Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
Webb Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameFrances "Fannie" Belle Dewees 
MemoDied at about the time Lynn Webb was born. Death recorded in Book 10, page 413 of Merced County death records.
Burial29 Nov 1935, Plainsburg Cemetery, 8943 E Gillette Rd, Le Grand, Merced County, CA, USA70
MemoPlot 83 (only a marker, next to Elbert Max Webb)
Census1880, District 05, Jackson County, TN, USA78
MemoLine 15: Bell Dewise, age 4. Born in Tennessee.
Census1900, District 02, Robertson County, TN, USA55
MemoLine 6: Belle Webb, wife. Age 25 born October, 1874 in Tennessee as were both parents
Census1910, Roswell, Chaves County, NM, USA13
MemoLine 78: Fannie B Webb, wife. Age 35 born in Tennessee. Married twice, the second time for 14 years. 8 children, 7 living.
Census1916, Swift Current, SK, Canada14
MemoLine 2: Francis B Webb age 41, born in the US. Immigrated in 1912.
Census1921, Enfield, SK, Canada56
MemoLine 4: Fannie Webb, age 46, born in USA as were both parents.
Census1930, Merced, Merced County, CA, USA15
MemoLine 94: Fannie B Webb, wife. Age 56 born in Tennessee.
FlagsDeceased
FatherJohn Lewis Deweese (1851-1941)
MotherSarah Elizabeth Bartlett (1855-1913)
Spouses
Death1 Dec 189461
Marriage29 Mar 1891, Jackson County, TN, USA79
ChildrenBernice Leslie “Jim” (1893-1965)
Charles Henry (1895-1923)
Death17 Jan 1932, Stockton State Hospital, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA, USA46,47,43,48,49,50,51
MemoDied in a Stockton, CA insane assylum where he was living due to dementia as a result of alcohol abuse. There were indications that he was neglected at the assylum.
Burial18 Jan 1932, Turlock Memorial Park, 575 N. Soderquist Rd., Turlock, Stanislaus County, CA, USA17,10,43,49,52,50
MemoLot 37 Block 16
OccupationTeamster13
FatherSamuel Smith Webb (~1836-~1893)
MotherAmanda E Lee (~1843-)
ChildrenOscar Smith (1897-1917)
John Dewees "Jack" (1898-1959)
Chester Lee (1900-1971)
Elsie Maybelle (1903-1928)
Roland Terry (Died as Infant) (1907-1908)
Elbert Max (1909-1950)
Frances Elizabeth (1914-1978)
Notes for Frances "Fannie" Belle Dewees
Had sons Charlie Reed and Bernice “Jim” Reed as products of first marriage.17
She was living with Lee Webb while he was courting Mable Larson. One night Lee Webb came home to find that she had taken the money he had put in a drawer to pay for a date with Mable Larson and her friend Smithie McCart. Lee was quite concerned and called Mable to tell her that the money he had saved to pay for their date was missing. Mable said she had some money that she would give him and they should just go on the date as if nothing had happened.17
CA death records list Fannie B Webb died at the age of 61 in Sacramento County on November 26, 1935 (CA death record 64655).9
A good question to ask is what is the proper spelling of the DeWees name. Here is an explanation from the DeWees - DeWees Family Home Page:
There are a number of old stories about the names, Dewees, DeWees, Dewese and Dewease. I share a theory with many others that the names are all the same. For example, it's a fact that some descendants of Cornelius Dewees (born 1682 in New York) presently spell their names Dewees, DeWees and Dewese. As far as the capital "W" is concerned, it appears it's just a matter of choice. An example here comes from my own branch of the family. Great-grandpa William DeWees couldn't write. Documents I've found relating to his life, probate, deeds, birth record, etc., show his name without the capital "W." My grandpa, Simon DeWees used the capital at times - and on other occasions he didn't. My father always used the capital.
If we were to spell the name "correctly," it should be "de Wees." That is the Dutch "surname" used by our family in the 1600s. The correct translation of this Dutch name is "the orphan." However, the surname,"the orphan" had a much broader definition in those times. There is a whole lot of learning involved regarding old Dutch names and the truth is that not too many of us American descendants of these early settlers understand much of the many nuances and variations. If you are somewhat familiar with the patronymic system, you have only a part of the picture.80
California records use the spelling of DeWees in the death record for Max, but show Dewees for Robert E Lee Dewees.9,34
She was living with Lee Webb while he was courting Mable Larson. One night Lee Webb came home to find that she had taken the money he had put in a drawer to pay for a date with Mable Larson and her friend Smithie McCart. Lee was quite concerned and called Mable to tell her that the money he had saved to pay for their date was missing. Mable said she had some money that she would give him and they should just go on the date as if nothing had happened.17
CA death records list Fannie B Webb died at the age of 61 in Sacramento County on November 26, 1935 (CA death record 64655).9
A good question to ask is what is the proper spelling of the DeWees name. Here is an explanation from the DeWees - DeWees Family Home Page:
There are a number of old stories about the names, Dewees, DeWees, Dewese and Dewease. I share a theory with many others that the names are all the same. For example, it's a fact that some descendants of Cornelius Dewees (born 1682 in New York) presently spell their names Dewees, DeWees and Dewese. As far as the capital "W" is concerned, it appears it's just a matter of choice. An example here comes from my own branch of the family. Great-grandpa William DeWees couldn't write. Documents I've found relating to his life, probate, deeds, birth record, etc., show his name without the capital "W." My grandpa, Simon DeWees used the capital at times - and on other occasions he didn't. My father always used the capital.
If we were to spell the name "correctly," it should be "de Wees." That is the Dutch "surname" used by our family in the 1600s. The correct translation of this Dutch name is "the orphan." However, the surname,"the orphan" had a much broader definition in those times. There is a whole lot of learning involved regarding old Dutch names and the truth is that not too many of us American descendants of these early settlers understand much of the many nuances and variations. If you are somewhat familiar with the patronymic system, you have only a part of the picture.80
California records use the spelling of DeWees in the death record for Max, but show Dewees for Robert E Lee Dewees.9,34