Christopher Aaron Webb
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Christopher Aaron Webb (1846 - 1907)

Christopher Aaron Webb
Born in Grahamstown, Cape Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1873 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 60 in Tyinira, Nqamakwe, Transkeimap
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Biography

South African 1820 Settlers Statue
Christopher Aaron Webb South African 1820 Settler and Descendants

Christopher Aaron was the son of Christopher and Mary Webb (1820 Settlers). He was born on 4 August 1846, in Grahamstown, where his father was a shoemaker. He was baptized in the Methodist Church, Grahamstown, on 17 December 1847. [1].

He married Sarah Ann Hart[2], in about 1873.[3].

His daughter Ethel May was born on 26 May 1877, and baptized in Grahamstown on 9 June 1877.[4] A second daughter was born on 4 February 1879.[5].

Signature of Christopher Aron Webb.

He acquired property at Tyinira, Transkei (now Eastern Cape, South Africa) in 1882, from W. Hedding [6] and was resident there by 1883 [7] . A general trading license was issued to him to trade at Nqamakwe, in January 1888 at a cost of 10 pounds.[8]. He was registered at Tyinira as a trader and butcher in 1903 [9].

He died at his home at Tyinria, in the Nqamakwe district, Transkei on 4 July 1907, at age 60 years, 11 months of acute congestion of the lungs.[10]. His oldest son, Robert Godlonton was present. He was buried in Butterworth Cemetery on 6 July 1907.[11]

Children

  • John Henry Webb (About 1874 - 13 August 1877) Died young.[12]
  • Ethel May Webb[2] (26 May 1877 - 1953) married Charles William Pearce[2]. She had six children.[13][14]
  • Robert Godlonton Webb[2] (1880 - 1948)[15][16]
  • Reuben Leslie Webb (1883 to 1949) (was a minor at the time of his mother's death)[17][18]
  • Ernest Hart Webb (1885 - 1967) (was a minor at the time of his mother's death)
  • Emily Lillian Amy Webb[2] (About April 1875. Died in Butterworth 3 December 1944. married Charles Ronald Moore[2] and had six children.)

[2][19][20]

  • The birth of a daughter was reported in 1879. Unclear who this was. Presumably she died in infancy. "Birth at King William's Town on 4th February 1897, the wife of Mr. C. A. Webb of a daughter".[21]

Sources

  1. Baptism Christopher Aaron Webb, Methodist Church, Grahamstown. Entry 238. FamilySearch
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Death Notice Sarah Ann Webb born Hart, CAD 4247. Filed 27 November 1902.
  3. Deduced from date of biirth of first child in 1874.
  4. Baptism Ethel May Webb Grahamstown Methodist Church Baptisms, 1827-1930, 9 June 1877.
  5. Report in Kaffrarian Watchman of a birth on 4th February of a daughter to the wife of Mr C.A. Webb.17 Feb 1879
  6. insert source
  7. Saul Solomon's Cape Directory 1880 - 1884
  8. Government notice in Kaffrarian Watchman 17 Feb 1888
  9. Henkel, p. 122
  10. Death Notice Christopher Aaron Webb, Family Collection, 15 July 1907. Cape Archive Depot Vol 6/9/16741 Reference 39/50. Image on FamilySearch
  11. "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8TRX-JFN2 : 30 December 2022), Christopher Aaron Webb, 1907.
  12. According to family records he died at Balassa.
  13. Baptised Grahamstown 9 June 1877. Original Registers Grahamstown Methodist Church; Entry: 65
  14. Death Notice of Ethel May Pearce. CAD, MOOC, Vol 6/9/20402 Reference 6612/52.
  15. Dates: Tombstone East London Cemetery
  16. He is the signatory on the DN of Christopher Aaron Webb
  17. Mentioned on Death Notices of both his mother and his father.
  18. 4 Dec 1949 • Frere Hospital, East London CAD 19500000, 6/9/16741, 39/50 Died Frere Hospital, 4 Dec 1949, 66 years and 9 months; born Ngqamakwe; retired trader, living at Gonubie Mouth; wifeMildred Hazel Webb Webb (nee Dell) married in KWT. No children. According to will, traded at Mpukane in
  19. Cape Province, South Africa, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972. FHL Film Number4875678. Viewed on Ancestry.co.uk on 30 April 2019 by Sharon Caldwell.
  20. Estates Death Notice CAD Master's Office / Orphan Chamber, Cape Town (MOOC), Vol. 6/9/11441, Reference 96373. Not yet viewed.
  21. Newspaper Report, Kaffrarian Watchman, King William's Town, 17 Feb 1879.

For sites of Transkei trading posts see Caesar C. Henkel, J.P., History, Resources and Production of the country between Cape Colony and Natal, or Kaffraria Proper Now called the native- or Transkeian Territories, with Large Map (Effingham Wilson Publisher, Hamburg, 1903).





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Ronel is it correct to leave the SARoots box here or must this one also be replaced by the category tag. I don't want to remove ones that should stay. I will improve this one today.
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