Ruth Portway
(born 1885 Leeds, West Yorkshire)
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Maternal grandmother: Sarah Vertue (born 12 Aug 1812 Woodbridge, Suffolk)
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Source IGI and family tree at http://awt.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=cyanda1&id=I11033&ti=5538, not found on IGI/FamilySearch.org
Baptism in non-conformist records, found on FMP
married 13 Sep 1836 Woodbridge, Suffolk
Maternal grandfather: Lankester Webb
(born 9 May 1812 Combs, Suffolk)
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IGI has baptism 25 Oct 1812. Ipswich Street Independent, Stowmarket, Suffolk, England.
Lankester Webb was responsible for financing the local school at Combs in Suffolk - and was one of the major landowners of the area
Paternal grandmother: Charlotte Ridley Ranson (born 1815 Ipswich, Suffolk )
Paternal grandfather: George Portway (born 1816 Bury, Suffolk )
Mother: Anne Salmon Webb (born 1843 Suffolk, Combs died 1 Feb 1929 Leeds, West Yorkshire)
married 1866 Stow, Suffolk
Father George Robert Portway (born 1841 Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk died 17 Aug 1921 Ashfield Headingley, Leeds)
Brother: George Webb Portway (born 1868 Leeds, Yorkshire died 1943 ) 2 children
Wife: Constance Maud Bellamy Ledger (born 1877 London Hackney died 1961 )
Son: George Ronald Webb Portway (born 8.2.1904 Stowmarket, Suffolk died 1996 )
Daughter: Constance Barbara Portway (born 1909 Stowmarket, Suffolk )
Brother: Joseph Herbert Portway (born 1869 Leeds, Yorkshire )
Sister: Annie Charlotte Portway (born 1870 Leeds, Yorkshire )
Sister: Winnifred Mary Portway (born 1873 Leeds, Yorkshire ) View Notes
Married in 1901 to either John Murphy or Sidney Alfred Ward, cannot find in 1911
Sister: Bertha G Portway (born 1876 Leeds, Yorkshire )
Brother: Robert Benson Portway (born 1878 Leeds, Yorkshire )
Brother: Charles H Portway (born 1882 Leeds, Yorkshire )
1835 marriage
of Sarah Vertue to Lankester Webb in local newspa...
Ashfield house
where George Robert Portway and family lived for...
Joseph Vertue
Webb and Lankester Webb in this 19th century deta...
Lankester Webb
and Joseph Vertue Webb in this account of Combs ...
Joseph Antrim
Webb probate, 1864
Joseph Antrim
Webb, probate 1864 - continued
Anne Salmon
Portway, probate 1929 naming George Webb Portway ta...
George Robert
Portway, probate, 1921
| 1841 An address in Coombs, Stow, Suffolk |  | ||||||||
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| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Webb | Lankester | Head | Married | M | 25 | 1816 | 2598 | ||
| Webb | Sarah | Wife | F | 25 | 1816 | 2464 | |||
| Webb | Sarah | Daughter | F | 3 | 1838 | 2607 | |||
| Webb | Joseph | Son | M | 2 | 1839 | 2599 | |||
| Webb | Edward | Son | M | 1 | 1840 | 2608 | |||
| Gammage | Elizabeth | F | 15 | 1826 | |||||
| Grimwood | Ann | F | 15 | 1826 | |||||
| Sparks | John | M | 15 | 1826 | |||||
| 1851 Abbeygate Street, St Mary, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | |||||||||
| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Portway | George | Head | Married | M | 35 | 1816 | Linen Draper | Bury, Suffolk | 3683 |
| Portway | Charlotte R | Wife | Married | F | 36 | 1815 | Ipswich, Suffolk | 3684 | |
| Portway | Charlotte | Daughter | F | 11 | 1840 | Scholar | Bury, Suffolk | 3685 | |
| Portway | George R | Son | M | 10 | 1841 | Scholar | Bury, Suffolk | 2618 | |
| Portway | Herbert | Son | M | 1 | 1850 | Bury, Suffolk | 3686 | ||
