Webster , Joseph (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, May 07, 2013, 00:23 (4213 days ago) @ yearsleytree

Hi Glen,
despite my best efforts I'm struggling to find then on the LDS site except for these entries for the 1861 Census which seem to fit. Is this the right part of Ontario with respect to their imminent Burials ?.

Name: Joseph Webster
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1861
Event Place: West Flamboro, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Enumeration District: 01
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Marital Status: Married
Religion: C Of E
Birthplace: England
Birth Year (Estimated): 1809
Sheet Number: 13
Line Number: 11
Affiliate Film Number: C-1086-1087

Name: Maria Webster
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1861
Event Place: West Flamboro, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Enumeration District: 01
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Marital Status: Married
Religion: C Of E
Birthplace: England
Birth Year (Estimated): 1813
Sheet Number: 13
Line Number: 12
Affiliate Film Number: C-1086-1087

Name: George Webster
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1861
Event Place: West Flamboro, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Enumeration District: 01
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Marital Status: Single
Religion: C Of E
Birthplace: U C
Birth Year (Estimated): 1843
Sheet Number: 13
Line Number: 17
Affiliate Film Number: C-1086-1087

I cannot find any references to them in the UK on LDS or other sites.
As Slowhands says there are public trees on Ancestry for them including a portrait of Joseph and photos of their Marriage Records and their headstones; they appear to be a prosperous family judging by their ornate memorial stones etc.
I cannot find any mention of a place called Ashbourne in Glostershire, I wonder if its the name of a house or estate ?. I do know the Webster name was wellknown in the Stroud area aka "Gloucester" in the early 1800s.

Searching the name gave this interesting reference that, although clearly not "our" man, could perhaps be a senior relation given the address ??

"Another long-standing family has been the Websters of West Flamborough (near Dundas in Ontario). Joseph Webster had been a British army officer in 1795 when his regiment mutinied. No blame was apparently attached to him as he was subsequently granted land in Canada. He arrived there in 1817. Although he himself became homesick and subsequently returned, his family remained and are still to be found there."
http://selectsurnames.com/webster.html

Also from Rootsweb
"1554-77 (Bruce Co): Francis Ed.
WEBSTER, 25, miller, Ontario, Dundas, s/o Joseph WEBSTER & Mariah GREEN, married Jessie McDONALD, 19, Ontario, Paisley, d/o Joseph McDONALD & Margaret McPHERSON, witn: George E. CHAMBERLAIN & Julia ROWE, both of Paisley, 1 Jan 1878 at Paisley"
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bruce78.htm

But as you suggest, they're apparently not from the Dean.
Thanks anyway for the interesting post & kind offer re photos.