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William Henry Webb was born in New York on June 19, 1816. His father Isaac trained at the shipyard of New York shipbuilder Henry Eckford before opening his own shipyard, Isaac Webb & Co., near Corlears Hook in about 1818, later relocating to Stanton Street. Isaac eventually took on a partner and the firm was renamed Webb & Allen.
Darryn Webb, New Zealand air force officer; David Webb (disambiguation), multiple people; Davis Webb (born 1995), American football player; Del Webb (1899–1974), American real estate developer; Derek Webb (born 1974), American singer-songwriter; Des Webb (1934–1987), New Zealand rugby union footballer; DeWitt Webb (1840–1917), American ...
CSS Webb, a 655-ton side-wheel steam ram, was originally built in New York City in 1856 as the civilian steamship William H. Webb. She received a Confederate privateer's commission at New Orleans in May 1861, but was instead employed as a transport until January 1862.
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William Havemeyer (1770-1851) left Germany at age 15 and arrived in New York City after learning the trade of sugar refining in London.In New York he managed a sugar house on Pine Street before opening his own refinery on Vandam Street with his brother, Frederick Christian Havemeyer, who had come to New York in 1802.
Webb (sometimes referred to as Webb Town) [4] is the northernmost town in Herkimer County, New York, United States.As of the 2020 Census it had a population of 1,797. [5]It is named after William Seward Webb, president of the Raquette Lake Transportation Company, the Fulton Chain Railway Company, Fulton Navigation Company, and the Mohawk and Malone Railway.
The Last Time I Saw Archie is a 1961 comedy film set in the waning days of World War II. [2] Robert Mitchum stars as Archie Hall, a lazy, scheming American in the Civilian Pilot Training Program, an aviation school for pilots too old to fly aircraft but not too old to fly military gliders and liaison aircraft. [3]
The English "William" is taken from the Anglo-Norman language and was transmitted to England after the Norman conquest in the 11th century, and soon became the most popular name in England [citation needed], along with other Norman names such as Robert (the English cognate was Hrēodbeorht, which by regular sound changes would have developed into something along the lines of "Reedbart" [6] [7 ...