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Record #15414
Name :
: Richard WEBSTER (1875 - 1964)
  aka : Dick


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
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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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
2688 WEBSTER, Albert William1897ENG, WAR, Aston, Birmingham Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
21507 WEBSTER, Alexander1895 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
26315 WEBSTER, Alexander Farquharson1925SCT, ANS, Dundee Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
17129 WEBSTER, Alice1893ENG,     Aug 1907 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
18010 WEBSTER, Charles Samuel1897ENG,     Aug 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
24925 WEBSTER, Frederick1901 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
21506 WEBSTER, Frederick W.1895 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
12436 WEBSTER, George1893ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
21997 WEBSTER, George ENG,     Apr 1925 : Athenia CAN Quarriers  
15932 WEBSTER, Hugh1886ENG,     Jul 1894 : Sardinian CAN Barnardos  
15933 WEBSTER, Joseph1889ENG,     Apr 1900 : Cambroman CAN Barnardos  
18663 WEBSTER, Leslie1901ENG,     Sep 1911 : Lake Manitoba CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
2690 WEBSTER, Nellie Maude1898ENG, WAR, Aston, Birmingham Jun 1910 : Mongolian CAN Middlemore  
21547 WEBSTER, Reginald Peter1914ENG, NTT, Mansfield Jun 1929 : Berrima AUS Barnardos  
15414 WEBSTER, Richard1875IND,    , Bombay Mar 1891 : Sarnia CAN Manchester and Salford Boys and Girls Refuges and Homes LindaWW  
14721 WEBSTER, Robert William1875ENG, NFK Jun 1889 : Vancouver CAN Church Emigration Society  
21548 WEBSTER, Roy1912ENG, NTT, Mansfield Jun 1929 : Berrima AUS Barnardos  
22875 WEBSTER, Simcon1894ENG,     Apr 1908 : Lake Champlain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
12435 WEBSTER, Thos1892ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos