Benjamin Robert Webb

Brief Life History of Benjamin Robert

When Benjamin Robert Webb was born on 12 June 1856, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Webb, was 20 and his mother, Mary Ann Webb, was 24. He married Susanna Riley on 2 September 1877, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1907, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 51.

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Benjamin Robert Webb
1856–1907
Susanna Riley
1859–1905
Marriage: 2 September 1877
Ellen Elizabeth Webb
1878–
Florence Webb
about 1888–
Maud Webb
1899–
William Robert Webb
1880–1927
Benjamin George Webb
1881–1969
Frank Webb
1884–
John Webb
1892–
Elsie Webb
1894–

Sources (16)

  • Robert Wells in household of William Riley, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Benjamin Robert Webb, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Benjamin Robert Webb, "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-1920"

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World Events (3)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

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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