The Webb Wagg Family in Australia

George Turner and Mary Hand are our many times great-grandparents. They are the parents of Sarah, who married William Webb Wagg, and Jane, who married John Trickett.  George and Mary married on 23 November 1831 here in Sydney. The registration shows the marriage was a Catholic ceremony that took place in Parramatta. As they married before civil registrations, it was registered at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney.  Mary arrived in the Colony as a convict and had not been granted a ticket of leave at the time she and George were intending to marry. So they had to seek permission to marriage. Here's the record showing that George and Mary were granted that permission on 12 October 1831. Six weeks later, they married. You can read an earlier post about George and Mary  HERE.

"The last dance" Ma Webb with son, Bob - May 1970 "Ma Webb" is my mother's mother's mother. My other great-grandparents died before my birth - between 1919 and 1950. Ma was the matriarch at the centre of Mum's family.  She died thirteen days after my twenty first birthday on Anzac Day 1974, aged ninety six. That was the first family celebration she missed! Her parents were born in New South Wales to Irish Catholic immigrants. Born on St Joseph's Day in 1878, it's no surprise she was named Josephine. Ma lived with her parents and six siblings at The Rocks.  A week after her seventeenth birthday, she married Hayden Webb Wagg, at St Thomas' Church of England, North Sydney. Her six children were baptised in the Church of England. Ma and Pa built their home at 14 Bray Street Mosman about 1902. Ma lived there for 72 years. Most of the family lived close by. We were 300 metres up the road.  Ma and Pa's approach to religion was "catholic&quo

You never know when you'll find a priceless treasure as you scour various sites.  Look what I uncovered tonight at the NSW State Library!  Yes, it Chris Webb photographed on 3 January 1940 at his home, 4 Euryalus Street, Beauty Point.  He was 74 and living with his daughter, May, son-in-law, George Ravell and their three children - Jean (20), Joan (18) and Keith (14). You can read more about Chris  HERE. Chris Webb - 1929 Bradleys Head Champion and his ever-present pipe Likely Chris with his 14 year old grandson, Keith Dalias - the family flower - at 4 Euryalus Street, Beauty Point  View of Middle Harbour from garden (  Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy ACP Magazines Ltd https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/oj6kZDveNbKqD )