Born in Bridgetown, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Troop
and Sarah (Rice) Reed
Sister of
Sophia Rice (Troop) Fellows, Caroline Catherine (Troop) Morse, Elizabeth Troop, Sarah Ann (Troop) Lockwood, Maria Troop, Henrietta Mehitable Troop and Joseph Troop Reed [half]
Wife of
Richard Starr
— married
15 Sep 1829 in Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia
Descendants 
Mother of
Robert William Starr, Lavinia Starr, Sarah Jane Starr, Mary Jane (Starr) Patillo, Henrietta Sophia Starr, Joseph Christopher Starr, Sarah Eliza (Starr) Chipman, Charles Richard Henry Starr and David Arthur Starr
Died
at age 93
in Starrs Point, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Sep 2016
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Biography
Thamar/Tamar Troop, written as “Tamar”[1][2] in family records, and in other records as “Thamar”,[3][4][5] was the daughter of Joseph Troop and Sarah Rice. She was born 14 Apr 1804 at Bridgetown, Nova Scotia.[1] Tamar married Richard Starr[1] 15 Sep 1829 at All Saints Anglican Church, Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.[6] Tamar lived on the family farm with her husband Richard, and together they had nine children.[1]
Richard and “Thamar” appeared on the 1881 Canada Census for Canard District, Kings, Nova Scotia:[4]
- Richard Starr, male, married, age 81, born Nova Scotia, Occ: Farmer
- Thamar Starr, female, married, age 78, born Nova Scotia.
Richard Starr died at home in 1885.[1] “Mrs. Richard Starr, in her 94th year“ died 31 Dec 1897[3][7] at Starr’s Point, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Richard and Tamar's children were:[2]
- Robert William Starr, born 11 Sep 1830
- Lavinia Starr, born 30 June 1832 / died 28 Mar 1846
- Sarah Jane Starr, born 14 Sep 1834 / died 17 Apr 1836
- Mary Jane (Starr) Roberts, born 7 Dec 1836
- Henrietta Sophia Starr, born 15 Sep 1839 / died 4 Feb 1843
- Joseph Christopher Starr, born 8 May 1842
- Sarah Eliza (Starr) Chipman, born 4 Jul 1844
- Charles Richard Henry Starr, born 15 Nov 1846
- David Arthur Starr, born 2 Oct 1849 / died 12 Oct 1856
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Acadia University Library: Starr family fonds, Richard Starr, pg. 8; Tamar (Troop) Starr, pg. 9 : incl. 1990.006-STA/32 correspondence (1844-1858) with Mrs. Tamar Starr : accessed 23 May 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A History of the Starr family of New England by Burgis Pratt Starr : Col. Richard Starr & Tamar Troop, pg. 82
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Starr's Point Cemetery (Kings County, Nova Scotia), Thamar Starr marker; personally read and photographed by Ken McKinlay, 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Census of Canada, 1881 : Canard, Kings, Nova Scotia
- ↑ Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics Annie Sophia Chipman and Joseph Christopher Starr married 1874 in Kings County
- ↑ Nova Scotia Planter descendants of Edmund Rice : Tamar Troop
- ↑ "Died," (Berwick) The Register, 12 Jan 1898, p. 3, col. 6. Mrs. Richard Starr, in her 94th year
- Nova Scotia Archives : Pratt, Starr family fonds Richard Starr (1799-1885), m. Tamar Troop in 1829 : accessed 18 Aug 2019
- SHINING STARS: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE STARR FAMILY OF KINGS COUNTY, NOVA SCOTIA by Samuel Normand Howes. Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honours in History. Acadia University. March 2012. © Copyright by Samuel Normand Howes, 2012. : References to Tamar Troop, Tamar Starr
- Calnek, W.A. and Savary, A.W. History of the County of Annapolis. William Briggs. Toronto. 1897. Troop, Tamar, m. Richard Starr, pg. 612
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