| Prior | Frederick E | Aprentice | M | 18 | 1833 | Linen Draper | Bury, Suffolk | ||
| Maskall | Charles E | Aprentice | M | 16 | 1835 | Linen Draper | Bury, Suffolk | ||
| Sharp | Lucy | Servant | Unmarried | F | 21 | 1830 | Domestic Servant | Hadley, Suffolk | |
| Alderton | Harriet | Servant | F | 15 | 1836 | Domestic Servant | Westley, Suffolk | ||
| Winter | William B | Servant | M | 13 | 1838 | Errand Boy | Saxham, Suffolk | ||
| 1851 Tan Office, Combs, Stow, Suffolk | | ||||||||
| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Webb | Lankester | Head | Married | M | 38 | 1813 | Tanner, Fellmanger, Wool Merchant employing 60 men 7 women 9 bo | Suffolk, Combs | 2598 |
| Webb | Sarah | Head | Married | F | 38 | 1813 | Suffolk, Woodbridge | 2464 | |
| Webb | Ann S | Daughter | F | 7 | 1844 | Scholar | Suffolk, Combs | 2609 | |
| Webb | Lucy L | Daughter | F | 4 | 1847 | Scholar | Suffolk, Combs | 2610 | |
| Webb | Octavius A | Son | M | 2 | 1849 | Suffolk, Combs | 2611 | ||
| Webb | Catherine | Daughter | F | 0 | 1851 | Suffolk, Combs | 2612 | ||
| Butcher | Sarah | Serv | F | 25 | 1826 | Cook | Essex, Bocking | ||
| Stevens | Sarah | Serv | F | 22 | 1829 | House servant | Suffolk, Stowmarket | ||
| Bone | Maria | Serv | F | 18 | 1833 | ||||
| Squirrell | Jane | Serv | F | 17 | 1834 | ||||
| 1861 Tan Office, Combs, Stow, Suffolk | | ||||||||
| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Webb | Lankester | Head | Married | M | 48 | 1813 | Master Tanner employing 121 men 31 boys | Suffolk, Combs | 2598 |
| Webb | Sarah | Wife | Married | F | 48 | 1813 | Suffolk, Woodbridge | 2464 | |
| Webb | Sarah P | Daughter | F | 23 | 1838 | Suffolk, Combs | 2607 | ||
| Webb | Joseph V | Son | M | 22 | 1839 | Tanners Son | Suffolk, Combs | 2599 | |
| Webb | Edward L | Son | M | 21 | 1840 | Tanners Son | Suffolk, Combs | 2608 | |
| Webb | Walter B | Son | M | 19 | 1842 | Tanners Son | Suffolk, Combs | 2613 | |
| Webb | Ann S | Daughter | F | 17 | 1844 | Suffolk, Combs | 2609 | ||
| Webb | Lucy L | Daughter | F | 14 | 1847 | Suffolk, Combs | 2610 | ||
| Webb | Octavius A | Son | M | 12 | 1849 | Suffolk, Combs | 2611 | ||
| Wallis | Arthur H | Visitor | M | 7 | 1854 | Essex, Halsted | 2606 | ||
| Hacker | Sarah | Servant | F | 23 | 1838 | House servant | Suffolk, ?? | ||
| Gillman | Mary A | Servant | F | 22 | 1839 | House servant | Norfolk, ? | ||
| Bacon | Ellen | Servant | F | 22 | 1839 | House servant | Essex, ?? | ||
| 1881 Ridge Mount Villa, Cliff Road, Leeds, Yorkshire (West riding) | |||||||||
| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Portway | George R | Head | Married | M | 40 | 1841 | Woollen Merchant, | Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk | 2618 |
| Portway | Annie S | Wife | Married | F | 37 | 1844 | Stowmarket, Suffolk | 2609 | |
| Portway | George W | Son | Single | M | 13 | 1868 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2619 | |
| Portway | Joseph H | Son | Single | M | 12 | 1869 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2620 | |
| Portway | Annie C | Daughter | Single | F | 11 | 1870 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2621 | |
| Portway | Winnifred M | Daughter | Single | F | 8 | 1873 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2622 | |
| Portway | Bertha G | Daughter | Single | F | 5 | 1876 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2623 | |
| Portway | Robert B | Son | Single | M | 3 | 1878 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2624 | |
| Thompson | Elizabeth | Servant | Single | F | 24 | 1857 | Housemaid Domestic, | Leeds, Yorkshire | |
