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William Robert Webster 1863 – 1930 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1863

Birth Location: Naas, Kildare, Ireland

Death Date: 25 February 1930

Death Location: Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: William Webster,

Mother: Julia Murphy

Spouse(s): Robina Ward

Children(s): Edith Webster, Ruobina Webster, Agnes Webster, William Webster,, Ruby Webster, Margaret Webster, Iris Webster, Lawson Webster, Henry Webster, Frank Webster, Emily Webster, Sydney Webster, Alma Webster, Alfred Webster, Ivy Webster, Alexander Webster

William Robert Webster was born in 1863 in Naas, Kildare, Ireland, the child of William Webster, and Julia Agnes Murphy. William Robert Webster married Robina Ward, and had children including Edith (Eddie) Webster, Ruobina (Robina) Webster, Agnes Webster, William Richard Webster,, Ruby Webster, Margaret Gladys Webster, Iris Webster, Lawson Webster, Henry Charles Webster, Frank Webster, Emily Barbara Webster, Sydney Thomas Webster, Alma Rhodesia Webster, Alfred Saunders Webster, Ivy Florence Webster, Alexander Campbell Webster. William Robert Webster passed away in 1930 in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • William Robert Webster was born in 1863 in Naas, Kildare, Ireland, the child of William Webster, and Julia Agnes Murphy.
  • William Robert Webster married Robina Ward, and had children including Edith (Eddie) Webster, Ruobina (Robina) Webster, Agnes Webster, William Richard Webster,, Ruby Webster, Margaret Gladys Webster, Iris Webster, Lawson Webster, Henry Charles Webster, Frank Webster, Emily Barbara Webster, Sydney Thomas Webster, Alma Rhodesia Webster, Alfred Saunders Webster, Ivy Florence Webster, Alexander Campbell Webster.
  • William Robert Webster passed away in 1930 in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Webster,
1835 – 1889
Birth Location: Scoonie, Fife, Scotland
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Julia Murphy
1843 – 1906
Birth Location: Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Robina Ward
1868 – 1949
Birth Location: Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand
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Children(s)

Edith Webster
1891 –
Birth Location: Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
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Ruobina Webster
1892 – 1970
Birth Location: Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
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Agnes Webster
1895 – 1978
Birth Location: Cheviot, Hurunui, Canterbury, New Zealand
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William Webster,
1897 – 1969
Birth Location: Cheviot, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Ruby Webster
1899 –
Birth Location: Winchester South-Canterbury New Zealand
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Margaret Webster
1899 – 1899
Birth Location: Cheviot, Canterbury, New Zealand
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Iris Webster
1900 – 1991
Birth Location: Cheviot, Wairau, New Zealand
IW
Lawson Webster
1901 –
Birth Location: Cheviot, North Canterbury, New Zealand
LW
Henry Webster
1902 – 1962
Birth Location: Cheviot, North Canterbury, New Zealand
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Frank Webster
1904 – 1985
Birth Location: Cheviot, North Canterbury, New Zealand
FW
Emily Webster
1905 – 1996
Birth Location: Cheviot, North Canterbury, New Zealand
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Sydney Webster
1906 – 1985
Birth Location: Cheviot, North Canterbury, New Zealand
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Alma Webster
1908 – 1987
Birth Location: Cheviot, North Canterbury, New Zealand
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Alfred Webster
1909 – 1979
Birth Location: New Zealand
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Ivy Webster
1911 –
Birth Location: –
IW
Alexander Webster
1913 – 1988
Birth Location: Cheviot, Canterbury, New Zealand
AW

William Webster's Ancestors

Self
William Webster
1863 – 1930
Birth Place: Naas, Kildare, Ireland
Parents
William Webster,
1835 – 1889
Scoonie, Fife, Scotland
Julia (Agnes) Murphy
1843 – 1906
Naas, Kildare, Ireland
Grandparents
Andrew Webster
1804 – 1865
Leslie Fife Scotland
Christian Robertson
1807 – 1885
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Richard Murphy,
1801 – 1866
Kilcullen, Kildare, Dublin, Ireland
Johanna Baily
1810 – 1892
Cloyne Parish, Cork, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
David Webster
1770 – 1866
Isobel Litster
1766 – 1866
Alexander Robertson
1776 – 1868
Christian Betson
1775 –
James Murphy
Bridget (Bidy)
1780 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Christian Martin
1749 –
Robert Litster
1722 –
Elizabeth Beathune
1728 –
Donald Robertson
1751 – 1825
David Beatson
1723 – 1800
Janet Wemyss
1738 – 1800

