My last hope!!

[beaglelady]

Hi folks,

I'm sorry for posting yet again about my Webb mystery but you are my only hope before I finally put this to bed for good!!   I posted some months ago about John Webb in the 66th Regiment.

Right, with the help of a researcher who visited Kew for me I now know that my John Webb joined the army - 66th regiment in 1842 aged 20yrs.  It stated on his assertation he was from Bristol, so we are looking at a poss birth for approx 1822ish.

1848 - he served in Barbados
1850 -  "       "          West Indies
1854 -  "        "         Quebec, Canada
1855 -  "        "         Gibraltar

By 1857 he had gone as he took 'free' discharge and gave up his rights to any pension.

My problem is trying to trace his wife and child.  I just want to locate the family. His son is John Thomas Webb b.1848ish in Great Bolton, Lancs, I can only find him in 1881 census married living with his in-laws.  I did, however, find on TNA a John Thomas Webb b.1857 Gt Bolton in the Navy, so not sure if he is my man. He served on 2 different ships between 1876-1878.

Can anyone help me trace the family of John senior - he should be in the 1861 and possibly 1871 census but where I don't know??

I've tried searching the army births/marriages on FindMyPast but nothing.  A researcher has searched for baptisms (at Bolton) for John Thomas Webb b.1848 and 1857 but nothing!!!

HELP???!!!!

Can anyone suggest anything else I can try please?  If the experts can't help me who can??

Thanks yet again for any help you offer, I know you are all great on here,
Elaine.

P.S.  Sorry I forgot to mention, somebody on this forum found a family at Grt Bolton with a John Webb b.1849 Ireland, his father Thomas was in the army. See RG9 pce 2820 fol 100 page 7.  I'm sure there must be a connection with my Webb's but I just can't work out how.  Perhaps Thomas Webb was brother to my John Webb senior??  Plus this family lived at Bolton for sometime.

[supermoussi]

Hi bikergirl,

There was a birth of a John Thomas Webb registered in the Chorlton, Lancs registration district in the 1st quarter of 1847 in Vol 20    Page 318.

Check for yourself at :- http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Might be a good lead.

[beaglelady]

Hi Supermoussi,

Yes I've seen that family before and I traced John Thomas through the censuses and he married an Ann at Manchester Cathedral, so I'm quite sure it's not my family.  My John T married an Elizabeth Lawrenson (although her surname on the marr/cert was incorrectly transcribed as Robinson! everything else was correct though). I have them both in the 1881 census living with her parents Thomas and Margaret Lawrenson, that is the only census I have showing John Thomas.

Thanks for trying for me.
Elaine