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Thomas James TOPLIS
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Name Thomas James TOPLIS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Mar Q 1889 Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England
- GRO ref: Toplis, Thomas James q1 1889 Stoke T. RD 6b 202; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Smallwood
Gender Male Died Jul 1936 Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England
- GRO ref: Toplis, Thomas J q3 1936 aged 47 Stoke T. RD 6b 245; GRO online index shows middle name as James
Buried Jul 1936 Cemetery, Longton, Staffordshire, England
Siblings2 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch
Thomas TOPLIS, b. Dec Q 1859, Hanley, Staffordshire, England
, d. Sep Q 1928, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England
(Age ~ 69 years) (Father) 
Elizabeth Bower SMALLWOOD, b. 26 Sep 1861, Fenton, Staffordshire, England
, d. Sep Q 1944, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England
(Age 82 years) (Mother) 
Person ID I302268 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 3 Apr 2015
Father Thomas TOPLIS, b. Dec Q 1859, Hanley, Staffordshire, England
, d. Sep Q 1928, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England
(Age ~ 69 years) Mother Elizabeth Bower SMALLWOOD, b. 26 Sep 1861, Fenton, Staffordshire, England
, d. Sep Q 1944, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England
(Age 82 years) Married 2 Jan 1881 St. Matthew’s Church, Etruria, Staffordshire, England
- GRO ref: TOPLIS, Thomas to SMALLWOOD, Elizabeth Bowers q1 1881 Stoke T. RD 6b 205
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 25 June 2017)
The 1911 census shows that Thomas and Elizabeth had had 5 children, two of whom had by then died.
Family ID F301445 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Harriet RIDGE, b. Abt 1885, d. Jun Q 1920, Stone Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England
(Age ~ 35 years) Married Jun Q 1912 Civil Marriage, Wolstanton Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England
- GRO ref: Toplis, Thomas J to Ridge, Harriet q2 1912 Wolstanton RD 6b 264
(the son of this marriage was listed as present at the marriage of the Thomas James Toplis who married Eliza Gotham, confirming that the two marriages were of the same Thomas)
Children 1. Thomas Reginald TOPLIS, b. Sep Q 1913, Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England
, d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F301850 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Eliza Annie GOTHAM, b. 22 Nov 1884, Dresden, Staffordshire, England
, d. 2 Oct 1964, The North Stafford Royal Infirmary, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England
(Age 79 years) Married Dec Q 1921 Holy Evangelist Church, Normacot, Staffordshire, England
- GRO ref: Gotham, Eliza A to Toplis, Thomas J q4 1921 Stoke T. RD 6b 434
Actual church from Staffordshire BMD website.
Children 1. Living Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300732 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Mar Q 1889 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England 


Child - Thomas Reginald TOPLIS - Sep Q 1913 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England 


Married - Dec Q 1921 - Holy Evangelist Church, Normacot, Staffordshire, England 


Died - Jul 1936 - Stoke on Trent Reg Dist, Staffordshire, England 

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