| England | Mary A | Servant | Single | F | 26 | 1855 | Cook, | Leeds, Yorkshire | |
| 1881 Tan Office, Combs, Suffolk | | ||||||||
| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Webb | Lankester | Head | Widower | M | 68 | 1813 | Tanner Employ 130 Men 10 Boy Farmer 680 Ac 40 Men 15 Boy | Combs, Suffolk | 2598 |
| Webb | Joseph | Son | Single | M | 42 | 1839 | Tanner | Combs, Suffolk | 2599 |
| Wallis | Emmah | Niece | Single | F | 34 | 1847 | House Keeper | Halsted, Essex | 2630 |
| Cooper | Louisa | Servant | Single | F | 30 | 1851 | Cook Domestic Serv | Halsted, Suffolk | |
| Wilding | Charlot | Servant | Single | F | 40 | 1841 | House Maid Domestic Serv | Stonham, Suffolk | |
| Goodsham | Elizebeth | Servant | Single | F | 22 | 1859 | General Domestic Serv | Debenham, Suffolk | |
| 1891 57, Ridge Mount Villa, Cliff Road, Leeds, Yorkshire (West Riding) | |||||||||
| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Portway | George R | Head | Married | M | 50 | 1841 | Woollen Merchant | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | 2618 |
| Portway | Annie S | Wife | Married | F | 47 | 1844 | Combs, Suffolk | 2609 | |
| Portway | Joseph H | Son | Single | M | 22 | 1869 | Woollen Merchant | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2620 |
| Portway | Annie C | Daughter | Single | F | 21 | 1870 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2621 | |
| Portway | Winifred M | Daughter | Single | F | 18 | 1873 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2622 | |
| Portway | Charles H | Son | M | 9 | 1882 | Scholar | Leeds, Yorkshire | 3679 | |
| Portway | Ruth | Daughter | F | 6 | 1885 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2625 | ||
| Taylor | Elizabeth A | Servant | F | 32 | 1859 | Domestic Servant Cook | Lawford, Essex | ||
| Armitage | Emily | Servant | F | 25 | 1866 | Domestic Servant Nurse | Leeds, Yorkshire | ||
| Eder | Anna | Servant | F | 23 | 1868 | Domestic Servant Housemaid | Croydon, Surrey | ||
| 1891 Tan Office Road, Combs, Suffolk | |||||||||
| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Webb | Joseph Vertue | Head | Single | M | 52 | 1839 | Tanner Farmer Fell Monger Currier Glove Leather Dresser Machine | Combs, Suffolk | 2599 |
| Portway | George Webb | Nephew | Single | M | 23 | 1868 | Tanyard Superintendent | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2619 |
| Portway | Robert Benson | Nephew | Single | M | 13 | 1878 | Scholar | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2624 |
| Reeve | Jonah | Visitor | Widower | M | 66 | 1825 | Retired Congregational Minister | Braintree, Essex | |
| Wilding | Charlotte | Servant | Single | F | 50 | 1841 | House Maid Domestic | Stonham Aspall, Suffolk | |
| Bullard | Hannah | Servant | Single | F | 39 | 1852 | Cook Domestic Servant | Wherstead, Suffolk | |
| Haste | Kate | Servant | Single | F | 27 | 1864 | House Maid Domestic Servant | Barking, Suffolk | |
| 1901 Ashfield, Grove Road, Headingley Cum Burley, Headingley, Yorkshire (West riding) | |||||||||
| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Portway | George R | Head | Married | M | 60 | 1841 | Woollen Merchant | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | 2618 |
| Portway | Anne S | Wife | Married | F | 58 | 1843 | Cambs, Suffolk | 2609 | |
| Portway | Joseph H | Son | Single | M | 32 | 1869 | Woollen Merchant | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2620 |
| Portway | Annie C | Daughter | Single | F | 31 | 1870 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2621 | |
