Elizabeth Toplis appears to have been a lifelong friend of the Hawkins family, as the following census returns indicate:-
1841 Census Sheaf Street.
William Toplis, 60yrs., pottery dish maker, b.Staffs.
Elizabeth Toplis, 55yrs., b. Staffs.
Thomas Toplis, 20yrs., pottery? b. Staffs.
Edna Toplis, 15trs., pottery paintress, b. Staffs.***
Elizabeth Toplis, 15yrs., pottery paintress, b. Staffs.
Eliza Topliss, 12yrs., potters paintress, b. Staffs.
***Edna Toplis married Phillip Moulson in December qtr 1842.

1851.....No trace.

1861 Census. 22 Queen Street Shelton.
Thomas Toplis, 40yrs., Head, potter, b. Staffs.
Hannah Toplis, 41yrs., Wife, b. Staffs,
Herbert Toplis, 17yrs., potter, b. Staffs.
Thomas Toplis, 14yrs., potter, b. Staffs.
Jacob Toplis, 11yrs., potter, b. Staffs

1861 Census. Lower Sun Street, Shelton
Sarah Hawkins, 66, Head, Widow, "She cleans the church).
Hannah, 40,Dau, unmarried, potter.
Elizabeth Toplas, 37yrs., boarder, b. Shelton

1871 Census Broad Street Shelton.
Joseph Lomax, 30yrs., Head, UNM., baker and grocer, b. Shelton.
Charles J. Lomax, 34yrs., brother, UNM., potters china gilder, b. Shelton.
Ellen Lomax, 28yrs., sister, UNM., housekeeper, b. Shelton.
Elizabeth Toplis, 37yrs., boarder, UNM., potters burnisher, b. Shelton

1881 4 Stafford Lane.
Ann Booth, 58yrs., W., Dressmaker, b. Shelton.
Elizabeth Toplass, 51yrs., Boarder, potters burnisher, b. Shelton.
John W Gourley, 31yrs., Boarder, potters packer, b. Shelton.

1891 Census. 8, Sutherland Street, Fenton.
Frederick Hawkins, 33yrs., Head, china painter, b. Fenton.
Elizabeth Toplas, 62yrs., housekeeper domestic, single, b. Hanley

1901 Census 25, Granville Street, Fenton.
Ann Bourne, 66, Head. W., b. Hanley. Nee Hawkins.
Elizabeth Loplar, 70, boarder. b. Hanley. This will be Elizabeth Toplas.
Bertrice E Carter, 20, boarder. B. Fenton.
Frederick Hawkins, 42, boarder, lodgeman, b. Fenton. James� brother
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