William John "Bill" Webb-Wagg (1873 to 1933) - The tenth child of William (Bill) and Sarah Wagg

William John Webb-Wagg



This is a photo of William John "Bill" Webb-Wagg son of William and Sarah. On Australia, Bill is in the centre of the boat with his son Bill next to him.  
This was the third son that William and Sarah Webb Wagg called William.  
Their first child was named William George - William being a strong family name in the Wagg family and George being the name of Sarah's father. William George was born on 17 May 1854 and died on 31 Dec 1855.  He is buried at Camperdown Cemetery. 
The first William John was William and Sarah's sixth child. He was born on 23 Jul 1864 and died in 1868. 
The tenth of William and Sarah's eleven children, another William John, was born on 19 Jan 1873 in Blues Point and died on 03 May 1933 at 51 Belgrade Street Neutral Bay.


Bill worked for Sydney Ferries for 45 years and was an accomplished sailor.
William married Ethel Adeline Swanson in 1895.  Ethel was born in 1874 and died in May 1924.  The date was either 20 or 21 depending on whether you read the death notice or the headstone at Macquarie Park Cemetery.  We do know that Ethel died "at her daughter's residence, Emaville, Dreadnought Street, Lakemba".
William and Ethel had six children - Lesley Royal "Les", William "Bill", Emily May "Em" (hence Emaville), Christopher Henry, Charles "Charlie" and Alice "Ali".

Chris Webb-Wagg - Bill and Ethel's fourth child

On 6 April 1966, Christopher Henry Webb-Wagg died at Pendle Hill, NSW.  He was born in 1902.

In 1926, Chris married Rosina Elsie "Ena" Williams and they had four children. Chris worked as an electrician. 

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