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Family of Lankester Webb and Sarah Vertue

Husband: Lankester Webb (1812-1887)
Wife: Sarah Vertue (1812-1866)
Children: Sarah Pitcairn Webb (1837-1927)
Joseph Vertue Webb (1838-1908)
Edward Lankester Webb (1840-1863)
Walter Byles Webb (1841-1867)
Anne Salmon Webb (1843-1929)
Lucy Louisa Webb (1846- )
Octavius Antrim Webb (1848-1866)
Catharine Holman Webb (1850-1852)
Marriage 13 Sep 1836 Saint Mary, Woodbridge, Suffolk

Husband: Lankester Webb

Name: Lankester Webb
Sex: Male
Father: Joseph Antrim Webb (1777-1864)
Mother: Ann Lankester (1776-1830)
Birth 9 May 1812 Combs, Suffolk
Baptism 25 Oct 1812 (age 0) Ipswich Street Independent, Stowmarket, Suffolk
Census 1841 (age 28-29) Tanner, Tuckers Green, Combs, Suffolk
Census 1851 (age 38-39) Tanner & fellmonger, Tan office, Combs, Suffolk
Occupation 1851 (age 38-39) Manager of Independent Village Schoolroom, Combs
Census 1861 (age 48-49) Master tanner employing 121 men & 31 boys, Combs, Suffolk
Census 1881 (age 68-69) Tanner, Tan Office, Combs, Suffolk
Death 8 Apr 1887 (age 74) Combs, Suffolk
Burial 13 Apr 1887 Stowmarket Cemetery, Suffolk (aged 74)

Wife: Sarah Vertue

Name: Sarah Vertue
Sex: Female
Father: Simon Vertue (1772-1860)
Mother: Ann Salmon (c. 1772- )
Birth 12 Aug 1812 Woodbridge, Suffolk
Baptism 3 Jun 1813 (age 0) Quay Meeting House-Independent, Woodbridge, Suffolk
Death 1866 (age 53-54) Stowmarket, Suffolk
Burial 14 Jul 1866 Stowmarket Cemetery, Suffolk (aged 53)

Child 1: Sarah Pitcairn Webb

Name: Sarah Pitcairn Webb
Sex: Female
Spouse: Edward Henry Prentice (1838-1871)
Birth 7 Aug 1837 Combs, Suffolk
Birth fact 1837 (age 0) 1837 Sep Qtr, Stow, 12/300
Death 6 May 1927 (age 89) Stowmarket, Suffolk

Child 2: Joseph Vertue Webb

Name: Joseph Vertue Webb
Sex: Male
Birth 1838 Combs, Suffolk
Birth fact 1838 (age 0) 1838 Dec Qtr, Stow, 12/560
Census 1851 (age 12-13) At school in Woodbridge, Suffolk
Census 1881 (age 42-43) Tanner, Tan Office, Combs, Suffolk (unmarried)
Census 1891 (age 52-53) Tanner, fellmonger, etc, Tan Office Rd, Combs, Suffolk (unmarried)
Death fact 1908 (age 69-70) 1908 Mar Qtr, Stow, 4a/572 (aged 69)
Death 22 Jan 1908 (age 69-70) Stowmarket, Suffolk

Child 3: Edward Lankester Webb

Name: Edward Lankester Webb
Sex: Male
Birth 1840 Combs, Suffolk
Birth fact 1840 (age 0) 1840 Jun Qtr, Stow, 12/424
Census 1851 (age 10-11) At school in Woodbridge, Suffolk
Death 14 Feb 1863 (age 22-23) Combs, Suffolk
Burial 21 Feb 1863 Stowmarket Cemetery, Suffolk (aged 22)

Child 4: Walter Byles Webb

Name: Walter Byles Webb
Sex: Male
Birth 1841 Combs, Suffolk
Birth fact 1841 (age 0) 1841 Dec Qtr, Stow, 12/386
Census 1851 (age 9-10) At school in Woodbridge, Suffolk
Death fact 1867 (age 25-26) 1867 Jun Qtr, Stow, 4a/323 (aged 25)
Death 1867 (age 25-26) Stowmarket, Suffolk
Burial 13 Apr 1867 Stowmarket Cemetery, Suffolk (aged 25)

Child 5: Anne Salmon Webb

Name: Anne Salmon Webb
Sex: Female
Spouse: George Robert Portway (1841-1921)
Birth 1843 Combs, Suffolk
Birth fact 1843 (age 0) 1843 Jun Qtr, Stow, 12/429
Census 1901 (age 57-58) Wife in household
Census 1911 (age 67-68) Wife in household (married 44 years, 8 children, 8 living)
Death 1 Feb 1929 (age 85-86) Leeds, Yorkshire

Child 6: Lucy Louisa Webb

Name: Lucy Louisa Webb
Sex: Female
Spouse: James William Cook (c. 1848- )
Birth 1846 Combs, Suffolk
Birth fact 1846 (age 0) 1846 Dec Qtr, Stow, 12/*

Child 7: Octavius Antrim Webb

Name: Octavius Antrim Webb
Sex: Male
Birth 1848 Combs, Suffolk
Birth fact 1848 (age 0) 1848 Dec Qtr, Stow, 12/398
Death fact 1866 (age 17-18) 1866 Dec Qtr, Yarmouth, 4b/2 (aged 18)
Death 1866 (age 17-18) Yarmouth, Norfolk
Burial 13 Oct 1866 Stowmarket Cemetery, Suffolk (aged 18)

Child 8: Catharine Holman Webb

Name: Catharine Holman Webb
Sex: Female
Birth 1850 Combs, Suffolk
Birth fact 1850 (age 0) GRO Reference: 1850 D Quarter in STOW Volume 12 Page 450
Death fact 1852 (age 1-2) GRO Reference: 1852 J Quarter in STOW Volume 04A Page 297 (aged 1)
Death 1852 (age 1-2) Stow, Suffolk

Note on Husband: Lankester Webb

1861 Census: Master tanner employing 121 men & 31 boys, Combs, Suffolk

One of the principal landowners in Combs.

 

"A school was erected here in 1873 at the sole cost of Lankester Webb, esq., it will hold 300 children and is also used for public worship by the Independents. ... Here are the factories of Messrs Webb & Son, in which are carried out tanning, currying, fellmongering, glove and gaiter leather dressing, and the manufacture of leather machine bands, fire buckets, and hose, for which they have first-class medals at the principal Industrial Exhibitions at home and abroad."

Source: Suffolk Post Office Directory, 1875

 

3 June 1887. The Will with a Codicil of Lankester Webb late of Combs in the County of Suffolk who died 8 April 1887 at Combs was proved at the Principal Registry by Joseph Vertue Webb of Combs Tanner the Son George Robert Portway of Cliff Road leeds in the County of York Cloth Merchant and James Williams Cook of Brentwood in the County of essex Wharfinger the Executors. Personal Estate £84,448 17s 5d. Resworh February 1889 £84,849 10s 6d.