ID: I514745228
Name: James WEBB
Given Name: James
Surname: Webb
Sex: M
Birth: Sep 1836 to abt 1838 in England
Death: aft 1920 census in Dundee, Illinois?
Note: Emigration: England (possibly from London) to Illinois, US, in 1869. Occupation: painter and decorator in Illinois.
1870 US census Illinois Kane Co., Dundee (ancestry.com image 31/52) James Webb, 33, day laborer, b:England Jane H. Webb, 30, keeping house, b:England Jane H. Webb, 9, b:England Maria Web, 7, b:England Thomas W. (William?) Webb, 5, b:England Baby (female), 1, b:IL
1880 US Census (LDS) household, Dundee, Kane Co., IL James Webb, head of household, b:<1838> England, age 42, Painter, married, father b:England, mother b:England. Jane Webb, wife, b:<1841> England, age 39, Keeping House, married, father b:England, mother b:England Jennie Webb, daughter, b:<1861> England, age 19, At School, single, father b:England, mother b:England Thomas Webb, son, b:<1866> England, age 14, At Home, single, father b:England, mother b:England Mariah Webb, daughter, b:<1869> IL, age 11, At School, single, father b:England, mother b:England George Webb, son, b:<1873> IL, age 7, At School, father b:England, mother b:England Arthur Webb, son, b:<1875> IL, age 5, (no occup), father b:England, mother b:England Flora Webb, daughter, b:<1876> IL, age 4, (no occup), father b:England, mother b:England Note: Parents and children Jennie and Thomas must have immigrated to US between abt 1866 and 1869 since children listed before/in 1866 born in England and those in/after 1869 born in Illinois.
1900 US census, Illinois, Kane Co., Dundee Twp., West Dundee Village: James Webb, head, b Sep 1836, age 63, widowed,b:Eng,Eng,Eng, immig 1869, 31 years ago, naturalized, Painter Jennie H. Webb, dau, b Feb 1862, age 37, single, b:Eng,Eng,Eng, immig 1869, 31 years ago, (no status), (no occup) George Webb, son, b Jul 1872, age 27, single, b:IL,Eng,Eng, Painter Arthur Webb, son, b Nov 1874, age 25, single, b:Il,Eng,Eng, Painter [Wife Jennett/Jane must have died before 1900]
1910 US census, Dundee Twp., Kane Co., Illinois (HeritageQuest): James Webb, head, age 73, widowed, b-fb-mb:England, painter and decorator Jennie, dau, age 47, single, b-fb-mb:England, no occupation George, son, age 34, single, b:IL, fb-mb:England, painter and decorator Arthur, son, age 30, single, b:IL, fb-mb:England, painter and decorator [James and Jennie immigrated 1869].
1920 US census, Illinois, Kane Co., Dundee Downship, James W. Webb, head, owns home free, 84, widowed, Immigrated 1869, naturalized 1875, b/fb/mb:England, no occupation Arthur --, son, 44, single, b:Illinois, fb/mb:England, House Painter Jennie H. --, dau, 54, single, Immigrated 1869, naturalized, b/fb/mb:England, no occupation
Graves in West Dundee Cemetery, West Dundee, IL, Section 3,seen in a row and photographed by GSC in August 2002 (no dates and only names and designations "father" and "mother" are written on the granite stones, which were in excellent condition in 2002). In order from left to right in the row: Flora M Webb Emma E Webb Maria E Webb Mother Jane T. Webb Father James Webb Arthur J Webb Jennie W Webb (Grave of son George Felix Webb observed in different section of same cemetery in August 2002 buried with his wife.)
Probably lived in London, England, before emigration, where three children were christened.
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New York Passengr Lists 1820-1957, ancestry.com: SS Constantine, departed London, arrived New York 23 Aug 1869: James Webb, 24, male, Laborer, origin Great Britain, destination U.S. America, Steerage
Marriage 1
Jane Harriet or T UNKNOWN b: abt 1841 in England
- Married:
say 1860
in England
Children
George Felix WEBB b: Jul 1872 in East Dundee, Illinois Jane Harriet WEBB b: 12 Feb 1861 in London?, England Thomas William WEBB b: 7 May 1865 or Mar 1866 in London, England Maria Eliza WEBB b: 11 Feb 1863 in London?, England Arthur James WEBB b: 20 Nov 1874 in Illinois Flora M. WEBB b: abt 1876 in IL Emma E. WEBB b: aft 1880? Mariah WEBB b: abt 1869 in Illinois | |