Hi, I am new to this list and wonder if anyone can help me. My husband's gggrandmother was Elizabeth Emma Webb, born about 1860 in, we believe, Southampton. The only E E Webb I have found was born in 1862 in Westminster. (Looks like I paid for one I don't need!!) "Our" Elizabeth Emma's parents are thought to be David & Sarah Webb. She got pregnant by and then married David McCall. I have the McCalls on the 1881 and 1891 censuses. In 1881 they were in St Mary Extra. By 1891 they were in Scotland. Can anyone help me find Elizabeth's birth, and perhaps her family/parents on the 1871 or 1861 census. I believe that her father was an innkeeper or similar, so might that help? Many thanks! Marion ---------------------------- Powered by Execulink Webmail http://www.execulink.com/

Hi Marion You might try asking the Southampton Archives Dept (email: archives@southampton.gov.uk) if Elizabeth's baptism is in their card index. Other listers may be able to help, and I personally I like to ask a few more questions to see if anything obvious has been missed. Comments interspersed below: ========== At 05:35 01/09/2004, mmcall@execulink.com wrote: >Hi, I am new to this list and wonder if anyone can help me. > >My husband's gggrandmother was Elizabeth Emma Webb, born about 1860 in, we >believe, Southampton. == Is this evidence from a census, maybe? I couldn't find her either as Webb or McCall in the 1881 census. Or is her name from one of her children's birth certificates perhaps, and her age from her marriage certificate? ==== >The only E E Webb I have found was born in 1862 in >Westminster. (Looks like I paid for one I don't need!!) == Found by searching what sources? IGI? FreeBMD? 1837Online/GRO microfiche? Paid for one what? ==== >"Our" Elizabeth Emma's parents are thought to be David & Sarah Webb. == What is the source for this, seeing the family in a census return? Have you looked at the 1871 Southampton Census? If not, why not ask the Southampton Local Studies Library ( E-mail: <mailto:local.studies@southampton.gov.uk>local.studies@southampton.gov.uk ) if they would look in their index? ==== >She got pregnant by and then married David McCall. == Married when and where? Does their marriage certificate say her father was David Webb? What occupation? I see there is a widow Sarah Webb, 61, in Southampton in 1881. ==== >I have the McCalls on the 1881 and 1891 censuses. In 1881 they were in St >Mary Extra. == Which McCalls? I couldn't find any there in 1881, maybe their name has been transcribed wrongly? ==== >By 1891 they were in Scotland. > >Can anyone help me find Elizabeth's birth, and perhaps her family/parents >on the 1871 or 1861 census. I believe that her father was an innkeeper or >similar, so might that help? == If the two sources I mentioned can't help, please feel free to get back to me privately. Cheers, Dave Jacobs ======