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
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 >