William Peter Webb

William Peter Webb

• William Peter Webb was born on 21 July 1885 in London, England.
• He married Ida May Fink, daughter of Christian Fink and Barbara Wiedenmann, on 3 January 1908 in Niagara Falls, Welland County, Ontario, Canada, at Christ Church, with the Very Rev. Stewart Houston, Dean of Niagara, officiating.. At the time of their marriage, William was a printer residing in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Ida was living in Niagara Falls, New York..
• The following appeared on 8 January 1908 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: Mr. William Webb and Miss Ida Fink, both of this city, were quietly married at Christ church by the Very Rev. the Dean of Niagara on the evening of January 3d. They have gone to St. Augustine, Fla., where they will make their home.
• William Peter Webb registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 while living with his wife Ida at 149 Madison in Buffalo, and a citizen of Canada.
• He was naturalized in 1933 at the US Distric Court for the Western District of New York.
• William Peter Webb became a widower at the 12 September 1949 death of his wife Ida May Fink.
• The following appeared on 14 September 1949 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: [Died] Ida May Webb (nee Fink) of 2134 Goodell street, Buffalo, N. Y., September 12, 1949. Beloved wife of William P. Webb. Mother of Mrs. Otto Lenz and Kenneth William Webb of Washington, D. C. Grandmother of Claudia Lois Webb, Robert William and Paul Stephen Lenz. Sister of Mrs. Clyde Haggerty, Mrs. William Skivington, Walter and George Fink of Niagara Falls. Services from Henry Wedekindt & Sonhs Funeral Home, 326 High street, Thursday at 2 p. m. Friends invited.
• William Peter Webb died in February 1963 at age 77.

• Last Edited: 20 Feb 2014