The Webb Wagg Family in Australia

Sarah's death notice shows that she died on 21 September 1918 at "her residence, 247 West-street, North Sydney".  After lunch at a cafe in West Street, I decided to track down Sarah's home - only to find that I've driven past it hundred of time without knowing.  I don't know if any other members of the family were living in the home at the time....maybe you do! Here it is on the north eastern corner of West and Amhurst Streets, Cammeray.  How many times have I taken the Cammeray exit heading east on the Warringah Freeway and driven along Amhurst Street right next to it!  I'll think of Sarah and the Webb Waggs from now on..........

Today seemed like a appropriate time to focus on George Turner, the father of Sarah and Jane as it's highly likely that George died on 16 May 1847 - 170 years ago today! Our cousin, Leonie, has led the "The Webb Wagg Family" research into George and his wife Mary Ann Hand with many hour spent pouring over microfiche at the NSW State Archives and the Society of Australian Genealogists.  What's written here is a mixture of fact and informed speculation! We are confident that George Turner, our many times great-grandfather, was born in about 1805 in York, England to William and Sarah Turner. We have fragments of George's indenture paper that have been handed down through "The Williams" and provided by George's 3X great-granddaughter, Linda. Fragment of George Turner's Indenture Paper Understandably, this document is fragile at it's almost 200 years old!  George's indenture commenced on 3 September 1818 when George was abo

We are lucky to have this beautiful photo of Pearle Beatrice who passed away on this day 47 years ago. Pearle Beatrice Wendes (nee Gillett) In 1887, Pearle was born in Armidale - the only daughter and second child of James Judkins Gillett and Sarah Jane Wagg.   On 28 August 1912, Pearle married Walter Keith Jack Wendes at her parent's home, Mascotte in North Sydney.  Walter was born in about July 1883 on the Isle of Wight in England.  He was the son of Charles and Emily Wendes.   Family Notices (1912, September 7).  The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) , p. 14.  Retrieved May 15, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28132826 Pearle and Walter's only child, Thelma Muriel, was born in 1913.  When Thelma was about 12, Walter and Pearle were divorced. In the 1930 and 1937 Electoral Rolls, Pearle shows her occupation as a dressmaker and she is living at 35 Concord Road Hurstville.  The photo shows Pearle in a wonderful dress of t

To celebrate Mothers' Day 2017, we've been able to put together photos of Sarah, our matriarch, and 18 of her direct descendants who are mothers.  Top row, left to right- Sarah Wagg (nee Turner - 1832 to 1918) Pearle Wendes (nee Gillett - 1887 to 1970 - granddaughter) Violet Prince (nee Webb - 1893 to 1978 - granddaughter) May Ravell (nee Webb - 1895 to 1970 - granddaughter) Sarah Jane Gillett (nee Wagg - 1856 to 1919 - daughter) Middle row, left to right- Ethel Lutge (nee Webb-Wagg - 1901 to 1989 - granddaughter) Emily Marland (nee Webb-Wagg 1899 to 1982 - granddaughter) Claudia Snell (nee Webb-Wagg - 1922 to 2015 - great-granddaughter) Beryl Woodlands (nee Lutge - 1928 to 2014 - great-granddaughter) Pam (great-granddaughter) Vera Bunyard (nee Neely - 1924 to 2002 - great-granddaughter) Daphne Byron (nee Neely - 1930 to 2013 - great-granddaughter) Botton row, left to right- Janice (great-granddaughter) Suzanne (2X great-granddaughter) Merrin (3X gre

On this day in 1939, Charles Webb-Wagg died at his residence at 15 Johnson Street, Chatswood. Known as Charles  or Charlie, he is second on the left in this photo. Charles was born on 23 June 1862 at Table Bay, North Shore, St Leonards. On 30 January 1893, he married Amy Agnes Clancy at St Davids Church of England, Surry Hills.  There have been many references to Charles over the recent weeks - with the   two Clancy sisters marrying the two Webb Wagg brothers, Mary Foy going over on Charlie's houseboat (and discussing Chris Webb and Claude and Hazel Webb over in Adelaide) and his being an informant on many of the death registrations of both Webb Waggs and Tricketts. My mum always talked about "Uncle Charlie" with affections even though she was only eleven when he died.  The Sydney Morning Herald of 17 May 1939 records:- "Mr Charles Webb-Wagg, who died at his residence, Chatswood, at the age of 78, had lived in North Sydney nearly all his

With Mother's Day fast approaching, I'm thinking of a post featuring those mothers who are direct descendants of our Sarah Wagg (nee Turner) through all the generations.  I'm calling for photos of any of the "mothers" that you might have. For me, I have photos of my own mother, Beryl Woodlands (nee Lutge), and Ethel Lutge (nee Webb Wagg). My beloved great-grandmother, Josephine, won't feature as she was a "Webb" by marriage.  So start looking! You can either post them here or email them to me at chrisw9953@gmail.com...with a description of who they and when and where the photo might have been taken. So far, I've identified 44 mothers who are direct descendants of Sarah...... Daughters -  Sarah Jane Gillett (nee Wagg -1856 to 1919) and Minnie Neely (nee Wagg -1875 to 1911) Granddaughters -  Winifred Isobel MaKinley (nee Gillett - 1910 to 1942) Pearle Beatrice Wendes (nee Gillett- 1887 to 1970) Violet Manning “Vi” Prin

Family interest has been sparked by the mention of the Trickett name! The last post covered the marriage of Jane Turner (sister of our Sarah) and John Trickett. John was the oldest of the six children of George Trickett (abt 1813 to 1881) and Mary Anna Evans (abt 1815 to 1890). In 1833, George was sentenced to death for "break, enter and steal" in Lincolnshire, England.  This was communted to transportation for life. George arrived in Sydney Cove on 16 February 1834. In 1844, George married Mary Anna Evans who was born in County Limerick, Ireland about 1815. George and Mary's six children all survived to adulthood which was unusual for those times - John (1845 to 1891), William (1848 to 1917), George (1848 to 1902), Edward "Ned" (1851 to 1916), Sara Mary (1853 to 1896) and Eliza Jane (1855 to 1938). The family of George and Mary Trickett Edward "Ned" Trickett was George and Mary's fourth and youngest son.  He won t

I've previously written about our search for the birth family of our patriarch, William Webb Wagg.  As we approach Mother's Day, it's timely to look at the birth family of our matriarch, Sarah Turner. The first clue is in the 1853 marriage registration of William Wagg and Sarah Turner at St James, Sydney.  We see the witnesses named as George Fairfield of Sussex Street and Jane Turner of George Street. Sarah's 1918 death registration records the names of her parents as George Turner (a shipwright) and Sarah.  The witnesses to the death registration are Sarah's sons, William Webb Wagg and Charles Webb Wagg.  They record Sarah's age as 86 - birth around 1832 in Sydney. As Sarah's birth was so early in the colonies history, there are no birth registrations.  However, we've found a baptism transcript for Sarah Turner at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.  It records that Sarah was born on 21 October 1932 and baptised on 09 December 1832.  Her father