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WEBB, William John
1856 - 1936 (80 years) Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.
1858 - 1898 (40 years)-
Name WEBB, William John Birth 1856 Gender Male Death 1936 Person ID I9527 Edgoose Last Modified 7 Feb 2026
Family 1 SPINKS, Jane, b. 1858, Hilgay, Norfolk, England 
d. 1898, Wisbech Registation District, Cambridgeshire (Age 40 years) Marriage 8 May 1875 Hilgay All Saints, Norfolk Family ID F3188 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Apr 2026
Family 2 EDGOOSE, Elizabeth Ann, b. 26 Feb 1869, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1943, Swainsthorpe, Norfolk, England (Age 73 years) Marriage 11 Mar 1903 Church Street, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England Family ID F3189 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM JOHN WEBB 1856-1936
The birth of William John WEBB was registered in 1856.
(GRO September Q 1856 Downham 4b 98)
William John WEBB, aged 19, single, a labourer, and son of William WEBB labourer of Hilgay, Norfolk, married Jane SPINKS at Hilgay All Saints on 8 May 1875. She was also 19 years old and single, the daughter of George SPINKS labourer of Hilgay. Witnesses were George SPINKS and Ford WEBB.
(GRO June Q 1875 Downham 4b 588)
(Norfolk FHS Transcription)
William John WEBB, a 47 year old widower from Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk, who worked as a farm foreman, married Elizabeth Ann EDGOOSE at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Church Street, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 11 March 1903. Witnesses were J. L. EDGOOSE and Phyllis EDGOOSE.
(GRO March Q 1903 Wisbech 3b 826)
From the 1911 census of Middle Drove, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
*William John WEBB, head, aged 52, farm labourer, born at Hilgay, Norfolk;
Elizabeth Ann WEBB, wife, aged 41, married 8 years, no children of the marriage, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Alfred WEBB, son, aged 19, horseman on farm, born at Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk;
Charles WEBB, son, aged 15, farm labourer, born at Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk;
Violet WEBB, daughter, aged 13, school, born at Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk.
(RG14/9310)
In 1912 he and his wife were living at The Mill, Walton Highway, Norfolk.
The death of William John WEBB aged 80 was registered in 1936.
(GRO September Q 1936 Wisbech 3b 521)
Inscription:
In / loving memory / of / William John / the dearly loved husband of / Elizabeth Ann WEBB / died 25th August 1936 / aged 80 years / also of / Elizabeth Ann WEBB / died 2nd October 1943 / aged 74 years.
(Norfolk FHS)
He was buried at West Walton, Norfolk, on 29 August 1936 at the age of 80.
(Norfolk FHS)
(revised 17.11.2024)