It was surely a "giant step for man" to make a three month journey in a sailing ship half way around the world to settle in Australia.
Links to Webb Family History Pages
and other interesting Webb information on the web.
- Webb One Name Register
Webb One Name Study. The Study predominantly researches and records the Web, Webb and Webbe surname. There are other variants, mainly due to irregularities with spelling, such as Weab, Weby, etc. Research has shown that in the United Kingdom the Webb surname was in medieval times written as Webba, etc. representing the occupation of weaver. Thus the surnames of Webber and Weber can also look back to this period for the origin of their surname.
- Webb, Archibald Bertram (1887 - 1944) artist
- Webb, Charles (1821 - 1898) architect
- Webb, Chris (1866 - 1948) boatman
- Webb, David (1807-1888)
- Webb, Edmund (1830 - 1899) storekeeper and politician
- Webb, Francis Charles (1925 - 1973) poet
- Webb, Frederick William (1837 - 1919) public servant
- Webb, George Henry Frederick brother of James Hemming Webb
- Webb, George Henry Frederick (1828 - 1891) judge
- Webb, Jacob Henry 1865 on board "Morayshire"
- Webb, James a soldier, arrived in Australia, on the "Scarborough" in 1790
- Webb, James (1808 - 1870) builder found in Webb, Charles (1821 - 1898)
- Webb, James Hemming brother of George Henry Frederick Webb
- Webb, Jessie Stobo Watson (1880 - 1944) historian
- Webb, John (1798 - 1873)
- Webb, John (1847) - arrived Brisbane 1879 on the ship "Devon"
- Webb, Karrie golfer
- Webb, Leicester Chisholm (1905 - 1962) political scientist, public servant and journalist
- Webb, Richard arrived in 1814.
- Webb, Robert arrived Brisbane 1879
- Webb, Thomas Prout (1845 - 1916) lawyer
- Webb, Thomas Theodor (1885 - 1948) Methodist missionary
- William Webb Stanton St John, Oxfordshire, UK to Queensland 1873
- Webb, William Alfred (1878 - 1936) railway administrator
- Webb, Sir William Flood (1887 - 1972) judge
- Webb, William Telford (1842 - 1911) farmer and politician
Once you have located the first of your ancestors to arrive in Australia, please email details to Tom Wills for inclusion in this page.
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