM was born on 10 March 1884 (GRO ref: Malton 9d 409). An Arthur Maxwell TOPHAM, a naturalised US citizen born in Yorkshire, died on 14 August 1956 in Saratoga, New York
The US World War 1 Draft Registration Card for Arthur Maxwell TOPHAM, born 10th March 1884 and aged 34, gives his address as 403 W-205th New York. He was a naturalised US Citizen already married to Katherine TOPHAM. He was a chauffer employed by ? Lauderbach of W-62. The card was dated September 12th 1918.
1930 Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930
New York City
Sheet 4a, line 13 Date: 08 April 1930
Name Rel Home Sex Race Age Mar Read/ Born Language Immigration Occupation Employer Veteran
Owner Value Write Year
Arthur Topham Head N $28 M W 46 Y Y England English 1906 Chauffer Private No
Catherine Topham Wife F W 47 Y Y Ireland English 1902 None
The New York State Health Department records Arthur's death in Saratoga New York on 14 April 1956 aged 72.
There are no obvious records in Ancestry for Catherine.
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