John WEBB

1841 - 1895  (53 years)

• Name	John WEBB
  Birth	25 Nov 1841	17, John St., Bethnal Green, Middlesex   [1]
  Gender	Male
  1851 Census	3, Coventry St., Bethnal Green, Middlesex   [2]
  	At 1851 Census, he is 9
  1871 Census	5, Union Place, Bermonsey, Surrey   [3]
  	At 1871 Census, he is 28, occ "general porter"
  1881 Census	6, Rivett St, Camberwell, Surrey   [4]
  	At 1881 Census, he is 38, occ "Railway Porter"
  Occupation	Fish Porter at GBW birth, but a Fellowship Porter at his marriage (NB no such record of this with the relevant Guild)  [5, 6]
  Death	PRE 2 Jun 1895
  Person ID	I22	Webb
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	William WEBB,   b. Abt 1818   d. 6 Nov 1842, 17, John St., Bethnal Green, Middlesex (Age 24 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Ann LOVELL,   b. 17 Mar 1819, Harlow Place, Mile End, Middlesex
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Apr 1839	Shadwell, Middlesex   [7]
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Caroline TAYLOR,   b. 1 Sep 1845, Pear Tree Court, Bethnal Green, Middlesex
  Marriage	1 Dec 1867	Parish Church, South Hackney, Middlesex   [8]
  Family Note	They were living at 36 Selsdon Rd, Camberwell in Oct 1883  [9]
  Children	1. Elizabeth WEBB,   b. 1867, Kingsland, Middlesex  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. John William WEBB,   b. 27 Jan 1869, Hoxton, Middlesex  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. George Benjamin WEBB,   b. 21 Dec 1870, 5, Union St., Jamaica Level, Bermondsey, Southwark d. 3 Feb 1942, "Jocelyn", Yorkletts, Whitstable, Kent (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Henry Stephen WEBB,   b. 1873, Camberwell, Surrey  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Alfred WEBB,   b. 21 Apr 1875, Camberwell, Surrey  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. William James WEBB,   b. 14 Jul 1877, Camberwell, Surrey  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Anne Maud WEBB,   b. 25 Apr 1880, Camberwell, Surrey d. 31 Aug 1949, 68, Colomb Rd., Gorlesdon, Suffolk (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Note - on the marriage cert for Anne, and George(?), he is John William Webb. However this is not how he in on the birth certificate, nor the Censuses so the addition is probably something that the child concerned added. Best match on deaths may be Dec 1892 - John Webb a 48 West Ham or Sept 1895 - John Webb a53 West Ham (this is attached to the tree of a different John Webb - http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/18025726/person/638091939) These dates may be consistent with a John WEBB as an inmate at the Strand Union Workhouse, Edmonton in 1991. The birth place is correct as Bethnal Green, he gives his age as 53 (not 49) and says he is unmarried. On the whole this seems unlikely. However the other 1891 Census options seem even less likely. So I think he died before 1891, and Elizabeth, his widow, just lied to say she was married. In this case, possible options would be Oct qtr 1884 Woolwich, aged 45, Islington, Apr qtr 1891 (aged 50). There is a Jno Webb buried in Camden on 4/3/1895, though of course it is highly likely to be somebody else.

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] Birth Certificate :- John Webb (1841). [S6] 1851 Census :- 3, Coventry St, Bethnal Green, Middlesex. [S13] 1871 Census :- 5, Union Place, Bermonsey, Surrey. [S18] 1881 Census :- 6, Rivett St, Camberwell, Surrey. [S41] Birth Certificate :- George Benjamin Webb (1870). [S55] Marriage Certificate :- George Benjamin Webb-Emma Merrington. [S58] Marriage Certificate :- William Webb - Mary Ann Lovell (1839). [S57] Marriage Certificate :- John Webb - Elizabeth Taylor (1867). [S111] Baptism register :- St Luke's, Camberwell (1883).