Robert Godlonton Webb (1880 - 1948)

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Died 7 Aug 1948 at age 68 in East London, Cape Province, South Africa

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Biography

Birth

Robert Godlonton Webb was the son of Sarah Ann Hart and Christopher Aaron Webb.^[1] He was born on 2 June 1880.^[2]

Marriage

He married Loveday Mary Dell (b. 4 Nov 1881, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 18 Jun 1976) in about 1907.

Death

Robert Godlonton Webb died on 7 August 1948 and was buried in Cambridge Cemetery East London.^[2]

"In Loving Memory of my dear husband and our dad Robert Godlonton Webb, born 2nd June 1880. Died 7 August 1948."

Children

Robert and Loveday had the following:

1. Dudley Godlonton Webb^[3]

2. Aubrey Godlonton Webbb^[4]

3. Unnamed girl Webb: 30 Jul 1913 (Perhaps a twin who didn't survive?) 4. Hazel Mary Webb b. 30 Jul 1913 m. George Smith b. about 1910. 4 children 5. Elma Nora Webb, b. 17 Jun 1917, d. 16 Jun 1968 (Age 50 years) 6. Ilse Ethlyn Webb, b. 17 Jun 1917, d. 28 Apr 1959, Middelberg, eastern Cape, Married Semmy Joseph Edward Dower, DCM, b. 29 Aug 1914, Bedford, d. 26 Nov 1987, Port Elizabeth, 7. Emlyn Godlonton Webb, b. 17 Jun 1921, d. 19 Sep 2005 m Ethel Margaret Dymond, b. 28 Dec 1926, d. 25 Jun 2012 4 children

Unsourced photo at http://www.1820settlers.com ID 164567

He owned property at Tiyinira (site 376).^[5] Robert Godlonton made application for title to five morgen of land in 1903 under the provisions of Procolomation 75 of 1903. The correspondence mentioned that the trading station had been in existence for some years. The application was supported by the local population: "The people and headman are quite agreeable to the occupation of the station by my client". Tyinira was one mile away from Toleni Head where William Booth traded , 5 miles from Toleni (W. McDonald), 5 miles from Mpukani (C.M.Moore). All these families were related by marriage. Tyinira was occupied by W. Hedding around 1867. Robert Godlonton's father Christopher Aaron Webb had bought Tyinra from him in 1882, with permission from the headman Magodla. Robert Godlonton took over the station from his father in 1903, together with transfer of the trading licence. The application was granted in 1904.^[6] He planted several hundred fruit trees on his property.^[7] Tyira fell in the settlement of Ndabakazi, located about 8 miles south-west of Butterworth, on the railway line from East London. The area had a number of traders in addition to R. G. Webb, as well as a railway station, a post office (both run by J. J. Canny, a wagon maker and blacksmith (T. Geach), a hotel (run by W. J. Hartley), a sheep inspector and also boasted the Cunningham Mission (Rev. R. Ross). ^[8]

In 1925, together with his brothers Ernest and Reuben Robert applied for a prospecting licences, apparently believing that there might be gold in the area described as location No. 11 (Toleni A), situated close to Highview trading station (as shown on a sketch in the file in the CAD). There is no evidence of the licence being granted, but there is no evidence of gold ever being found in the vicinity (Cape Archives Depot, CMT 3/1606).

Sources

1. ↑ Death Notice of Sarah Ann Webb,1902. CAD, 6/9/16741, Ref 39/50.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Gravestone Image
3. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSH-XWSR : 7 August 2017), Robert Godlinton Webb in entry for Dudley Godlinton, 03 Sep 1908; citing Baptism, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, p. 77, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
4. ↑ "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSH-XZJ6 : 7 August 2017), Robert Godlanton Webb in entry for Aubrey Godlanton, 24 Jun 1910; citing Baptism, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, p. 87, William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.
5. ↑ Thompson Michael Charles, Traders and Trading Stations of the Central and Southern Transkei Brevitas, 2009, Ashburton KZN), p256.
6. ↑ Cape Archives Depot LND 1/877 Lands Papers Folios 1898 - 1905. Viewed by Sharon Caldwell
7. ↑ Cape Archives Depot, 1/NKE: File 7/1/6. Correspondence regarding planting a wind-break outside his fence, July 1915. Veiwed by Sharon Caldwell
8. ↑ East London and Frontier Red Book, 1908. p. 667. Viewed by Sharon Caldwell