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Colin Webb (1915--1983), my father, born 23 March 1915 in Thurgoland, Yorkshire, was the 3rd of 4 children born to George Frederick Webb and Alice Laycock
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Charles Webb (1843-1926), my great grandfather, born 12 December 1843 in Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire was the only child of John Webb and Ann Betts . . .
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William Webb (1749-1820), my 4 x great grandfather, is estimated to have been born about 1749 but his birthplace and any details about his parents have been a brickwall for several years . . .
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Frederick Charles Webb (1892-1918), a second cousin twice removed connected through my 3 x great grandfather Jeremiah Webb. Killed in action, Flanders and France, 15 April 1918 . . .
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Alice Laycock (1877-1972), my paternal grandmother, born 18 September 1877 in Romptickle, Thurgoland Yorkshire was the 3rd child of John Denton Laycock and Mary Ashton. Granny, as she was affectionately known by all the family, has proved to be a profound influence on my thoughts, and a great inspiration in the research and preparation of the family history. She was an old lady when I was born and so as a child and young man I took no more than a passing interest in what she had to say. I have come to regret that. She was the best source of information and knowledge of the family that I could have had, but she died long before I even thought about recording the history. I have a very good recollection of what she said, though at the time I had little understanding of what some of the things meant, and I am not able now to confirm many of them. Those things that I have been able to confirm however, I have found to be remarkably accurate. . .
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Joe Dawson (1901--1995), is a first cousin once removed on my father's side. He is included here because of the unusual way in which I was prompted to trace him . . .
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Albert Roystone (1892-1960), my maternal grandfather, born 2nd February 1892 in Rawmarsh, Rotherham,Yorkshire, was the fourth of eight children born to Ambrose Roystone (1862-1929) and Ada Cannon (1870-1926). For a brief spell between 1911 and 1913, Albert played football professionally for Barnsley F.C. and this essay about Albert concentrates on that brief football career . . .
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Frank Robert Rooke, (1859--1912) my maternal great grandfather, born 24 May 1859 in Birmingham, was the first born child of George Rooke and Emma Ridding. Like most people in my family history there is nothing remarkable about Frank Robert Rooke except that he and his wife Eliza had 14 children, 9 of whom died in infancy . . .
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Josias Chapman (1657-1716), my 7 x great grandfather, born 20 January 1656/57 in Lidlington Bedfordshire, was the only child of Robert and Ann Chapman . . .
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Alfred Ridge & Sons, Tool Makers, Ecclesfield.
I have no ancestral connection whatsoever, direct or otherwise, with the Ridge family of Ecclesfield. I do have a peripheral ancestral connection to the Dawson family of Ecclesfield and it was whilst piecing together the Dawson's family history, for a second cousin who is directly related to them, that I came across the Dawson/Ridge connection. I recently had the opportunity to borrow an original copy of a Centenary Souvenir of the Ecclesfield Wesleyan Methodist Church published in 1917, in the possession of a Dawson descendant. There are numerous references to, and pictures of, members of the Dawson and Ridge families who played an important role in the early development of the Methodist movement in Ecclesfield. It was this souvenir booklet which led directly to my research into the history of Alfred Ridge & Sons . . .
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The Laycock Murders -- Sheffield 1884.
During the course of my research I came across details of this horrific case which led me to investigate whether these Laycock's were related to me. So far, I have been unable to make any connection with my Laycock family, but I felt the story was worth recording anyway as it may, one day, have greater significance to my ancestry than it does now . . .
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