Sarah Ann King1

(between September 1860 and December 1860 - between March 1943 and June 1943)
FatherWalter King2 b. 21 Jan 1828, d. 14 Jan 1902
MotherMargaret Spry1 b. cir. Jul 1828, d. 3 Nov 1886
Relationship2nd cousin 3 times removed of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

     Sarah Ann King was born bet Sep 1860 - Dec 1860 Walkhampton, Dist of Tavistock, DEV, ENG.3,4
     Sarah A King married Robert John N Toop, son of Richard Atwell Toop and Mary Elizabeth Newcombe, bet Mar 1892 - Jun 1892 reg. Dist of Plympton, DEV, ENG.5
     Sarah Ann Toop died bet Mar 1943 - Jun 1943 Buckland Monachorum?, Dist of Tavistock, DEV, ENG; aged 82.6,7,8

Census/Where lived/Occupations

     The census of 1861 showed Sarah as a 5mth old, b. Walkhampton living with her brother John in the household of her parents Walter and Margaret King Ditsham Farm, Walkhampton, Dist of Tavistock, DEV, ENG.9
     The census of 7 Apr 1871 showed Sarah, Mary and Margaret and their brothers Walter, James and Thomas in the household of their parents Walter and Margaret King Ditsham Farm, Walkhampton, DEV, ENG, enumerated as KING: Walter, 43, head, farmer 100 acres, b Walkhampton; wife Margaret, 42, b Buckland Monachorum; Children (all b Walkhampton): John, 12; Sarah A, 10; Mary E, 9; Walter 7; Margaret 6; James 4;(all scholars) Thomas 1. Servants: William Newcombe, 17 farm serv indoors ; Sarah A Symons, 22 gen serv; Alice Hannaford, 18 gen serv; all b Walkhampton.10
     The census of 1881 showed Sarah, Mary, Margaret and Emma and their brothers John, Walter, James and Thomas in the household of their parents Walter and Margaret King Hele, Par. of Bickleigh, DEV, ENG, enumerated as KING: Walter, 53, farmer of 283 acres emp. 2 labourers b Walkhampton; Margaret, wife, 52, b. Buckland Monachorum. Children (all b Walkhampton, unm): John, 22; Sarah Ann, 20; Mary Elizabeth, 19; Walter, 17; Margaret, 16; James, 14; Thos, 11, scholar; Emma, 8, scholar. Visitor: Elizabeth Agnes Duck, farmer's dtr, 30, unm, b Corsham, Wiltshire (later became 2nd wife of Walter's son John); Servant: William Sowden, ag lab, dom serv (in door), 21, unm, b Meavy, DEV.2
     The census of 1891 showed Sarah, Mary and Emma and their brothers John and James in the household of their father Walter together with their father's cousin Henrietta G Dawe Hele Barton, Village of Roborough, Par. of Bickleigh, DEV, ENG, enumerated as KING (all b Walkhampton): Walter, 62, head, widower, farmer; Children: John, widower, 32, farmer; James, 23 farmer; Sarah A, 30; Mary E, 29; Emma, 18; Cousin:Henrietta G Dawe, 21, b Newton Ferrers. Servants: Richard Ford, 19, b Newton Abbot; Frederick Reddicks? 18, b Stowford, DEV; Annie Thomas, 17, b Camborne, CON.4
     The census of 1901 showed Sarah with her husband Robert, their sons Robert and James, their dtrs Emma, Hetty and Margaret Place Barton, Buckland Monachorum, Dist of Tavistock, DEV, ENG, household enumerated as TOOP: Robert J 40 farmer (employer) b Horrabridge; wife Sarah A 40 b Walkhampton; Children (all b Buckland Monachorum): Emma 11; Margaret K 8; Robert W 6; James H 4; Hetty 1; Servants: Bovey x2, Phillips; Pike (both b Buckland Monachorum): Ellen A 16; John A 14 horse man on farm; Richard Doidge 14 cow boy b Hatherleigh.6
     Sarah Ann King appeared on the census of 1911 Place Barton, Buckland, Yelverton, DEV, ENG, with Robert John Newcombe Toop, enumerated as TOOP: Robert John 50 farmer b Buckland Monachorum; wife Sarah Ann 50 b Walkhampton marr. 19 yrs 5 children, 4 living; Children: Mary 23, Margaret King 18 both farmer's dtr dairy work; Robert Walter 16 farmer's assistant; Hetty 11 scholar All b Buckland Monachorum; Servants: Thomas WELSH 20 "house" (fmp transc - actually reads horse) driver on farm b Buckland Monachorum; William Henry JAGO 16 farm servant b Tavistock; Stanley VENNING 16 farm servant b Gunnislake, CON.11

