The Webb Wagg Family in Australia

A  Facebook comment from one of the "Webb Wagg cousins" about the involvement of Chris Webb in the family of his youngest sister, Minnie, underlies my view that all the children of Bill and Sarah Wagg were very close and supportive. We just have to look at the three generation in this photo! Then we have the photo another "Webb Wagg cousins" shared with us of the Webb Wagg family gathering in the late 1910s. I've spent a long time looking at this photo with a magnifying glass since Therese lent it to me. You can clearly see Sarah Wag g in the front row. In the middle of the second row looking away from the camera is Chris and Nellie Webb with Hayden and Josephine Webb Wagg to their right. I'm sure that there are many Tricketts in the photos. You'll recall that Sarah's sister Jane Turner, married John Trickett. Here's the 1906 marriage certificate of Edward George Thickett (Jane and John's oldest son) to Bina (Sabina) McManus at

We all know him as "Chris Webb" but Henry Christopher Wagg was born on 17 October 1866 at Blues Point, NSW.  While all the Webb Wagg and Trickett boys were great sailors, Chris was the greatest of them all! Thank you to "Arncliffejack" who s hared this on ancestry.com.au on  12 September 2015 Some details of Chris's family life will be followed by the words on his life and sailing achievements from  The Australian Dictionary of Biography. In 1892, Chris married Ellen Eliza (Nellie) Rogers at Redfern.  Nellie was born on 19 November 1873 in Redfern.  Her mother was Annie Eliza Rogers.  Her birth registration doesn't record the name of her father (NSW 5106/1873).  Thank you to "James Andrew Hudd"who shared this on ancestry.com.au on 04 June 2015 Chris and Nellie had 3 daughters- Violet Manning (Vi) was born in 1893 in Sydney and died on 31 January 1978 in Northbridge, NSW.  Violet married Henry (Harry) Price on 16 February 1918 a