Oliver Rupert Webb

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Oliver married Jesse Ethel Stride about 1912. Jesse was born on 20 Nov 1889 in Tsomo, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Dec 1976 in Mquanduli, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 15 Dec 1976 in East London Crematorium, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Oliver and Jesse seperated in 1929 - Jesse and Rupert’s marriage regrettably broke up, and after leaving her husband Rupert in Mqanduli, during 1929, Jesse moved back to Tsomo where she was taken in by Alfred. This led to an extended family, with grandmother Minnie, daughter Jesse with her child Eileen, daughter Mabel with her sons Errol and Beres all living under the same roof, being financially supported by Alfred.

1. Gerald Hugh Webb was born on 29 Jun 1913 in Farview, Mount Fletcher, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 21 Jul 1913 in Methodist Church Matatiele. KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; died on 9 Oct 1980 in Elliotdale District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 13 Oct 1980 in East London Crematorium, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2. Ernest Rupert Webb was born on 24 Jun 1915 in Tsomo, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Feb 1990 in Margate, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
3. Daphne Eileen Webb was born on 13 Jan 1925 in Tsomo, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Jan 1974 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: 1878, Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa; Storekeeper

Notes:

BIRTH: This is installment #3 of the Methodist Parish Records for Kingwilliamstown, Cape Province, South Africa. Dates follow American convention of MMDDYY. Some of the handwriting was very difficult to decipher, so entries with a ? denote my best guess (Ellen Stanton). Microfilm# 1560855 Methodist Parish Records Kingwilliamstown Christenings: 1848-1865 Item 17 Entry #126 Child: Oliver Percy WEBB Parents: John Henry and Mary Ann Born: 1/24?/1851 Baptized: 8/20/1856
At the time of his wedding, he was of Tarkastad

DEATH: Death certificate ex LDS website on file - image no 829, Matatiele-Xalanga 1925. His son Charles Harold signed the form.

Oliver married Mary Jane Levey on 12 Jun 1878 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary was born about 1856 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened in Anglican Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Jul 1926 in Cala, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried after 18 Jul 1926 in Cala, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife
• Residence: 1926, Cala, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY: The National archives website contains 2 records of Bond registrations for Mary DOC 4/1/259 (1890) and DOC 4/1/1267 (1907)

BIRTH: It is interesting to note that Mary's record of marriage from the Wesleyan church gives the age of Percy as 31 years on date of marriage but gives her age as "full", presumably meaning she was older than 21. Like her sisters, her date of birth remains a mystery. According to her death notification, however, she was 73 years old when she died in 1926.

MARRIAGE: Record from e-family. His_Surname WEBB Her_Surname LEVEY Marriage_date 1878/06/12 Husband Oliver Percy His_info Bachelor, Store Keeper of Tarkastad His_birth_place His_Age 31 Wife Mary Jane Her_info Spinster of Alice Her_birth_place Her_Age Full Witnesses W R ????, A LEVEY Entry No 21 - 30 Film 1560854 Church Wesleyan Methodist - Fort Beaufort Location Minister Notes at Alice Transcribed_By Nolene Lossau

DEATH: Died in Cala on 18 July 1926 and buried in Cala cemetery. Her age was recorded as 71 years, on the cemetery recording which may indicate that she was born before her brother George John. However, her Cape Civil Information of Death form (copy on file - cel) gives her age at death on 18 July 1926 as 73 years. This form was completed by a neighbour (signature illegible) and so the correctness of the age given must be viewed with caution.

Notes:

The record of Mary and Percy's marriage was obtained from the e-family website (a Nolene Lossau record) which was apparently was obtained from the Wesleyan Methodist Church records in Fort Beaufort. The marriage itself took place in Alice.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: John Harvey (SA Settlers website)
• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3548
• Name: John Webb
• Name: John Webb 1820
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

Notes:

Death Notice MOOC 7982 of 1884 (Cape Archives) Copy on file. His age was given as sixty nine years, eleven months and twenty two days - date of birth calculated from that.

