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James Webb (1836 - 1910)

James Webb
Born in Grahamstown, Cape Colony.map
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 28 Feb 1860 in King William's Townmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 74 in East London, Cape Province, South Africamap
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Biography

South African 1820 Settlers Statue
James Webb South African 1820 Settler and Descendants

James Webb was the son of Christopher Webb and Mary Evans, (1820 Settlers). He was born on 25 November 1836, in Grahamstown, where his father was a shoemaker[1]. He was baptized in the Methodist Church, Grahamstown, on 17 December 1847.[2].[3]

He married Stella Rhoda Perkins Miles, and had at least seven children, who were all majors by the time of his death.[3]

He passed away on 13 December 1910 at his home at 7 St. Luke's Road, East London.[3]

Children

Children listed on his Notification of Death are:.[3]

  • Mary Jane married to Charles Rennie
  • Rhoda Florence married to Wolfram Cottingham Rennie
  • Adeline Ann married to William Lambert Trollip
  • Bertha married Herbert J. Batchelor
  • Louisa Letitia Webb
  • John James Webb
  • Arthur Henry Webb

James was born in 1836. He passed away in 1910.

Sources

  1. See profile of Christopher Webb
  2. Baptism Christopher Aaron Webb, Methodist Church, Grahamstown. Entry 238. FamilySearch
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G5DR-9388?cc=1779109&wc=Q81G-CPT%3A139963801%2C140049701 : 23 June 2016), 1910 > East London > image 753 of 809; National Archives, Pretoria.




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Webb-16138 and Webb-12196 appear to represent the same person because: same wife and child
Is there a source for the baptism please.
posted by Sharon Caldwell

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