Richard Webb

Brief Life History of Richard

When Richard Webb was born in 1816, in Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England, his father, Richard Webb, was 48 and his mother, Mary Warren, was 38. He married Charlotte Ellis in 1840, in Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia in 1854 and lived in Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 5 February 1884, in Noarlunga, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 68, and was buried in Old Noarlunga, South Australia, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Richard Webb
1816–1884
Charlotte Ellis
1819–1894
Marriage: 1840
Thomas Webb
1844–1860
Charles Webb
1848–1920
Elizabeth Webb
1846–1846
Richard Webb
1851–1917
Susan Webb
1854–1915

Sources (22)

  • Richard Webb, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Richd. Webb, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Richard Webb, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

1829

Australia is claimed as British territory.

1837

George Grey explores Western Australia.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a weaver, from early Middle English webbe (Old English webba (masculine) or webbe (feminine), probably used of both male and female weavers). This word survived into Middle English long enough to give rise to the surname, but was already obsolescent as an agent noun; hence the secondary forms with the agent suffixes -er and -ster (see Webster , Webber and compare Weaver ).

Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, cognates of 1, including Weber and Weberman.

History: Richard Webb, a Lowland Scot, was an admitted freeman of Boston in 1632, and in 1635 was one of the first settlers of Hartford, CT.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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