Eleanor Webb and Her “Husbands”
My great-aunt Eleanor Webb was a bit of an outlier – I wasn’t even aware she existed until I found her marriage record in Ontario.
My great-aunt Eleanor Webb was a bit of an outlier – I wasn’t even aware she existed until I found her marriage record in Ontario.
George Edward Webb and his wife Dorothy Griffin had two children and settled at 57 Houghton Avenue North, Hamilton.
Records suggest that Gertrude Webb was blind and attended Institute for Blind Welfare and School for the Partially Sighted in Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire.
I haven’t been able to locate a marriage record for Mary Elizabeth Webb and her “husband” William Beswick, but they had five known children.
When Edward Visheau was born on April 19, 1891, his father, Ezeph Visheau (1861-1931), a shoemaker, and his mother, Caroline (née Harvey) (1862-?), were 29.
Pictured: Nantwich, Cheshire, England circa 1900 When Mary Louisa Dyke was born on August 29, 1882, in Crewe, Cheshire, England, her father, Edwin Henry Dyke
When Selina (Emma) Dyke was born in 1885 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, her father, Edwin Henry Dyke (1845-1923), was 40, and her mother, Selina Charlotte
Frank Arthur Dyke married Christina Riley in 1911 (after the census). A marriage record hasn’t been located. They had three children.
Joseph Henry married Annie Beck in 1899 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. They had one child together.
Alfred James Webb Dyke was a war hero – with a checkered past.
William Webb Dyke married Blanche Evans on June 6, 1896, at Christ Church in Crewe, Cheshire, England. They had four children.
When Rosina Eleanor Dyke was born on October 28, 1868 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, her father, Edwin, was 24, and her mother, Selina Charlotte (née