Rev F S Webster.

[powerwicklow]

I am posting to see if anyone knows anything about the life of the REV F S Webster. Googling I am able to find snippets on his career but nothing on his family or where he was born. Any help appreciated.

John.

[AMBLY]

Hi John

The trail  ...

Google Book preview: A Romance of Song and Soul Winning'
Rev  F S Webster ....."formerly of Birmingham, afterwards a Prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and rector of a large West End church"


SOME MEMORIES OF S. JUDE'S FORTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO
http://www.parsonsfamily.co.uk/parsons/10st_judes.php
"...Rev. F. S. Webster, then Rector of S. Thomas", Bath Row..."
"..Towards the end of the year 1889 I was nearing the close of my college life, and was looking out for a curacy. I still have the letter from Mr. Webster, dated October 31st, 1889…" Memories of a Mr Parsons who died 1937

Newspaper article - May 1909
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/9981465
"….F S Webster, Rector of All Souls" (Aldgate London)


Googled book transcripts:  "Wilson Carlile and Church Army- the early years"
"….the Revd F S Webster at St Aldates, Oxford, had a ‘Church Salvation Army’…"
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"In 1883 the first college was opened in Oxford with F S Webster as Principal.  and the same year that the college was founded that the first publication was issued of ‘The Battleaxe’ or ‘Gazette of the Church Army Crusade and Mission Band Movement’ and the Principal of the Training College was the first editor…."

A photo of a younger F S Webster - certainley the same person as in your photo
http://www.archive.org/stream/wilsoncarlilechu00rowarich#page/138/mode/2up/search/webster
Caption:
Rev. F. S. Webster
(now of All Souls, Langham Place) in his costume as firot
Church Army Training Homewarden.
(Click the link to 'open' the URL search result for the  book, click on URL to open the E-Book reader. Then search for Webster).

Wiki article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Titchfield_Street
However, in February 1900, F.S.Webster, rector of the All Souls Church, Langham Place

PDF file online (but I can't open it, it stalls), the googled results  though transcribes a  snippet:
"F. S. Webster, Rector of All Souls, Langham Place, London who died suddenly in. 1920 (knocked down by a motor car),...."

FreeBMD
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
DEATH: Francis S WEBSTER age 60, registered Paddington Mar Qtr 1920
So born abt 1860

I have him in 1901 census - transcribing now for you, will post shortly

Cheers
AMBLY

[AMBLY]

1901: 12 Weymouth St, St Marylebone,
RG13- Piece 102/Folio 93/ Pg12
Head: Francis S WEBSTER 41, Clergyman (Church of England), b Twickenham, Mdx
Wife: Frances C WEBSTER 48, b London
Mother: Eliza WEBSTER 77, widow, Living on own means, b London
Sister: Blanche E WEBSTER 43, single, Living on own means, b Twickenham, Mdx
Visitor: Alice D BRACKENBURY 22, marr, Draper's Assistant, b Ovington, Norfolk
Visitor: Ethel W SHIRT 19, single, Living on own means, b Cawthorne, Yorks.
Servant: Elizabeth A SALLIS 29, single, Cook-Domestic, b Willersley, Gloster
Servant: Elsie GREEN 18, single, Housemaid-Domestic, b B'Ham, Warwick.
Servant: Mary A WELLS 39, single, Parlourmaid-Domestic, b Portsmouth, Hants.


Will look some more up for you now...

Cheers
AMBLY

[powerwicklow]

Hi Ambly.

In replying to yourself , I have hardly glanced over what you have posted but I will scrutinise later tonight. The photo I posted was found in a photo album I came across recently and I am trying to determine whether the Rev is connected to Webster families I am researching in Ireland . I will get back to you later and many thanks for your help.

John.

[AMBLY]

Hi John

Here's some more   - his parents named in 1861:

1861: 3 Park Villas West, Richmond Surrey
RG 9- Piece 460/ Folio 30/ Pg23
Head: William WEBSTER 49, Perpetual Curate, Twickenham Chapel, b Arkington, Cambs.
Wife: Eliza 38, M.A., b Southwark, Surrey
Son: James G., 16, Insurance Broker's Clerk, b St Olave, London
Son: Edward R, 4, b Twickenham
Dau: Eliza B, 3, b Twickenham
Son: Francis S, 1, b Twickenham
Son: William H, 18, Commercial Clerk ******? *****? Inspector , b St Olave, London
Boarder: Harry CLARK, 16, Resident pupil, b Malta, British Subject
Servant: Sarah A Parker, 43, wid, Cook, b Bristol
Servant: Frances S PENDER 21, unm, Housemaid, b Westminster, Mdx
Servant: Emma C WILKINSON 17, unm, Nurse, b Chelmsford, Essex

MARRIAGE: Parish Church, St Marylebone, Marriage 17 February 1887:
Groom: Francis Scott WEBSTER 27, Bachelor, Clerk in Holy Orders,  of 128 Edgeware Rd
Father: William WEBSTER, Clerk in Holy Orders
Bride: Frances Carey HANDFIELD-JONES 34, Spinster, of 24 Montagu Street
Father: Charles HANDFIELD-JONES, M.D.
Witness': C HANDFIELD-JONES & G.A. KING

PROBATE:
The Reverend Francis Scott WEBSTER, of 12 Weymouth Street, Middlesex, Clerk, died 2 Jan 1920 at St Mary's Hospital Paddington Middlesex.
Probate granted London 26 Feb to his widow Frances Carey WEBSTER, Effects: GBP1944, 15s

If you need other info, just let us know!

Cheers
AMBLY

[powerwicklow]

Hi Ambly.

Reading through what you have posted so far there is not much sign of an Irish connection so far.

My GGGGgrandafther was a Henry Isaac Webster. Born approx 1775 and died Wicklow, Ireland in the 1840's . Where he was born I cannot say , but the first documented evidence I have on him and his family is the baptisms of his childen at Wicklow Parish Church from 1805 onwards. His wife was Elizabeth and I would be open to correction on this but possibly an Elizabeth Mahon. Married possibly 1803..

The album I was lucky enough to come across dates back well into the 1800's with Webster,s and Webster related families. The question is what is the picture of the Rev Francis Webster doing in it ?

There is probably no doubt that if my GGGGgrandfather was not born England then his father or grandfather or whatever generation were more than likely to have been. How far back is one lucky enough to go to make a connection.

John.

[powerwicklow]

Hi Ambly.

With all the ground work you had done for me  I was able to search and found the Revd  Francis Scott Webster in several Family Trees , some dating back to the early 1700,s . If he is connected to my family of Websters , at the moment it is not there to be seen, certainly not to myself. It may have been as simple as just the same surname that had him in the album. Another mystery. This interest is full of them. If you come across anything that you think might be relevant , you might let me know and many thanks for the help.

John