Index to published Canadian WEBB biographies

This index to published WEBB biographies has been compiled from a variety of published sources. Principally, it is based on various biographical dictionaries. A list of the sources cited is below. The focus is on Canadian, English-language publications only.

Many more sources have been consulted than those listed here. I have only cited those sources that actually include WEBB biographies. The small handful of French-language sources that I have consulted do not include any WEBB entries.

The year specified is when the person was first listed; in the annual publications someone's biography may appear regularly for several years.

Most of these biographical sketches have been provided by the individuals concerned, so the information should be considered reasonably accurate. The amount of detail provided varies widely among the various sources, but it frequently includes the person’s date and place of birth, spouse’s name, educational attainments, work accomplishments, and social club affiliations. Sometimes parents and/or children will be listed. Portrait photographs are very occasionally included.

Additions will occasionally be made to this list as additional sources are located.

Please note that I am NOT researching any of these individuals, and so I am unable to do look-ups or provide any additional information on the persons listed here.

This document is part of the Webb Page.

Name	Year Born	Residence	Profession	Years Listed	Comments	Source
Albert Edward	1867	Toronto	Stockbroker	1901-02, 1905, 1907	Photo, no bio. details in M2; long entry in E1; very long entry in O1	E1, M2, O1
Alfred	1865	Newmarket, Ontario	Physician	1907	Includes detailed genealogy notes and photo; [d. 1931 at Toronto]	Y1
Alfred John	1889	Grandview, Manitoba	Lawyer	1925	[d. 1958 at Grandview]	P2
Alton Rayworth	-----	O'Leary, PEI		1961		S1
Alvin Henry	-----	O'Leary, PEI		1961		S1
Arthur	1871	Calgary	Merchant	1924	[d. 1953 at Calgary]	A1
Arthur	1885	New Brunswick and Saskatoon	Labourer, Fireman	2001	d. 1964 at Saskatoon	Labour / Le Travail 48 (Fall 2001) pp. 157-196
Barbara Isabella	1938	Okotoks, Alta.	Secretary, Town of Okotoks	1988	nee Grieve	A2
Brian	1951	Edmonton	Dancer, Choreographer, Educator	1998		B4
C. Wellington	-----	Toronto		1961		S1
Charles	1846	Danville, Que.	Mining Promoter	1895	Photo	M1
Charles William	1872	Toronto	Businessman	1917-18	Photo	W1
David Anthony	1948	Ednerby, B.C.	Physician	1981		B1
Don	1933	Pointe Claire, Quebec	Diving coach	2005		W5
Donald Irving	1920	Toronto	Accountant	1958, 1961		C2, S1
Douglas Edward	-----	Vancouver	Publisher	1971	Photo	B3
Edgar George	1902	Guelph, Ontario	Prof. of Agricultural Engineering	1948	Limited biographical details	W2
Elizabeth Macaw	-----	Toronto		1961		S1
Elwood S.	-----	North Bay, Ont	Engineer	1961		S1
Ephraim Elliott	1853	Quebec City	Bank manager	1898	[He died ca. 1903]	C1
Ernest Frank	1887	Prince Albert, Sask.	City clerk and treasurer	1924	Biographical clipping file held at Saskatoon Public Library	S2
Florence Elizabeth	1881	Halifax	Musician	1912	[See her genealogy elsewhere on this site]	C1
Fredrick Earlby	1888	Barrie, Ont.	Physician	1931-32	[d. 1966 at Minet's Point, Ontario]	P1
George	1858	Aurora, Ontario	Stationer and bookseller	1885	Limited biographical details	T1
George C.	1891	Saskatoon, Sask.	Businessman	1924	Biographical clipping file held at Saskatoon Public Library	S2
George R.	1926	Ganaoque, Que.	Merchant, Politician	1948, 1967	Federal MP (1945-1948)	C2, C4
George Thomas	1866	Toronto	Baptist Clergyman	1912, 1931-32	[d. 1952]	C1, P1
Gilbert Stanley	1885	Toronto	Businessman	1948	[d. 1963 at Victoria, B.C.]	C2
Gordon William	-----	Ottawa		1961		S1
Gordon William	1939	Prince George, B.C.	Engineer	1981		B1
Grant David John	1956	Smithers, B.C.	Commercial Pilot/Freelance Photographer	1992-1996		B1
Harris Charles Joel	[ca. 1934]	Halifax	Anglican Clergyman	1961	[He d. 2011 at Park City, Illinois.]	S1
Harris John	[1913]	Halifax	Businessman	1961	More details in later years, [He d. 1983 at Halifax]	N1
Harry	-----	Toronto	Caterer and confectioner	1885, 1884	Brother to Tom; Limited biographical details	T1, T3
Harry Agustus	1882	Winnipeg	Businessman	1917-18	Photo	W1
Harry Randall	1900	Edmonton	Prof. of Civil Engineering	1993	At the U of A, 1922-1942; see E/J September 8, 1942 for his obitruary	W6
Harry William	-----	Concord, Ont.	Accountant	1961		S1
Herbert Hodgson	1896	Toronto	Businessman	1948, 1961		C2, S1
Herbert John	1880	Westmount, Que.	Accountant	1934-35, 1936	Photo (in W1)	C2, W1
Horatio	1852	Chilliwack, B.C.	Deputy sheriff, municipal assessor and collector	1890	[d. 1936 at Sardis, B.C.] See Vancouver Province - July 11, 1936, p. 3 for his obituary.	B2
James	1846	Northfield Centre, Ont.	Methodist Clergyman	1891	Photo, [d. 1916 at St. Catherines, Ontario]	M1
James H.	1868	Westmount, Que.	Businessman	1917-18	Photo in 1927 ed.	W1
James H.	1877	Montreal	Manufacturer	1923-24, 1936	Photo (in W1)	C2, W1
James Herbert	1877	Montreal	Businessman	1929-30	Photo; longer entry in 1931-32	N1
Janet	1939	Prince George, B.C.	Dentist	1981	nee Norwood	B1
Jean Francis	[1917]	Ottawa	Physician	1961	[d. 1994 at Toronto]	S1
John	1830	Aurora, Ontario	General contractor	1885		T1
John	1842	Hamilton, Ontario	Mason	1981	d. 1892; he left 9 children	H1
John Ellwood	1909	Barriere, British Columbia	Retired businessman	1971	Detailed entry includes photo	B3
Judith	1940	Toronto	Broadcast Journalist	1984	Detailed entry	T2
Marian Leslie	-----	Fort Simpson, NWT	Physician	1961		S1
Melvin Sydney	1925	Victoria, B.C.	Pharmacist	1981		B1
Patrick	[1933]	Lethbridge, Alta.	Business Instructor at LCC	1988	No biographical details; he d. 1993	A2
Peter John	1927	Toronto	Architect	1961, 1967-68	Photo, long entry	C2, N1, W1
Phyllis Jean	1927	Toronto; Salt Spring Island, B.C.	Writer and Poet	1971, 1999		C6, C5
Ralph Humphreys	1887	Winnipeg	Politician, Military Officer	1925, 1931-32	[d. 1945 at Ottawa]	P1, P2
Robert Russell	[189-?]	Waterford, N.B.	Anglican Clergyman	1961	His wife, Annie P. (Myles), is bur. Elmwood Cem., Moncton, N.B.	S1
Roderick Arthur Ennis	1910	Norwood, Ontario	Merchant and electrician	1967	Federal MP, 1959-[1968], [d. 1999]	C4
Rodney A.	1946	Toronto	Professor of Zoology, York U.	1984, 2008	b. UK	T2, B4
Roland Humphreys	[1910]	Ottawa	Military Officer	1961	[d. 1970], His fonds is held at the LAC.	S1
Rudy	[194-?]	Toronto	Singer/Actor/Producer	2002	b. Bermuda; he moved to Canada in 1960	W4
Stanley	-----	Seeley's Bay, Ontario	Physician	1961		S1
Stephen Dell	1940	Victoria, B.C.	Professor	1981		B1
Sydney H.	1865	Saskatoon, Sask.	Accountant	1924		S2
T. Harry	1861	Winnipeg	Accountant	1911, 1912		W1, W3
Terri	1950	Toronto	Real Estate	1984		T2
Tom	1849	Toronto	Baker and confectioner	1885, 1877	Brother to Harry; [d. 1922]; Sketch of his shop in T4	T1, T4
Vanessa	1976	Toronto	Tennis player	2005		W5
Wilbur R.	1884	Toronto	Architect	200-	He moved to Arizona in 1952.	B5
Wilfred Gilroy	1888	Edmonton, Alberta	Farmer and community promoter	2004	He d. 1961 at Kelowna, B.C.	N2
William	1833	Streetsville, Ontario	Businessman	1886	Very detailed biography	C3
William Freemantle	[1865]	Calgary [sic]	Anglican Clergyman	1912	[He lived at Salmon Arm, B.C., 1911-1916; he d. 1918 at Agassiz, B.C.]	C1
William Hoste	1824	Melbourne, Quebec	Lawyer and Politician	1967	Federal MP, 1867-1874; d. 1890	C4
William Philip	1927	West Vancouver, B.C.	Businessman	1981		B1

