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Record #15414

Name :: : Richard WEBSTER (1875 - 1964)
aka : Dick
Father: :
Mother: :

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Date of Birth: : 18 Apr 1875
Marriage (1): : 17 Jan 1906 Spouse/Notes : Catherine Louise Anderson innTorbolton, ON, Canada
Marriage (2): : 17 Dec 1912 Spouse/Notes : Sarah Jane McBryde McIntosh, in Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Date of Death: : 30 Aug 1964

Abode (1) : Place of BirthIndia, Bombay

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Vancouver

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 29 Mar 1891
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Sarnia
Placement Family: : Stevenson/Stevenson/Smyth

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): : Salford and Manchester Boys and Girls Home and Refuge
Agency: : Manchester and Salford Boys and Girls Refuges and Homes

NotesMy grandfather, Richard James Webster, was born in Bombay, India 18 April 1875. In trying to construct my family tree, I found him, his brother and parents on the 1881 Census of Britain and Wales. The group was: father James, mother Annie Rothery, Harry, brother also born India around 1873 and Richard. I had no luck with any trace after that, until he turned up at the farm of my grandmothers uncle, George Smith, in the late 1890's. He then moved to Saskatchewan, homestead there and came back in 1906 to marry my grandmother and take her to their new farm. She died in 1909, leaving Dick with two small boys. He returned to Ontario in around 1910, left the boys with his mother-in-law and went back West. Last we knew of him. No proven documentation after this date, only hearsay and speculation.

My sister-in-law took up the roots quest just about a year ago. She determined that Dick was a Home Child, sponsored by Barnardos. Per their documents, his father died 4 years before he was sent to Canada, mother some time before that. His brother, Harry, was living in the refuge. This took place in Preston, Manchester, Lancs, UK.

I have the documents from the sending Agency, Salford and Manchester Boys and Girls Refuge and Home, now The Together Trust.

I have since learned that Dick married Sarah Jane McBryde McIntosh in Alberta in 1912. She had three children, only two came to Canada. One son, Thomas McBryde McIntosh, lived with them. He came over with a group of children from Quarriers. He and his sister, Sarah Mitchell McIntosh, had been left there by their mother as she could not support them and was off to Canada to meet her sister and make a new life.

Richard Webster and Sarah ended up in Vancouver, per family stories, and have been found on various Census reports. Sarah died in 1955 and Richard died in 1964.

Update 05.09.15 from LindaWW

ContributorsCreated : 2011-11-26 13:01:38 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : KarenM

Last Updated : 2016-04-18 22:53:59 / alanmack

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3103	ABRAHAMS, Frederick	1876	ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
6912	ALLEN, Frederick	1878	ENG, , Paddington	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
14556	ANDERSON, Charlotte	1871	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	May 1885 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
11880	ANDERSON, Christine	1875	ENG,	May 1885 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
12754	ANDREWS, Gertrude	1879	ENG,	May 1889 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
4390	ARGENT, Albert	1878	ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
4389	ARGENT, William John	1878	ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
9778	ARNOLD, William Charles	1883	ENG,	Apr 1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Barnardos
11881	ASH, Charles	1885	ENG, LDN, London	Apr 1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Barnardos
8755	ASH, Chris	1883	ENG, LDN, London	Apr 1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Barnardos
11882	ASH, Henry	1888	ENG,	Apr 1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Barnardos
6447	ASLETT, Ethel	1881	ENG,	May 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
5393	AULT, Ada May	1882	ENG, DBY, Derby	May 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
5392	AULT, Alice	1884	ENG, DBY, Derby	May 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
7204	AUSTIN, Albert James	1881	ENG,	Apr 1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Barnardos
22309	AYRES, Charles		ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
22308	AYRES, Edward		ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
12472	BAILEY, Arthur	1882	ENG,	Apr 1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Barnardos
22290	BAKER, Walter		ENG,	Apr 1892 : Sarnia	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
18711	BARNES, J	1894	ENG,	1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Unknown
18721	BARNES, John W	1883	ENG,	1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Unknown
18770	BARNES, W	1869	ENG,	May 1885 : Sarnia	CAN	Unknown
18772	BARNES, Walter	1883	ENG,	1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Unknown
22216	BARRELL, William	1876	ENG,	Apr 1888 : Sarnia	CAN	Fegan Homes for Boys
9828	BARTLETT, Selina	1881	ENG,	Mar 1891 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
19669	BEATTIE, Eugenie	1871	ENG,	Jul 1887 : Sarnia	CAN	National Childrens Home
21406	BEECHAM, Edith	1892	ENG,	Apr 1892 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
21407	BEECHAM, H.	1892	ENG,	Apr 1892 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
22841	BELL, Charles	1885	ENG,	Apr 1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Barnardos
16161	BELL, George	1883	ENG,	Apr 1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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