Welcome to my WEBB page. It is dedicated to the WEBB family of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia (and beyond), and particularly, to the descendents of  Noah Webb (1754 - 1832).

Because of both space limitations on this server and personal privacy concerns, I am not able to make my entire WEBB database available online. Please note that this page will no longer be updated on a regular basis! I am presently working full-time as a Librarian, and so I no longer have as much time to devote to maintaining this page. Unfortunately, I am also unable to respond to any inquries or requests for additional information. If you are searching for Webbs, check out this query page. For the more adventurous, there is the Webb Surname DNA Project.

See also the Nova Scotia Genealogy Resources page and my personal homepage.

Photographs

People

• Jonathan Harris Davidson (creator of this site, 2000)
• Harris John Webb (my Grandfather, ca. 1945)
• HJW's Masonic Christmas Card (1947)
• Charles Harris Webb (HJW's Father)
• Maude (Mooring) Webb (HJW's Mother)
• Charles Harris Webb (HJW's Great-Grandfather, ca. 1865)
• J. Harris Webb
• Gordon & Kate Webb
• James Cass Webb (1916, in his 85th Bn. uniform)
• Minnie Etta (Webb) Faulds
• St. Clair Peers Webb (1941)

Monuments

Nova Scotia

• HJW's grave in Camp Hill Cemetery (Halifax)
• William and Amelia (Spence) Webb's grave in Lower Hillside Cemetery (Springhill)
  This photo was very kindly contributed by Elizabeth Johnson

New Brunswick

• Ronald and Helen Webb's grave in Fernhill Cemetery (Saint John)
• Fred and Annie Webb's grave in Fernhill Cemetery (Saint John)
• Lowell's Webb's military grave in Fernhill Cemetery (Saint John)
• Annie P. (Myles) Webb grave in Elmwood Cemetery (Moncton)
  This photo was provided by Megan.
• Robert Webb Jr. established the Panaroma Motel in Woodstock in 1961.

Prince Edward Island

• Rev. William Webb's grave in the Old Protestant Burying Ground (Charlottetown).

Alberta

• Truman Webb's military grave in Beechmount Cemetery (Edmonton)
• St. Clair and Christina (Quaschnick) Webb's grave in Queen's Park Cemetery (Calgary)
• Gordon and Barbara Webb's grave in St. Barnabas (Anglican) Church Memorial Garden (Calgary)
• Francis Webb is included on the list of pre-1891 pioneers in Southern Alberta

Webb monuments in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Edmonton (as of July 2007)

• Alan Hugh Webb
• Harry R. and Earlmond Webb
• Irene M. Webb
• Jacob and Margaret Webb
• John E. and Laura M. Webb
• Leslie W. and Elsie G. Webb
• Robert H. and Charlotte S. Webb

Webb monuments in Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat (as of August 2016)

• Albert A. Webb
• Alice Louise Webb
• Dorothy M. L. Webb
• George W. Webb

Miscellaneous

• Thomas Webb's Confectionary Shop (Toronto, Ontario, 1877)
• Webb Engineering plant (Halifax, Nova Scotia, ca. 1955)
  This was HJW's business, located on Dutch Village Road until its demolition ca. 1978.
• Mother Webb's Restaurant sign (Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 1997)
• Jacob Webb's residence (Edmonton, Alberta, 2001)
• Webb and Associates sign (Fredericton, New Brunswick, 2015)
• J. Webb: Wine Merchant sign (Calgary, Alberta, 2016)
• Webb Place is a short street in Downtown Winnipeg (2018)
• Webb's Vegetables sign (O'Leary, Prince Edward Island, 2018)

Please do not reproduce or use any of these photographs without my express, written permission!

Sources

Notice: As of Fall 2005, the focus of this site has changed somewhat. The main goal now is to make available published Canadian primary source material (with a particular focus on directories and obituaries). Updates will occasionally be made as additional resources are located.