HUGO SLATER'S 1820 SETTLER FAMILIES:
John Henry WEBB
The parents of John Henry WEBB are ?? WEBB [JOHN WEBB OF WILSON's PARTY?]
John was born about (est) 1811.
John and Mary Ann POLLARD 1820 [18096] (the daughter of George POLLARD 1820 and Ann WILLINGTON 1820) were married September 7, 1836 at Grahamstown Church (St George's Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa by Rev John Heavyside.
Witnesses: Elisha Lee, Helen Webb
[Helen Webb married Thomas Stanhope Pollard - she was John Henry's sister. Elisha Lee married John's other sister Maria Louisa]
John and Mary had the following children:
i. Angelina Olivia WEBB
ii. Rupert Edwin WEBB
iii. Alexander Grimalda WEBB
iv. Letitia Louisa WEBB
v. Lionel Randolph WEBB
vi. Oliver Percy WEBB
vii. Helen Mary Ann WEBB

SOUTH AFRICAN SETTLERS FROM THE BRITISH ISLES website:
NB - THIS IS JOHN HENRY'S FATHER:
Webb, John
Last Name: Webb First Name: John Date of Birth: 1784 Spouse: Mary Ann Stewart chr. 29 June 1783, St. James Westminster, London, to William Stewart and Martha; she d. 15 Mar 1839 age 50 Port Elizabeth. Date of Death: before 1839 Notes: Willson’s party of 1820 settlers. DN 1839. IGI. Notes from Settlers Museum, Grahamstown. Children:
William Stewart chr. 13 Jul 1810 Tewin, Hertford Frederick Charles chr. 26 May 1812 Tewin, Hertford John Harvey [Henry?] b. 1815 m. 7 Sep 1836 Grahamstown to Mary dau. of George PollardMaria Serina b. 1818 m. 15 Apr 1835 Grahamstown to Elisha Lee Alexandrina b. 1819 Helen Martha m. Thomas Pollard Jessy Olivia, a minor in 1839.

Lower Albany Chronicles 7 September 1836 - John Webb junior, was married at Grahamstown by the Reverend John Heavyside to Mary, daughter of George Pollard

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

John married Mary Ann Pollard, 1820 Settler on 7 Sep 1836 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of George Pollard, 1820 Settler and Ann Willington, 1820 Settler) was born on 1 Jun 1811; was christened on 27 May 1812 in St Margaret's, Westminster, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 643
• Birth: Abt 1812
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

She was the daughter of the 1820 settler, George and his wife Ann (nee
Willington)

Settler:
Biggar's party on the Weymouth

Notes:

Notice in Graham's Town Journal 19 January 1837

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3545
• Name: John (William) Webb
• Name: John Webb 1820
• Occupation: a Farmer
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England
• Occupation: 1831, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

Notes:

He was a member of Willson's Party of 1820 Settlers, which was located initially at Beaufort Vale, north of Bathurst. He is said to have been the son of Daniel and Sarah Webb.
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Extracts from South African Commercial Advertiser June 1831
At Graham's Town:
April : 22: John WEBB, aged 47 years.

Extracts from South African Commercial Advertiser June 1831
In the English Church Graham's Town by the Rev W. Carlisle MA Chaplain:
May 22 by ditto
A daughter of J. WEB baptised Olivia
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Date of death given on the late C Jenner's record as 21 April 1831, presumably from a burial record for a John Webb in the Graham's Town Old Cemetery.
That John Webb, however, was 17 years old at death in 1831 but according to an older gravestone recording of the Old Cemetery the age on the gravestone should be 47 years 6 months. This would then make that person John (William) Webb's age.
According to Hugo Slater's 1820 Settler's, John's date of died on 23 July 1858 in Albany but quotes no source. The South African Settlers From the British Isles website quotes John's death as before 1839.

Willsons Party from Morse-Jones - A party of 307 from London led by Thomas Willson sailed in "La Belle Alliance". They were located on the Bush River, tributary to the Torrens River [near Clumber, just north of Bathurst]. Thomas Willson left the Party upon its arrival there and the Reverend William Boardman took charge. The location was known as Beaufort Vale, a name still applied to some of its allotments.

