Brief Life History of George
When George Webb was born on 22 October 1816, in Linton, Cambridgeshire, England, his father, Robert Webb, was 46 and his mother, Ann Embleton, was 38. He married Martha Glasscock on 17 October 1846, in Linton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 26 June 1849, in Linton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 32, and was buried in Linton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- George Webb, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- George Webb, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- George Webb, "England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983 "
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1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
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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