All the other info

     Sarah is my 2nd link with the Toop family. Back in Feb 2006 I added Sampson Toop to the family tree via his marriage to Emma Bidgood, dtr of Joan Smith Dawe. So when Robert popped up as well I went fishing to see if they were connected. They are - uncle/nephew. And then in Aug 2008 I caught up with the marriage between John Toop and Sarah Willcock, dtr of Ann Barter. Which makes all the Toop descendants distant relations on the Barter tree, and Sarah Ann and Robert John as 1st, 3rd and 5th cousins.12 Sarah Ann Toop is possibly the witness to the marriage of Richard Hamley and Hetty Toop on 20 Apr 1926 Par. Ch, Buckland Monachorum, Dist of Tavistock, DEV, ENG.13,14,15

Family

Robert John Newcombe Toop (cir. Mar 1861 - 13 Feb 1945)
Marriage*
     Sarah A King married Robert John N Toop, son of Richard Atwell Toop and Mary Elizabeth Newcombe, bet Mar 1892 - Jun 1892 reg. Dist of Plympton, DEV, ENG.5 
Children
  • Margaret King Toop6
  • Robert Walter Toop6
  • James Henry Toop6
  • Selina Winifred Toop11
  • Hetty Toop6
ChartsBARTER (#1)
BARTER (#2)
KING
PEEK
Last Edited9 Dec 2010

Citations

  1. 1881 Census transcripts, UK, via Family Search/LDS CDs, Via Ancestry: Bickleigh, Dist of Plympton St Mary, DEV ED 21 RG11/2189 Folio 54 Pg 9 Sched 40, extracted Dec 2000, copy d/loaded Feb 2006.
  2. 1881 Census (images for ENG, transcriptions for SCT), UK, Via Ancestry.com, Bickleigh, Dist of Plympton St Mary, DEV ED 21 RG11/2189 Folio 54 Pg 9 Sched 40, hsehold of Margaret & Walter KING, extracted Dec 2000, copy d/loaded Feb 2006.
  3. Www FreeBMD ENG online at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl, Birth 1860 Sarah Ann KING, reg. Tavistock Dec qtr 5b/329, extracted Jan 2004.
  4. 1891 Census images, England & Wales, via Ancestry.com, Devon RG12/1724, Bickleigh, Folio 9 page 11 entry #67, hsehold of Walter KING, extracted Oct 2004.
  5. Www FreeBMD ENG online at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl, Marr. 1892 Sarah A KING and Robert John N TOOP, reg. Plympton Jun qtr 5b/437, extracted Feb 2006.
  6. 1901 Census (images for ENG, transcriptions for SCT), UK, Via Ancestry.com, Buckland Monachorum, Dist of Tavistock, DEV ED 11 RG13/2117 Folio 58 Pg 1 Sched 2, copy d/loaded Feb 2006.
  7. Findmypast online at http://www.findmypast.com, Dth 1943 Sarah A TOOP, aged 82, reg. Tavistock, Jun qtr 5b/397, extracted Aug 2008.
  8. Www Rootsweb online at http://wc.rootsweb.com/, Dth 1943 Sarah Ann TOOP (nee PLYMPTON, should be KING), from db nickmartin, last updated Aug 2008, extracted Aug 2008.
  9. 1861 Census (images for ENG, transcriptions for SCT), UK, via Ancestry.com, Walkhampton, DEV ED 11c RG9/1458 Folio 36 Page 16 Schedule 63, copy d/loaded Nov 2005.
  10. 1871 Census (images for ENG, transcriptions for SCT), UK, Via Ancestry.com, Walkhampton, DEV: RG10/2143 EnumDist 11 Folio 71 Page 7 schedule #37, extracted Oct 2004.
  11. 1911 Census images, ENG, http://www.findmypast.co.uk/CensusPersonStartSearchServlet , http://ancestry.com, Place Barton Buckland Yelverton, S Devon, DEV RG14PN13073 RG78PN755 RD279 SD2 ED2 SN89, hsehold of Robert John and Sarah Ann TOOP, extracted Dec 2010.
  12. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Feb 2006, updated Aug 2008.
  13. Www FreeBMD ENG online at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl, Marr. 1926 Hetty TOOP & Richard HAMLEY, reg. Tavistock, Jun qtr 5b/833, extracted Aug 2008.
  14. Www Rootsweb online at http://wc.rootsweb.com/, Marr. 20 Apr 1926 Richard HAWLEY (sic) & Nettie (sic) TOOP, from db nickmartin, last updated Aug 2008, extracted Aug 2008.
  15. Various, BDM Certified copy, Marr. 20 Apr 1926 Hetty TOOP & Richard HAMLEY, Buckland Monachorum, Par. Ch, cert. copy rcvd Sep 2008.

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