SOUTH AFRICAN SETTLER FROM THE BRITISH ISLES website http://www.southafricansettlers.info
Last Name: Webb First Name: John Date of Birth: 1784 Spouse: Mary Ann Stewart chr. 29 June 1783, St. James Westminster, London, to William Stewart and Martha; she d. 15 Mar 1839 age 50 Port Elizabeth. Date of Death: before 1839 Notes: Willson’s party of 1820 settlers. DN 1839. IGI. Notes from Settlers Museum, Grahamstown.
Children:
William Stewart chr. 13 Jul 1810 Tewin, Hertford Frederick Charles chr. 26 May 1812 Tewin, Hertford John Harvey [SHOULD BE HENRY] b. 1815 m. 7 Sep 1836 Grahamstown to Mary dau. of George Pollard Maria Serina [Maria Louisa ?] b. 1818 m. 15 Apr 1835 Grahamstown to Elisha Lee Alexandrina b. 1819 Helen Martha m. Thomas Pollard Jessy Olivia, a minor in 1839.

HUGO SLATER'S 1820 SETTLER FAMILY TREES & EASTERN CAPE FAMILIES 1800-1900
1. John WEBB 1820
John was born in 1784 at Bristol, Avon, England.
John and Mary Ann STEWART 1820 (the daughter of William STEWART and Martha STEWART) were married about 1809.
John and Mary had the following children:
2. i. William Stewart WEBB 1820 [19111]
3. ii. Frederick WEBB 1820 [19098]
4. iii. John WEBB 1820 [19101]
5. iv. Maria Louisa WEBB 1820 [19103]
6. v. Alexandrina WEBB 1820 [19092]
7. vi. Clement WEBB [36370]
8. vii. Emily WEBB [36386]
9. viii. Henry James WEBB [36408]
10. ix. Jessy Olivia WEBB [36413]
John's occupation was a Farmer in 1831 at Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
John died July 23, 1858 at Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

LOWER ALBANY CHRONICLES (Morse Jones)
25 July 1826 - Thomas Willson put the charge of his party into the hands of the Rev. William Boardman in writing. He enclosed a plan to separate the party's location into four divisions, three of three thousand acres, each to be occupied by twenty-nine heads of families, directed respectively by Benjamin Wilmot, the Rev. William Boardman, William Boardmand and John WEBB.
21 April 1826 - John Webb of New Bristol had moved to Grahamstown
23 June 1851 - John Clayton and a son of John Phillips were put over the Fish River, as well as Charles Floyd and John Fletcher, who were going to Fort Peddie. The party encountered the enemy at John WEBB's house, between the Fish and Old Woman's Rivers. They pursued and attacked, killing one of the enemy." 7 August 1851: Eighteen oxen of John WEBB's, taken from the Brak River, were traced as far as John Buckley's house by the Kowie River, on Holling Grove.

NB - there was also a John Webb, pumpmaker in Grahamstown - He was with Holder's Party and his wife's name was Sarah. He also had a son name Frederick.



Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

John married Mary Ann Stewart, 1820 Settler about 1809. Mary (daughter of William Stewart and Martha Stewart) was born in 1789 in England; was christened on 29 Jun 1783 in St James, Westminster, London, England; died on 15 Mar 1839 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3544
• Name: Mary Ann Stewart 1820
• Name: Mary Anne Stewart
• Birth: 1783, Piccadilly (London?)
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

Notes:

She was the daughter of William and Martha Stewart; she died at the house of her son-in-law, Elisha Lee.

Mary Ann's parents names were obtained from the details of her husband on the South African Settlers from the British Isles website

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 640
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

Settler:
Biggar's party on the Weymouth

George married Ann Willington, 1820 Settler on 11 Apr 1811 in Tywardreath, Cornwall, England. Ann was born in 1783 in Fowey, Cornwall, England; died on 22 Nov 1868 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 838
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

Settler:
Biggar's party on the Weymouth