Parents of
Albert Edward WEBSTER:

Melbourne WEBSTER
(8 Oct 1852 - 1929)
Alice LORD
(b. 1855)

Siblings of
Albert Edward WEBSTER:

Elizabeth Ellen WEBSTER
(1876 - 1903)
Melbourne WEBSTER
(1878 - 1956)
Isabella WEBSTER
(1880)
Gertrude WEBSTER
(b. 20 Oct 1885)
William WEBSTER
(1887)
Butterworth WEBSTER
(1888 - 1961)
Percy WEBSTER
(1891 - 1898)
Finley WEBSTER
(1892)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Albert Edward WEBSTER
(1874 - 1937)

Albert Edward WEBSTER, born Rochdale, Lancashire in 1874[1] was the oldest son of Melbourne WEBSTER and Alice LORD who were married in Rochdale in 1874[2].

In the 1881 Census, Albert is recorded as a 'Scholar', living at 7 Wignall Street, Wigan, with his parents, brother and 2 sisters. His father's occupation is recorded as 'Goods Guard on Railway'.

Albert married Harriet Eliza DEAKIN in 1899 in Wigan[3]. In 1881, Harriet's family lived at 13 Wignall Street a couple of doors away from Albert and his family at 7 Wignall Street.

Harriet and Albert had the following children:

  1. George Melbourne WEBSTER, b. 2 Dec 1899, Wigan[4]
  2. Minnie Gertrude WEBSTER, b. 1901, Wigan, d. 1967, Wigan.

In the 1901 Census Harriet and Albert are recorded as living at 9 Corporation Street, Wigan. Albert's occupation is listed as 'Assistant Jam Boiler' presumably working for Deakin's at the Eclipse Preserve Works in Bradford Place, Wigan. In the early 1900s Albert played for Wigan Football Club (now Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club).

In the 1911 Census, Albert's occupation is listed as 'Railway Clerk and Storekeeper'.

Albert died, aged 62 years, on 20 Nov 1937[7] and Harriet in 1955.

 

[1]: Source: Register of Births registered in October, November, December in 1874, Rochdale, Vol 8e page 59.
[2]: Source: Register of Marriages registered in April, May, June in 1874, Rochdale, Vol 8e page 10.
[3]: Source: Register of Marriages registered in July, August, Septmber in 1899, Wigan, Vol 8c page 241.
[4]: Source: Register of Births registered in October, November, December in 1899, Wigan (via Lancashire BMD).
[5]: Source: Register of Births registered in October, November, December in 1915, Ormskirk, Vol 8b page 1428.
[6]: Source: Register of Births registered in October, November, December in 1919, Ormskirk, Vol 8b page 1761.
[7]: Source: Register of Deaths registered in October, November, December in 1937 in Wigan, Vol 8d page 5.

Further notes:
Norman WEBSTER, b. 1915, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire[5], mother Deakin
Albert Edmund WEBSTER, b. 1919, Aughton, Ormskirk[6], mother, Deakin