Frederick Wesley "Fred" Toop

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Chilliwack pioneer Fred Toop, a resident of the Fraser Valley since his birth in 1886, died May 30 at Chilliwack General Hospital in his 90th year.
Mr. Toop was a retired dairy farmer and was formerly of 134 Gore Avenue.
He was presented with a 65-year IOOF membership pin in 1975 and was past grand, past chief patriarch of Chilliwack encampment No. 3, a long-time member of Ruth Rebekah Lodge No. 4 and a charter member of Canton No. 42, Valley United Patriarchs Militant.
Mr. Toop farmed for many years on part of the original homestead on Sumas Prairie Road where he and his wife Pearl attended Sumas United Church.
He was a life member there and was president of the church board of management for 29 years.
Always active in community affairs, he was vice-president of the White Cane Club and is a former director of the Chilliwack Regional Fall Fair. With Stewart Dixon he organized the Junior Farmers' club, now called the 4-H club.
Mr. Toop is survived by his wife Pearl; three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Edwards, Chilliwack, Mrs. Ethel Anderson, Victoria, Mrs. Edna Brooks, Victoria; one son, Dr. Edward Toop, St. Albert, Alberta; 15 grandchildren and 13 greatgrandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 at Henderson's Funeral Chapel. Burial follows at IOOF cemetery.

Frederick married Pearl Edith Simpson on 29 Dec 1913 in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. Pearl (daughter of Robert Milton Simpson and Evelyne Louisa Brown) was born on 29 Sep 1895 in Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; died on 14 Apr 1988 in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Chilliwack Cemeteries, Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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At noon on Monday, December 29, Frederick Wesley Toop and Pearl Edith Simpson were united in marriage by Rev. A. K. Roberts in the Methodist church. Albert Hall and Miss Alma Campbell were the witnesses to the ceremony. The bridegroom is the son of Sampson Toop of Sumas, and is president of the Sumas Epworth League, while the bride is the daughter of Robert M. Simpson of South Sumas, and is secretary of the league. The happy couple will spend their honeymoon visiting the Sound cities, joining home by way of Victoria, and will reside at Sumas on the Toop homestead. The many friends, both in Sumas and Chiiliwack, extend hearty congratulations to the young couple.

1. Evelyn Louisa "Emma Toop was born on 5 Dec 1914 in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; died on 25 Jul 2016 in Mission, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 8 Oct 2016 in Chilliwack Cemeteries, Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
2. Earl Kitchener Toop was born on 6 Jun 1916 in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; died on 9 Oct 1964 in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Chilliwack Cemeteries, Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
3. Ethel Lillian Toop was born in 1917 in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; died in 2016.
4. Edna Pearl Toop was born in 1922 in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; died in 1999 in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States.
5. Dr. Edgar Toop

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Sampson married Emma Bidgood in Oct 1868 in Tavistock, Devon, England. Emma was born on 1 Mar 1846 in England; died on 15 Oct 1918 in Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Carman Cemetery, Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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