Robert R. King and Kay Atkinson King, Mary Ann Ward Webb: Her Life and Ancestry (McLean, VA: American Society for Genealogy and Family History, 1997), 126 pages. $15.00.
Mary Ann Ward Webb - Mary Ann Ward was born in 24 October 1840 in Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk, England, on the boundary of the County of Norfolk with the County of Cambridge. She was the daughter of Robert Ward and Isabella Watford Ward. About 1850 she, her sister Jemima, her mother, and others of the family were converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon). As a teenager, Mary Ann Ward determined to earn money so she could emigrate to Utah to join the main body of church members. She moved to London, and in early June 1864 she left England to travel to the United States aboard the ship Hudson. She arrived in Salt Lake City on November 2, 1864.
She married George Webb in 1865 in Lehi, Utah County, Utah. He was also from England - born in 1839 in Studham, Bedfordshire, the fourth child of William and Emma Stokes Webb. His parents and his brothers and sister were also converts to Mormonism, and most of the Webb family were also members of the same company which traveled to Utah aboard the ship Hudson and arrived in Salt Lake City in late 1864. George Webb was married before he left England, but his wife Julia Cushing Webb died in Nebraska on the journey to Utah.
Although George Webb Mary Ann Ward Webb lived briefly in American Fork Canyon for several months after their marriage, they soon returned to Lehi and remained there for most of the rest of her life. She and George Webb were the parents of nine children, who along with their own children are discussed in some detail in this volume.
The Pioneer Journal of Mary Ann Ward - Mary Ann Ward kept a journal with almost daily entries from the time she left London on June 1 until she arrived in Salt Lake City on November 2. Although the original copy of the journal has apparently been lost, a transcript of the journal still exists. The appendices to this volume include the transcript of her journal, as well as another account of her journey to Utah which was written by her in 1928, shortly before her death.
The Ancestry of Mary Ann Ward - The volume provides information about the parents and grandparents of Mary Ann Ward.
Her paternal grandfather is William Ward, born in Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk, England, about 1790. Her grandmother is Elizabeth Thompson, born in Shouldham, Norfolk about 1793. They are the parents of nine children, who are discussed in some detail in the volume. The eldest of these children is Robert Ward, the father of Mary Ann Ward.
The maternal grandfather of Mary Ann Ward is John Watford, who was born in 1787 in Woodwalton, Huntingdonshire, England. He married Sarah Gavins, born in Kings Ripton, Huntingdonshire, in 1790. The volume discusses the twelve children of John Watford and Sarah Gavins, as well as the ancestry of the parents to the extent that it is known. Their eldest daughter, Isabella Watford, married Robert Ward, and she is the mother of Mary Ann Ward.
Robert Ward and Isabella Watford were the parents of eight children, of whom, Mary Ann Ward was the second child.
The Children of Mary Ann Ward Webb and George Webb - Mary Ann Ward Webb was the mother of nine children, thirty-six grandchildren, and over ninety great grandchildren.
1. Julia Ann Webb. b. 1866 in American Fork, Utah. d. 1867 in Lehi, Utah.
2. George Arthur Webb. b. 1868 in Lehi, Utah. d. 1868 in Lehi.
3. Walter Lorenzo Webb. b. 1869 in Lehi, Utah. m. (1) in 1897 Martha Francom, daughter of Joseph Farmer and Martha Heaton Francom. He m. (2) in 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Elea Folkman Browning, the daughter of Christopher Olsen Folkman and Maxemeliana Maria Oliva Lingvall, and the former wife of Joseph T. Browning. She was the mother of two children by her previous marriage. He d. 1968 at the age of 99 in Lehi, Utah.
4. Laura Isabella Webb [Salzner]. b. 1871 in Lehi, Utah. m. in 1893 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Franz (Francis) Salzner, the son of Georg Salzner and Anna Marie Lambert Salzner, who was born in Hambach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. They lived in Lehi, Utah; Idaho Falls and Sugar City, Idaho; and Salt Lake City, Utah. They were the parents of seven daughters. She d. 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
5. Angeline Ellen Webb [Warnick]. b. 1874 in Lehi, Utah. m. 1902 in Salt Lake City, Charles Louis (C.L.) Warnick. During their married live, they lived in Lehi and Pleasant Grove, Utah; Idaho Falls, Idaho; and Great Falls, Montana. They were the parents of six children. She d. 1947 in Simms, Montana.
6. Bernard Graham Webb. b. 1876 in Lehi, Utah. m. 1901 in Salt Lake City, Clara Lena Rothe, the daughter of Friedrich Ernst Rothe and Hulda Rietschel Rothe, who was born in Mellindorf, Silesia, Germany. They lived all of their married life in Lehi, Utah. They were the parents of six children. He d. 1933 in Lehi, Utah.
7. Maud Evelyn Webb [Glover / Bone]. b. 1879 in Lehi, Utah. m. (1) in 1906 in Salt Lake City Joseph Henry Glover, the son of George Glover and Harriet Thomas Glover. They were the parents of seven children. After the death of her first husband, she m. (2) in 1943 Alfred H. Bone. She d. 1957.
8. Arthur Falthorpe Webb. b. 1882 in Lehi, Utah. m. 1905 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Virginia Sina Schow, the daughter of George Peter Schow and Celestia Willes. They were the parents of three daughters. They lived in Lehi, Utah; Idaho Falls, Idaho; and Yakima, Washington. He d. 1966 in Yakima, Washington.
9. Dulcie May Webb [Francom]. b. 1885 in Lehi, Utah. m. 1913 in Salt Lake City, Utah, John Leonard Francom, the son of Joseph Farmer Francom and Martha Heaton Francom, and the brother of the wife of her brother Walter Lorenzo. Dulcie and John Francom were the parents of five children. They lived in Lehi and later moved the Levan, Juab County, Utah. She d. 1988 in Pleasant Grove, Utah.