Brief Life History of Sanford Volney
When Sanford Volney Topping was born on 5 August 1870, in Stevens Point, Portage, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Volney Sidney Topping, was 26 and his mother, Eunice Miranda Porter, was 25. He married Mary Elizabeth Harroun on 10 September 1893, in Portage, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Grand Rapids, Wood, Wisconsin, United States in 1910 and Saratoga, Wood, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 September 1934, in Nekoosa, Wood, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Plover Cemetery, Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Samford Tapping, "Wisconsin State Census, 1905"
- Sanford V Topping, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
- Sanford V Topping, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1870–1934 Male
1876–1928 Female
Children (3)
1895–1960 Female
1897– Female
1900–1968 Female
Parents and Siblings
1844–1914 Male
1844–1924 Female
Siblings (7)
1868–1938 Male
1870–1934 Male
1874–1947 Female
1877–1947 Male
1879–1925 Male
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World Events (8)
1872 · The First National Park
Age 2
1883 · The Newhall House Hotel Fire
Age 13
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 20
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire):
nickname from Middle English topping(e) ‘hair on the head’, probably given to someone with a distinctive head of hair or forelock. See also Topp and Topham .
perhaps from an unrecorded Old English personal name Topping, a pet form of Topp. See also Topp .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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