William Webster's Descendants

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William (Robert) Webster (1863 – 25 February 1930) m. Robina Ward (1868 – 10 Aug 1949)
  1. 1. Edith ((Eddie)) Webster (Jun 1891 – ) m. George Kirkpatrick, (1889 ? – Dec 1952)
    1. 1. Isabella (Edith) Kirkpatrick (Sep 1910 – )
    2. 2. Marion Kirkpatrick (Sep 1913 – )
    3. 3. Anges (Godley) Kirkpatrick, (Sep 1914 – 18 Mar 1989)
    4. 4. George (Leidge) Kirkpatrick, (20 July 1915 – 14 May 1975)
  2. 2. Ruobina ((Robina)) Webster (Oct 1892 – 21 Apr 1970) m. Louis (Peter) Charlett (1874 – 20 Jan 1957)
    1. 1. Norman (Clarence) Charlett (2 Nov 1910 – 14 May 2001)
    2. 2. Louis (Francis) Charlett (31 Dec 1912 – 13 Jul 1995)
    3. 3. Noreen (Christina) Charlett (1914 – 26 November 1991)
    4. 4. Jessie (Agnes) Charlett (abt 1918 – 4 Sep 1957)
    5. 5. Nita (Florence) Charlett (19 Feb 1919 – 14 Feb 2011)
    6. 6. Violet (Emily) Charlett (Dec 1920 – 20 Jun 1977) m. Patrick (Bernard Owen (Pat)) Kerr (21 Aug 1918 – 21 Feb 1974) m. Roy (James) Whelan (28 Oct 1910 – 9 Jun 1976)
      1. 1. Whelan
      2. 2. Whelan
    7. 7. Ruby (Melva) Charlett (1924 – 13 December 1995)
    8. 8. Dorothy (Ellen) Laing (15 Nov 1925 – 11 Apr 2007)
    9. 9. Frank (Albert) Charlett (abt 1928 – 31 Jan 1954)
    10. 10. Bert (Sidney) Charlett (1930 – 18 Jun 1991) m. Tekiva Tavake (1931 – 12 Oct 2016)
      1. 1. Susan Charlett
    11. 11. Ronald (Gordon) Charlett (24 May 1931 – 20 Aug 2014)
    12. 12. Dawn (Marion) Charlett (8 Sept 1934 – 20 Apr 2014)
    13. 13. Don (Archie) Charlett (11 Jun 1938 – 9 Feb 2018)
    14. 14. Dick Charlett
    15. 15. Dick Charlett
  3. 3. Agnes Webster (8 Jan 1895 – 1978) m. John (James) Patterson (11 Sep 1884 – 1971)
    1. 1. John (Francis) Patterson (19 Oct 1913 – 12 May 1989) m. Iris (Freda) Patterson (Mar 1917 – 7 May 1991)
      1. 1. Jo (Brady's Mother) Patterson m. Richard (Bruce) Jamieson
        1. 1. Jo Jamieson m. Brady
    2. 2. Thelma (Agnes) Patterson (13 April 1915 – 15 Dec 1984)
    3. 3. Monica (Rosamund) Patterson (25 Sept 1916 – 18 March 1998) m. Ronald (George) Lindsay (1910 – ) m. Albert (John (Jack)) Yeatman (15 Jan 1919 – 10 May 2003)
      1. 1. Margaret Lindsay (1937 – )
      2. 2. Wayne Lindsay
      3. 3. Barry Yeatman
    4. 4. Leon (Ronald) Patterson (23 Aug 1918 – 20 Feb 1986)
  4. 4. William (Richard) Webster, (Dec 1897 – 7 May 1969) m. Ethel (May) Boulton (Abt. 1907 – ) m. Anna (Mary) Smith (28 Nov 1898 – 11 July 1987)
    1. 1. Ngaire (June) Stock (21 Jun 1925 – 18 Nov 2017) m. walter (thomas) brooks (6 Jun 1923 – 17 Jul 1991)
      1. 1. Denise (June) brooks (26 November 1948 – 18 May 2004) m. George Arnold (9 Oct 1939 – 14 May 1995) m. James (Patrick) Moyst (25 May 1940 – 30 May 2020)
        1. 1. Mark (Shane) Arnold (22/2/1969 – 4/4/2008)
      2. 2. mcalver14 brooks m. D Calver
  5. 5. Ruby Webster (1899 – )
  6. 6. Margaret (Gladys) Webster (Mar 1899 – Jun 1899)
  7. 7. Iris Webster (22 July 1900 – 2 April 1991) m. James (Alfred) Martin (30 May 1891 – Abt. 1941) m. Walsh
    1. 1. Iris (Florence ( Betsey )) Webster (17 Aug 1920 – 14 Jan 1988) m. Leslie (Ezekiel) Christie (24 Oct 1907 – 1945) m. Vincent (Arthur Giuseppe) Calleja (abt 1936 – 31 Jul 1978) m. Andrew2 Hepburn (17 Jan 1910 – 19 Apr 1988)
      1. 1. Yvonne (Dawn) Christie, (1 Feb 1938 – 1 Mar 1938)
      2. 2. Brian (Raymond) Christie (27 Aug 1940 – 18 Mar 2020) m. Pike (\) Cowie (1945 – ) m. Shirley (June) Warner (23 Sep 1944 – ) m. Gaile (Daphne) Marshall (23 Aug 1943 – )
        1. 1. Trevor (Alan) Dixon (12 Jan 1963 – ) m. Vicki (Jean) Harris (1963 – )
        2. 2. Brett (James) Shadbolt (16 Aug 1963 – )
        3. 3. Shane (Richard) Shadbolt
        4. 4. Grant (Raymond) Shadbolt
        5. 5. Alyson (Jane) Harvey (24 Aug 1963 – ) m. Kilione (Kelemete) Tabakau (29 Jun 1967 – )
    2. 2. Leonard (William) Webster (13 Aug 1922 – 23 Dec 1999) m. Ethel (May) Knight (19 Sep 1924 – 24 Sep 2014)
      1. 1. Dale (Margaret) Webster (16 June 1946 – 16 June 1946)
      2. 2. Warwick (Leonard) Webster (1950 – 2 Oct 1982)
      3. 3. Joanne Webster (abt 1952 – ) m. Neville (John) Hill (Abt. 1964 – 9 December 2003)
        1. 1. Gabriel (John) Hill (1991 – )
        2. 2. Jasmine Hill (1994 – )
      4. 4. Premature Webster (16 Sep 1961 – 16 Sep 1961)
  8. 8. Lawson Webster (1901 – )
  9. 9. Henry (Charles) Webster (1902 – 1962) m. Marjorie (Ethel) Ford (9 July 1898 – 25 July 1956)
    1. 1. Kenneth (William) Webster (3 October 1927 – 20 May 2021) m. Mavis (Jean) Keyte (2 November 1926 – 20 July 2018)
      1. 1. Stuart Webster
    2. 2. Harold (James) Webster m. Natalie (Rae) Wilson
      1. 1. Chané (Ballantine's Mother) Webster m. Chané (Ballantine's Father) Tonkin
        1. 1. Chané Tonkin m. Ballantine
  10. 10. Frank Webster (January 1904 – 24 July 1985)
  11. 11. Emily (Barbara) Webster (3 Aug 1905 – 27 May 1996) m. Wilfred (Charles) Mayson
    1. 1. Noel (Wilfred) Mayson (1926 – 2003) m. Antoinette (Eva Bernadette) Bagley
      1. 1. Níall Mayson
    2. 2. Annette (Mary) Mayson ( – 2022)
  12. 12. Sydney (Thomas) Webster (17 Aug 1906 – 3 Jan 1985)
  13. 13. Alma (Rhodesia) Webster (6 Apr 1908 – 20 Jul 1987) m. Leonard (Logan) Wearne
    1. 1. Trevor (Logan) Wearne m. Nicola (Jane OR Denise) Ann
      1. 1. Adam Wearne
    2. 2. Kevin (W) Wearne m. Lorraine Wearne
      1. 1. Scott (Logan) Wearne (18 Apr 1970 – 16 Sep 1989)
      2. 2. Angela Wearne
      3. 3. Dean Wearne
      4. 4. Craig Wearne
  14. 14. Alfred (Saunders) Webster (19 Oct 1909 – 29 Oct 1979)
  15. 15. Ivy (Florence) Webster (1911 – ) m. Alexander (William) McKenzie (28 Apr 1896 – 13 September 1951)
  16. 16. Alexander (Campbell) Webster (19 Jan 1913 – 25 Feb 1988) m. Freda Webster (1908 – 11 Sep 1992)

