George Webb

Brief Life History of George

When George Webb was born in 1790, in Harrietsham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Webb, was 28 and his mother, Mary Whittington, was 30. He married Mary Murton on 29 April 1817, in Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Hartlip, Kent, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.

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Family Time Line

George Webb
1790–
Mary Murton
1795–
Marriage: 29 April 1817
Mary Ann Webb
1818–
George Webb
1819–1899
Henry Webb
1821–1896
Augusta Webb
1823–
John Webb
1824–
Eliza Jane Webb
1826–
Charlotte Webb
1829–
Emily Webb
1831–1918
Agnes Webb
1832–
William Murton Webb
1833–
Katherine Elizabeth Webb
1837–
Louisa Webb
1840–
Charles Webb
1841–1900

Sources (30)

  • George Webb, "England and Wales, Census, 1861"
  • George Webb, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • George Webb, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"

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World Events (8)

1801 · The Act of Union

The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

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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