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George Toop

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Whitchurch, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Death: December 30, 1886 (41)
Calumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States (Fatally injured on man engine)
Place of Burial: Lake View Cemetery, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Walter Toop and Elizabeth March
Husband of Mary Anne Toop
Father of Elizabeth Ann Toop; Mary Louisa Toop; Martha Irene Toop; Walter George Toop and Mabel McKelvie

Occupation: Mine Captain
Managed by: Private User
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About George Toop

Capt. George Toop was fatally injured while coming up on the Calumet mine engine at Calumet, Mich. His jaw was broken, his skull fractured, and he died the same day.

Falls, C., Herald, T. and 2, P. (2021) Clipping from The Weekly Herald - Newspapers.com, Newspapers.com. Available at: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80762989/the-weekly-herald/ (Accessed: 6 July 2021).

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George Toop's Timeline

1845
September 14, 1845
Whitchurch, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1869
January 1, 1869
Central, Keweenaw, Michigan, United States
1871
July 13, 1871
Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States
1873
January 27, 1873
Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States
1875
September 4, 1875
Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States
1877
November 12, 1877
Houghton, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
1886
December 30, 1886
Age 41
Calumet & Hecla Mine, Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States
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Lake View Cemetery, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan, USA