The Webb Wagg Family in Australia

For many of the Webb Wagg "cousins", every 19 March brings special thoughts back to us of our cherished "Ma Webb" for she was born on St Joseph's Day in 1878 - 140 years ago today.  Ma was named Josephine, of course, because she came from a family with a strong Irish background.  I'm sure she would have been called Patricia of she was born two days earlier! To recap an earlier blog.... We were so fortunate to have Ma with us until her death on Anzac Day 1974, aged 96.  Ma was very proud of her Irish Catholic heritage but both of her parents were born in Australia.   John Clancy, her father, was born on 24 January 1845 at Camden - the fifth of the ten children of John Clancy (1811 to 1858) and Mary Casey (1814 to 1905).  John and Mary married on 29 December 1836 in County Cork, Ireland and arrived in Australia on 16 October 1838. John Clancy Catherine Mary Teresa (Kate) Flaven, her mother, was born on 28 September 1846 at Princes Street, The ...

Josephine Clancy, or "Ma Webb" to her very large family, was born on 19 March 1878 in Cumberland Street, Sydney.  The daughter of John Clancy and Catherine Flaven.  Ma died on 25 Apr 1974 at 96 years of age.  Here she is at the wedding of her great granddaughter, Suzanne. Josephine Webb Wagg On 26 March 1895, a 24 year old Hayden Webb Wagg (Pa Webb) married a 17 year old Josephine Clancy (Ma Webb) at St Thomas' Church of England, North Sydney. Ma and Pa Webb and "Little Jackie" Lutge This photo was probably taken in the mid 1920s as their grandson, "Little Jackie" Lutge, has sneaked in.  It looks like the island at Balmoral. Any thoughts? Finally, some details from the marriage registration- Albert Hayden Webb Wagg, bachelor of Blues Point Road North Sydney, records his occupation as a fireman and his father's occupation as a lighterman.  Parents are William Webb-Wagg and Sarah Turner. Josephine Clancy, spinster of 104 Princes Street ...