Sources:

Alberta past and present: historical and biographical (1924)

Who’s Who in Southern Alberta (1988)
[There are no Webb entries in the 1990 edition]

British Columbia Who's Who (1981, 1992-1996)

Biographical Dictionary of well-known British Columbians (1890)

Who's Who in British Columbia (1931-)

Biography Resource Centre (1998-)
[Online commercial database from Gale]

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada: 1800 - 1950 (200-)

The Canadian men and women of the time (1^st ed. 1898, 2^nd ed. 1912)

Canadian who's who (published annually)

Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography (1886)

The Canadian Directory of Parliament: 1867-1967 (1968)

Chatelaine presents Who's Who of Canadian Women (1999)

Creative Canada: a biographical dictionary of Twentieth-century creative and performing artists (1971)

An Encyclopaedia of Canadian biography: containing brief sketches and steel engravings of Canada's prominent men(1905)

Dictionary of Hamilton Biography: Volume II (1981)

The Canadian album: Men of Canada…(1891-96)

Men of Canada: a portrait gallery (1901-2)

National reference book on Canadian business personalities (published annually)

Naming Edmonton: From Ada to Zoie (2004)

A History of Ontario: Its Resources and Development (1907)

Prominent men of Canada (1931/32)-

Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba (1925)

Social Register of Canada (3^rd ed. 1961)
Note that this source provides only very minimal biographical details.

The story of Saskatchewan and its people (1924)

History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario (1885)

Who's Who in Toronto: a Celebration of this City (1984)

Toronto: past and present (1884)

Illustrated Toronto: past and present (1877)

Who's who and why: a biographical dictionary of men and women of Canada (1912)-

Who's Who in the Agricultural Institute of Canada (1948)

Who's Who in Western Canada (1911)

Who's Who in Black Canada (2002)

Who's Who in Canadian Sport: Edition 4 (2005)

Who's Who At the University of Alberta: 1919-1939 (1993)
Note that there are some errors in this source.

Commorative Biographical Record of the County of York, Ontario (1907)

Last Modified: June 16, 2020