The Webb Wagg Family in Australia

William John Webb-Wagg (1873 to 1933) We're looking for cousins in this line who'd be prepared to take an AncestryDNA test?  If you're interested please contact me at chrisw9953@gmail.com. Many of the Webb-Wagg cousins have taken DNA tests that prove our genetic link back to William Webb-Wagg and Sarah Turner.  Linda, a descendant of their son, William, has taken an AncestryDNA test.  William married Ethel Swanson in 1895 in Sydney.  Linda's keen to work with other descendants of William and Ethel to see if genetic genealogy throws any light on Ethel's parents - Swan Swanson and Susan Kelly.   I t's been hard to locate Swan (or Sven) and Susan's families in Sweden and Ireland, respectively.  Swan possibly arrived in Sydney as a seaman in 1871, the year before his marriage to Susan.  But little more is know about either of them apart from their marriage on 8 January 1872 at St Patricks Church Hill, Sydney and the birth of their two daughters - E...

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. ...