Henry Walter Webb (1901 - 1974)

Born 6 May 1901 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Ida Camilla (Coombe) Webb — married about 1944 in New Zealand

Died 1 Feb 1974 at age 72 in Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

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Biography

Henry Walter Webb was born in 1901 in New Zealand, probably in Christchurch. He was the son of Henry Webb and Eleanor Wyatt.

In 1939, he was a seaman residing at Lyttelton.

Around 1944, he married Ida Camilla Coombe. They resided at Hastings.

He passed away on 1 February 1974 at Hastings, aged 72. He had been a retired seaman. He was cremated at Hastings Crematorium, and his ashes where apparently interred in a grave at Havelock North Cemetery shared with his late daughter Camilla Marie and his wife.

Sources

• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for birth reg. 1901/9030, birth of Henry Walter Webb, parents Eleanor Campion and Henry Walter, date of birth 6 May 1901 [adjust search dates to verify.]
• Star (Christchurch), 7 January 1918, page 6, Arson, Sydenham Fires via Papers Past, Henry Walter Webb, aged 16, of Travers Street, Linwood, was a witness in the Christchurch Magistrate's Court in a case of arson.
• Archives New Zealand Probates via FamilySearch, probate of his father, Henry Walter Webb, the affidavit by William Henry Webb dated 1 August 1939 mentions the son Henry Walter Webb of Lyttelton, sailor, aged 38.
• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for marriage reg., 1944/6253, marriage of Ida Camilla Coombe and Henry Walter Webb.
• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages search for death reg. 1974/25723, death of Henry Walter Webb, date of birth 6 May 1901, date of death 1 February 1974 [adjust search dates to verify.]
• Hastings District Council Cemeteries 33718447, Henry Walter Webb, died 1 February 1974, age 72, cremation at Hastings Crematorium.
• Hastings District Council Cemeteries 33690411, Ida Camilla Webb, date of death 26 May 1987, age 77, buried at Havelock North Cemetery, 7 August 1987, plot CRG/#/3; others in the plot: Camilla Marie Webb, died 19 February 1957; photo of headstone: Camilla Marie Webb, daughter of Ida & Harry Webb, died 19 February 1957, age 11 years; also Henry Walter Webb, died [unclear].
• Archives New Zealand, Napier probate files R23241875, Probate file for Henry Walter Webb, 1972-1974. Will dated 10 July 1972 of Henry Walter Webb of Hastings, retired seaman, naming Ida Camilla Webb (wife), Selwyn Thomas Coombe [a brother-in-law], a daughter [named, probably still living]; probate granted to Ida Camilla Webb of Hastings, widow; affidavit by Ida Camilla Webb that Henry Walter Webb was resident at Hastings and died there on 1 February 1974.

Acknowledgements

• Person record at FamilySearch GXR1-T5X, Henry Walter Webb Jnr.

Research Notes

• Probably his son in law:
  • New Zealand Herald, 9 January 2020 [1], Ernest Neil Scott, died on 6 January 2020 at Waikato Hospital.