Canada

• Index to published Webb biographies (1877-2005)
• List of Webb soldiers in the First Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (1914)
• List of Webb deaths in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (1915-1918)
• List of Webb naturalizations (1920-1945)

Alberta

• List of Webb residents from various Alberta directories (1895-1930)
• List of Webb brand registrations (1900-2005)
• Index to Webb obituaries in the Edmonton Journal (1908-2020)
• A partial list of Alberta civil servants (1908-1981)
• Index to Webb notices in the Alberta Gazette (1910-1950)
• Index to Webb obituaries in the Calgary Herald (1911-2022)
• Index to Webb obituaries in the Lethbridge Herald (1919-1975)
• List of Webb residents of Fort McMurray (1998, 2000)
• The Calgary Heritage Initiative has published a fact sheet about the Arthur M. Webb Residence (2022)
• A list of Webb photos at the Glenbow Archives and Provincial Archives of Alberta

British Columbia

• Index to Webb obituaries in the Vancouver Sun (1932-2020)
• Index to Webb obituaries in the Victoria Times-Colonist (1980-2017)

New Brunswick

• Index to some Webb marriages in Carleton, King's, Queen's, Saint John, Sunbury, and York Counties (1807-1887)
• Some Webb members of New Jerusalem Baptist Church (1838-1850)
• Index to some Webb obituaries published in various Saint John newspapers (1857-2009)
• List of Webb residents in Parish of Hampstead, Queen's County in the 1861 census
• List of Webb residents from New Brunswick directories (1865-1903)
• Index to some Webb births in Queen's County (1879-1907)
• Index to some Webb marriages in Saint John, Queen's, Sunbury, and York Counties (1890-1919)
• List of New Brunswick Webbs who served in the C.E.F. (1914-1918)
• List of WEBB's buried in Cedar Hill (Extension) Cemetery in Saint John (as of July 2003)
  
• The Base Gagetown Community History Association website includes a few scanned obituaries and some other data about Webbs from Queen's County, and vicinity.

Nova Scotia

• Annotated WEBB entries from the Westchester Township book (1802-1871).
• Index to Webb marriages (1864-1912). [Colchester and Cumberland Counties only]
• List of Webb residents in Colchester and Cumberland Counties from Nova Scotia directories (1890-1936)
• Extracts from Harris J. Webb's research notes (1960's).
• A partial list of WEBB burials in the Five Islands Baptist Cemetery (compiled ca. 1968)
• List of WEBB's buried in Eagle Hill Cemetery in Westchester, Cumberland County (as of September 1996)
• List of Webb residents in Colchester and Cumberland Counties from the 1997 directory
  
• Some notes on "other" Cumberland County Webbs who are not descended from Noah Webb

Ontario

• Index to some Webb marriages in Ontario (1814-1914)
• List of Webb businesses and businessmen in Toronto (1866-1950)
• List of Webb residents of Bruce County (1867-1910)
• Webb burials in the Purdy Cemetery, Greenock Township, Bruce County (1880-1984)
• List of Webb families in the Toronto Blue Books (1898-1913)
• Index to some Webb obituaries in Toronto newspapers (1945-1966)

Prince Edward Island

• Green Gables Farm, in Cavendish, was owned by Ernest Webb and his wife Myrtle between 1906 and the creation of the National Park in 1937.
• The Newsletter for the L.M. Montgomery Literary Society (2011) includes an article about this family: Anita Webb and Aunt Maud

Quebec

• List of Webb residents of Montreal (1842-1911)

United States

• Index to some Webb marriages in New York State (1711-1880)
• Index to Webb obituaries in the New York Times (1874-2000)
  
• The History of William Webb, Composed by Himself (1873)
• Homesick on the Road to Santa Fe: James J. Webb's Private Diary, 1856 (1997)
• The Descendants of Joseph Webbe in St. Louis, Missouri (2012)
• A video about convicted murderer Madeline Webb
• Donald Eugene Webb was on the FBI's Most Wanted List, from 1980 to 2007. He is now deceased.

Miscellaneous

• Some notes on the origins of the Webb surname
• A biographical sketch of Noah Webb, the founder of the family in Nova Scotia
• Here is a GEDCOM file of my direct line, from Noah down to my Grandfather
• Mary Webb: Neglected Genius -- she was a British author
• Caught in the Webb -- the 2001 tribute album to American musician Webb Pierce

Persons in the Obituary Database:

The obituary database includes synopsis of obituaries (and a very few in full-text) for the individuals listed below. It has been compiled from various newspapers, primarily for Nova Scotia, but it also includes some entries from various Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, and Ontario newspapers.

Download the entire obituary database. It is in plain text (ASCII) format and it is about 32K in size. There are probably some errors in the information as it has been taken directly from the newspaper reports.
Please inform me of any corrections and/or additions.