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The Common Room / Re: Can anyone help
« on: Saturday 21 June 25 12:48 BST (UK)  »
There is another mystery connected to the Webbs that I'm keen to explore as well. My Great Grandfathers wife was a Jessie Hill. Her Mother was a Jessie Anne Mcgregor, she was born in Perth, as was her father Robert Mcgregor, born in Perth, Scotland 13th July 1838. His ancestry is a point of contention, some beleive he is a descendent of John Murray Mcgregor 5th Cheif of the Children of the mist, 1st of Glencarnoch. This is a pretty juicy one to get my teeth into.

J

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The Common Room / Re: Can anyone help
« on: Saturday 21 June 25 12:40 BST (UK)  »
I have been in touch with Lucy, she is my father's first cousins granddaughter. My Great Grandfather Eli is her great great grandfather.

J

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The Common Room / Re: Can anyone help
« on: Saturday 21 June 25 12:37 BST (UK)  »
It could have been the case that being the wife of a soldier with two young children was too much to bear and they parted. I believe it's likley not unheard of, even nowadays.

J

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The Common Room / Re: Can anyone help
« on: Saturday 21 June 25 00:22 BST (UK)  »
Hi

Being a member of Ancestry and having done a DNA test, when I added the Langley and other Webbs on my tree a whole load of relatives started to show up on my tree with DNA matches, it seems there are still a lot of relatives living in or around the Holcombe area as well as Monmouthshire.

J

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The Common Room / Re: Can anyone help
« on: Friday 20 June 25 22:22 BST (UK)  »
Hi Lucy

My Father was your Grandad Eli's first cousin Jimmy who lived at 10 Kirkpatrick street in Bridgeton. I beleive we've spoken before on Ancestry.com

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The Common Room / Re: Can anyone help
« on: Saturday 14 June 25 11:08 BST (UK)  »
Hi all, very interesting and perhaps fills in the blanks between them all living in Dover, then suddenly appearing in Glasgow/Bridgeton. Likley we will never know the finer details. Thanks for all the help. I have passed the information to some of my Webb cousins who were equally as fascinated.

J

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The Common Room / Re: Can anyone help
« on: Saturday 26 April 25 16:28 BST (UK)  »
I read the information on the "Henry Palmer". It seems it was lost due to an accident at sea 8th November 1880, same day William Webb died.

J

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The Common Room / Re: Can anyone help
« on: Saturday 26 April 25 16:00 BST (UK)  »
I've searched online for a vessel called "Henry Palmer" but come up with nothing so far.

J

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The Common Room / Re: Can anyone help
« on: Saturday 26 April 25 15:59 BST (UK)  »
Hi Neale1961

I've been trying to explore what may have happened to my Great Great Grandfather William George Webb after he deserted. There was a family rumour that he was in the royal marines, however, I found an interesting extract below:

Name: William Webb
Name Note: Crew
Sex: Male
Age: 26
Birth Date (Estimated): 1854
Occupation: AB
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 8 Nov 1880
Event Place: United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Merchant Marine, At Sea, Great Britain
Event Place Note: This event happened while the deceased was travelling aboard a sea vessel (Name of Ship Henry Palmer)

There seems to be no record if him and it also seems he abandoned his wife an family as they turn up in Bridgeton Glasgow in the 1890's a a dispirate family, with both Eli and George in the army and Ellen MaWhinney alone bar a lodger. The Eli turns up as a barber in Bridgeton.

J


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