Thank you Peter and Suzanne. Everything fits except his dob. It seems to be exactly 2 years out but there could be reasons. I’ll now have to try and find if any of his children’s families may be contactable. The will specified some items that would have dated back to the family in Whitstable. His children alive at his death in 1936 (following marriage in 1891) were George Octavius Webster, Gormanston Francis Willam Webster, Melbourne Leslie Wilfred Webster , Gormanston Richard John Webster , Hobart Albert Godfrey Webster , Hobart Mrs Grace Clark, Darcy Street, Hobart. Bill From: Peter Oakley [mailto:pete.j.oakley@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, 14 January 2015 11:15 AM To: Bill Webster Cc: AUS-Tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-Tas] Webster Hi Bill, Think he is your man... His will is recorded here - http://stors.tas.gov.au/AD960-1-61-21724 and an obituary in the Mercury, 28 Nov. 1936 says..." Captain Webster was born at Whitstable, Kent, England, on February 28, 1863." Quite a detailed obituary... On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Bill Webster via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: Hello. I hope you can help me to solve a query. In the WEBSTER family that I am researching I have a FREDERICK WILLIAM WEBSTER born in the Blean district of KENT in the March quarter of 1865, probably in Whitstable. I have been unable to follow him beyond the 1881 England census aged 16, living with his remarried stepmother, Harriett Hayward, and his sister Grace Webster, 17. In Ancestry, I have spotted a Frederick William Webster, b. 28 Feb 1863 Kent, d. Hobart 1936, spouse Mary Butler, child Albert Godfrey Webster, 1909-1990. Frederick had an uncle Godfrey. Could Ancestry have mistranscribed the birth from 1865 to 1863? Was this couple married in Tasmania and how long were they here? Any information at all really. Thank you. Bill Sydney ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message