When
Selina Charlotte Webb was born in 1848 in Great Boughton, Cheshire, England, her father,
William Webb (1807-1872), was 41, and her mother,
Sarah (nee Hawkins) (1806-1888), was 42. She had
six brothers and four sisters.
Selina married
Edwin Henry Dyke on December 12, 1865 at St. John Church in Chester, Cheshire, England.
Edwin Henry Dyke was born in 1846 in Chester, Cheshire, England. His father was a railway inspector named
George Dyke. Through all censuses from 1871-1911, we find that Edwin's occupation is listed as an "Engine Fitter".
The couple had six sons and four daughters between 1869 and 1890:
We find the newly married couple on the
1871 census with son
George (named for his paternal grandfather), age one month. We know from
Selina's father
William Webb's tombstone that young
George was preceded by a brother,
William George who died at one year old. We also discover in further censuses that
George has an older sister,
Rosina. She is not with the family (we find her in her grandparent's house) on the
1871 census, perhaps because her brother is only one month old. The family is living at 5 Waverly Place in Cheshire (a search of Google Maps did not identify a modern day Waverly Place, possibly the name changed).
We find
Rosina on the census with her grandparents, William and Sarah and her cousin Amery(?) at
61 Francis Street in Chester.
In 1881, the family has expanded quite significantly and has moved to 5 James Street. Daughter
Sarah Webb Dyke was born in 1978 and died before the census.
Rosina has returned home, and we also find George, age 10, William, 8, Joseph, 5, and young Alfred, 9 mos. A neighbouring home (number 7) has a Jones family, but no
Albert (who eventually married
Rosina).
By 1891, the family has grown so large, they've moved to
79 Ludford Street in Crewe, presumably to accommodate all of the children, although only seven of the eight are currently living at home (
Rosina has presumably married by this time). Modern Ludford Street shows a row of similar houses.
In 1901, more than half of the children have fled the nest. Still on Ludford Street are
Edwin and
Selina with
Alfred,
Frank and
Mary.
And finally
in 1911, we find
Edwin,
Selina and only
Frank at
1 Wistaston Road in Crewe (I suspect that the building they lived in no longer exists).
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| 1 Wistaston Road, Crewe, Cheshire (image via GoogleMaps) |
Edwin Dyke died in
September 1923 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England at the age of 78.
Selina died in
December 1937 in Crewe, Cheshire, England, at the age of 89. A search of probate and burial records has not turned up any information, and their burial location is unknown.
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