| Portway | Winifred M | Daughter | Single | F | 28 | 1873 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2622 | |
| Portway | Bertha G | Daughter | Single | F | 25 | 1876 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2623 | |
| Portway | Robert B | Son | Single | M | 23 | 1878 | Woollen Merchant | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2624 |
| Portway | Charles H | Son | Single | M | 19 | 1882 | Woollen Merchants Apprentice | Leeds, Yorkshire | 3679 |
| Portway | Ruth | Daughter | Single | F | 16 | 1885 | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2625 | |
| Wilson | Hilda M | Niece | Single | F | 24 | 1877 | Middlesbro, Yorkshire | 3689 | |
| Maskell | Gertrude | Servant | Single | F | 23 | 1878 | Cook Domestic | Campton, Berkshire | |
| Carr | Eliza | Servant | Single | F | 20 | 1881 | Housemaid Domestic | Glasshoughton, Yorkshire | |
| Bosomworth | Mary E | Servant | Single | F | 22 | 1879 | Housemaid Domestic | Easingwold, Yorkshire | |
| 1901 The Tannery, Stowmarket Road, Combs, Suffolk | |||||||||
| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Webb | Joseph V | Head | Single | M | 62 | 1839 | Tanner Farmer Fellmonger Leather Dresser Currier Lear Band Make | Combs, Suffolk | 2599 |
| Portway | George W | Nephew | Single | M | 33 | 1868 | Manager Of Above Tannery & C | Leeds, Yorkshire | 2619 |
| Wallis | Emma L | Cousin | Single | F | 54 | 1847 | Housekeeper | Halstead, Essex | 2630 |
| Cross | Minnie | Cook Domestic | Single | F | 25 | 1876 | Cook Domestic | Depden Green, Suffolk | |
| Haxell | Mary K | Servant | Single | F | 18 | 1883 | Housemaid Domestic | Battisford, Suffolk | |
| 1911 Ashfield, Grove Road, Headingley, Yorkshire (West riding) | | ||||||||
| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Portway | George Robert | Head | Married | M | 70 | 1841 | Woollin Merchant | Suffolk Bury St Edmund | 2618 |
| Portway | Annie Salemon | Wife | Married44 years | F | 68 | 1843 | Suffolk Combs | 2609 | |
| Portway | Joseph Herbert | Son | Single | M | 42 | 1869 | Woollen Merchant | Yorkshire Leeds | 2620 |
| Portway | Annie Charloth | Daughter | Single | F | 41 | 1870 | Yorkshire Leeds | 2621 | |
| Portway | Robert Benson | Son | Single | M | 33 | 1878 | Woollen Merchant | Yorkshire Leeds | 2624 |
| Portway | Ruth | Daughter | Single | F | 26 | 1885 | Yorkshire Leeds | 2625 | |
| Ward | Elsie Janet | Visitor | Single | F | 26 | 1885 | Surrey Surbiton | ||
| Mellows | Annie Mary | Servant | Single | F | 33 | 1878 | Cook Domestic | Abstingham Walkingham | |
| Marwood | Annie | Servant | Single | F | 27 | 1884 | Parlour Maid Domestic | Durham Stockton | |
| Shaw | Stella | Servant | Single | F | 27 | 1884 | Housemaid Domestic | Yorkshire Bradford | |
| 1911 Combs, Stowmarket, Suffolk | |||||||||
| S name | F name | Relation | Cond | Sex | Age | Born | Occupation | Born | ID |
| Portway | George Webb | Head | Married | M | 44 | 1867 | Managing Director Of Tannery &c And Farmer | Yorkshire Leeds | 2619 |
| Portway | Constance Maud Bellamy | Wife | Married8 years | F | 34 | 1877 | London Hackney | 3680 | |
| Portway | George Ronald Webb | Son | M | 7 | 1904 | Suffolk Stowmarket | 3681 | ||
| Portway | Constance Barbara | Daughter | F | 2 | 1909 | Suffolk Stowmarket | 3682 | ||
| Aldous | Gertrude Nellie | Servant | Single | F | 24 | 1887 | Housemaid Domestic | Suffolk Ipswich | |
| Sparrow | Grace | Servant | Single | F | 20 | 1891 | Cook Domestic | Suffolk Combs | |
| Fulcher | Emma | Servant | Single | F | 23 | 1888 | Nurse Domestic | Suffolk Creeting St Mary | |