William Webster's Timeline

7 Records

1858
13 Jan 1858
Birth of William Robert Webster in Naas Parish, Kildare, Ireland
Naas Parish, Kildare, Ireland
1858
12 Feb 1858
William Robert Webster was baptized in Dublin, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland
1863
1863
Birth of William Robert Webster in Naas Parish, Kildare, Ireland
Naas Parish, Kildare, Ireland
1863
1863
Birth of William Robert Webster in Naas Parish, Kildare, Ireland
Naas Parish, Kildare, Ireland
1863
1863
Birth of William Robert Webster in Naas, Kildare, Ireland
Naas, Kildare, Ireland
1896
1896
Age 33
William Robert Webster resided here in New Zealand
New Zealand
1930
25 February 1930
Age 67
Death of William Robert Webster in Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 Jan 1858
    Event Place: Naas Parish, Kildare, Ireland
    Record Source: Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Irish Catholic Parish Registers; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 08836 / 04

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1863
    Event Place: Naas Parish, Kildare, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1863
    Event Place: Naas Parish, Kildare, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1863
    Event Place: Naas, Kildare, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1858
    Event Place: Dublin, Ireland
    Record Source: Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Irish Catholic Parish Registers; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 08836 / 04

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1896
    Event Place: New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-2010, BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: 48 Quinn St
    Record Source: Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1655-1915, National Library of Ireland; Dublin, Ireland; Irish Catholic Parish Registers; Microfilm Number: Microfilm 08836 / 04

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 February 1930
    Event Place: Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ashburton, Ashburton District, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current
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