Webb family

Date: 1871-1878, 1916-1919

By: Webb family

Reference: MS-Papers-7375

Description: Comprises letters from William Webb to his mother and sister, Ellen, describing his life and activities from his various postings in Katikati (briefly), Waipukurau and Napier as a telegraph operator. Also, letters from William Webb's nephew, Arthur Foote, to his family from France and Sling Camp during World War I, together with greeting and christmas cards of that era. Source of title - Supplied William and Ellen Webb, son of William Webb and Frances Harris, who were originally from Truro, Cornwall, were born in Hokitika. William became a telegraph operator with the Post Office and worked in Kumara, Waipukurau and Napier. Arthur Foote was the son of Ellen and nephew of William Webb. Quantity: 11 folder(s). 0.10 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: The donor is a descendant of Arthur Foote. Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to the Photographic Archive - To Photographic Archive - Photographs of Webb and Foote families (PAColl-7763).

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-092

Description: The essay covers the period 1884-1984 and details the life of Charles Drewry, his parents and his wife Mary Webb, and their son James. The writer discusses the origins of the name Drewry. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available. Photographs of Charles and Mary Drewry, ca 1910; RMS Malwa; James Joseph O'Brien and his grand nephew James Joseph O'Brien Drewry; house where Chales was born with family members standing in front

Date: 1931-May 1932

From: Castle family :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1614

Description: Includes photographs of views around London, and various parts of England; Zillah with violin case outside Royal College; first snow in London; visiting family friends; children receiving oranges and lemons at St Clement Danes Church. In 1931 Zillah Castle received a violin scholarship to the Royal College of Music, London, where she went chaperoned by Mavis, her eldest sister. They returned in 1934. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 19.5 x 28 cm

From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers / compiled by Margaret Alington and others

Reference: MS-Papers-2260-083

Description: Surnames on headstones: Weaver; Webb; Richardson; Webster; Wemyss; West; Wright; Burne; Whebby; Wheeler; White; Whitehouse; Whittem; Isaacson Most names indexed in name field. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1605-2007

By: Spencer, Raymond James Howard, 1941-

Reference: MS-Group-1377

Description: Contains family history papers of the Oliver, Davison, Webb, Jessop and Grant families. Comprises of photocopies of original documents, transcripts, family histories and with electronic copies of the transcripts and histories. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 16 folder(s). 1 megabyte(s). 0.13 Linear Metres. 7 Electronic document(s). Transfers: 11 photographs transferred to the Photographic Archive Section in 2007. They are now at PAColl-9218.

From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers / compiled by Margaret Alington and others

Reference: MS-Papers-2260-112

Description: Names on headstones: Walsh; Firth; Ward; Webb; Weight;Whitaker; Williamson; Wordsworth. Known burials not listed in the inscriptions - Ellen May (d 1910); Huett; Mabel Green (ca 1892); Colley (d 1904); Captain Richard O'Connell (d 1850); Jeremiah Harrington (d 1865); Margaret Harrington (d 1870); Charles Vavasour (d 1845); Mary Anne Kennedy (d 1877); Captain Adam O'Connell; Francis Pacon (d 1883); Sister Mary Aloysius (d 1880); Sister Mary Agatha (d 1891); James Collins (d 1881); Annie Collins (d 1879); Mary Collins (d 1910); Ellen and John Hyland; Margaret Davis (d 1885); Beatrice Davis (d 1941); Nicholas Davis (nd); Bridget Hobson (d 1882). Also - Elizabeth Annie Coogan )d 1876); Ellen Coogan (d 1895); Michael Joseph Murphy (nd); Charles Secomb (d 1890); Ellen Secomb (1912); Duffy (d 1917); Partrick Burke (d 1880); Annie Margaret Burke (d 1879); John Thomas Oakes (d 1866); Thomas Oakes (d 1900); Maria Teresa Oakes (d 1925); Thomas Lane (d 1858); William Morris (d 1915); Hannah Morris (d 1915); William John Morris (d 1891); Susan Cecilia Mary Light ( d 1878); Henry William Light (de 1874); Ann Gray (d 1879). Notes re following - Mary Power; Cumuskey/Comeskey; McMenamen; McManaway; Captain Rhatigan; Edward Prince; McNamara; Gamble; Fitzgerald; Sullivan/O'Sullivan. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1929, 194-?]

By: Webb family; Underwood, Rachel Ada, 1936-

Reference: PAColl-7763

Description: Photographs relating to the Webb family including two women walking along Oriental Parade, Wellington, taken ca 1940s by Capital Photographs; an elderly woman's birthday celebration; and unidentified women in a garden. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 15 b&w original negative(s). Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Reference MS-Papers-7375: Webb family : Papers.