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...

A few days ago, I was listening to "Conversations with Richard Fidler" on Local ABC radio and I was back with our family!  Richard's interview with John Durroch was "The Story of Sydney's ferries".   Press this link to hear the episode. The conversation about early ferry travel in Sydney was fascinating.  Two of the sons of William and Sarah Webb Wagg worked for Sydney Ferries, Charles (1862 to 1932) and William John (1873 to 1933).   Captain Charles Webb-Wagg Photo kindly shared by Therese, his great-granddaughter Charles was the fifth child of William and Sarah.   Charles worked for Sydney Ferries all his working life ending his career around the age of 70 as a master of the vehicular ferry service between Dawes Port and Blue's Point.  The service was discontinued when the Harbour Bridge opened in 1932.     Press this link to read the earlier post about Charles and his family. Captain Charles Webb-Wagg's Sydney Ferry hat pin ...

In April 1862, after nine years of marriage, Sarah Jane was Bill and Sarah Wagg's only surviving child.  Their other three children, William George, Mary Ann and Adelaide, had died as infants.  On 23 June 1862, their second son Charles was born at Table Bay on the North Shore of Sydney - probably at the same location as Mary Ann and Adelaide.  We now know the area as Wollstonecraft Bay.   Charles was baptised on 21 September 1862 at St Thomas Church of England, North Sydney.   We've read about Charles in previous posts- The Webb's, the Foy's and the Sydney Flying Squadron Charles Webb-Wagg - 23 June 1862 to 08 May 1939 Charles worked for Sydney Ferries all his working life ending his career around the age of 70 as a master of the vehicular ferry service between Dawes Port and Blue's Point.  The service was discontinued when the Harbour Bridge opened in 1932. On 30 January 1893, Charles married Amy Agnes Clancy at St David's Church of Engl...

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 ...

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. ...