Wade & Webb Family History

Alma Florence Lauderdale1866–1947

Goodwater · Alabama · Socapatoy · Kellyton

On this page
  1. Family Record
  2. Life
  3. Open questions
  4. Searches made
  5. Sources
  6. Notes

Birth

  1. 1866 Goodwater, Coosa, Alabama

Marriages

  1. Date unknown Robert Edwin Webb

Death and burial

  1. 28 Apr 1947 Death: Kellyton, Coosa, Alabama 9
  2. 29 Apr 1947 Burial: Kellyton, Coosa, Alabama 9

Family

Parents
Not recorded
Spouse
Robert Edwin Webb 1863–1932
Children
Eva Vester Webb 1899–1964
Alma Irene Webb 1892–1964

Line of descent Webb line

  1. Alma Florence Lauderdale
  2. Wife of Robert Edwin Webb
  3. James Pleasant Webb
  4. Hilda Webb, daughter
  5. William Albert Webb Wade, son

Wife of granduncle of Webb Wade, from whom this history is traced. Why Webb Wade?

Life

Alma Florence Lauderdale, who went by Florence for most of her life, was born at Goodwater, Coosa County, Alabama, in 1866, according to the FamilySearch tree, which gives no source for the year or the place.1 The federal censuses of 1870 and 1880 list her in the household (the people living together at one address, as the census-taker recorded them) of John Lauderdale, indexed as "H. F." in 1870 and "Almer F." in 1880, when the tree places the family at Goodwater.2

She married Robert Edwin Webb, a son of Charles David Webb and Clarrissa Jane Carlisle; the date and place of the marriage have not been found.3 The tree names two daughters, Alma Irene (1892–1964) and Eva Vester (1899–1964).4 From 1900 to 1930 the censuses found her in her husband's household at Socapatoy, Coosa County: as Almer F. Webb in 1900, Florence Webb in 1910, Florence A. Webb in 1920 and Alma F. Webb in 1930.5 In 1920 her husband's parents, Charles D. and Clara J. Webb, were living with them.6 In August 1912 "Robin Edmond Webb and wife and their daughters, Alma and Era, Kellyton, Ala." were among those at the Webb family reunion near Kellyton.7

She was widowed on 15 May 1932, and Florence Webb is named in her husband's Alabama death record.8 She died at Kellyton on 28 April 1947 and was buried there on 29 April; the index of Alabama deaths and burials, which records her as Florence Lauderdale Webb, carries the date 29 April 1947.9 She is named as the mother in the death records of both daughters in 1964, Alma Webb Livingston in Alabama and Era Webb Hill in South Carolina.10 Searches of the Chronicling America newspaper collection for Alabama under "Alma Lauderdale", "Alma F Lauderdale", "Alma Webb" and "Mrs Robert Webb", 1881–1948, found nothing.11

Open questions

  • "Lauderdale" is also an Alabama county, so initial-only searches are useless for her; the Coosa County papers (Rockford, Goodwater) that would carry Kellyton and Socapatoy news are not online. Her death notice (28 April 1947, Kellyton) would be in the Alexander City Outlook or a Rockford paper on ADAH microfilm.

Searches made

  1. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Alma Lauderdale", Alabama, 1947–1948no matches
  2. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Alma Lauderdale", Alabama, 1881–1948no matches
  3. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Alma F Lauderdale", Alabama, 1881–1948no matches
  4. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "A F Lauderdale", Alabama, 1881–194810887 pages; first: [The Birmingham age-herald (Birmingham, Ala.), December 26, 1915, (Muscle Shoals Section), 1915-12-26, p. 35](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038485/1915-12-26/ed-1/?sp=35); [The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), 1918-05-04, p. 7](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020645/1918-05-04/ed-1/?sp=7); [The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), 1924-12-05, p. 08](https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84020645/1924-12-05/ed-1/?sp=8)
  5. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Alma Webb", Alabama, 1881–1948no matches
  6. 2026-11-08Chronicling America: "Mrs Robert Webb", Alabama, 1881–1948no matches
  7. 2026-11-08Assessment: Chronicling America: "A F Lauderdale", Alabama, 1881–1948 (10,887 pages)Not assessed: with the initials dropped this is a search for "Lauderdale", which is also an Alabama county (Florence), so nearly every hit is about the county; the first ten (Birmingham Age-Herald Muscle Shoals section 1915, Montgomery Advertiser 1918–1926 sports, schools and advertising pages) show nothing resembling a person named Lauderdale from Coosa County. Uninformative; the remaining pages were not reviewed. The other five pilot searches (Alma Lauderdale, Alma F Lauderdale, Alma Webb, Mrs Robert Webb) had no matches, and "Mrs R E Webb" would also lose its initials. Kellyton and Socapatoy news ran in Coosa County papers that are not online.

Sources

Every FamilySearch record attached to Alma Florence Lauderdale.

  1. 1870H F Lauderdale, "United States, Census, 1870"
  2. 1880Almer F. Lauderdale, "United States, Census, 1880"
  3. 1900Almer F Webb in household of Robert E Webb, "United States Census, 1900"
  4. 1910Florence Webb in household of Eddy Webb, "United States Census, 1910"
  5. 1920Florence A Webb in household of Robbin E V Webb, "United States Census, 1920"
  6. 1930Alma F Webb in household of Robbin E Webb, "United States Census, 1930"
  7. 1932Florence Webb in entry for Robin Edwin Webb, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
  8. 29 April 1947Florence Lauderdale Webb, "Alabama, Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952"
  9. 1947Florence Lauderdale Webb, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
  10. 1964Florence Lauderdale in entry for Alma Webb Livingston, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
  11. 13 Jul 1964Florence in entry for Era Webb Hill, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
  12. Florence A Lauderdale, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

Notes

  1. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-XPF: birth 1866, Goodwater, Coosa, Alabama, no source attached back to the text
  2. "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch, H F Lauderdale in entry for John Lauderdale, 1870. Record: H F Lauderdale in entry for John Lauderdale, 1870 "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch, Almer F. Lauderdale in entry for John Lauderdale, 1880. Record: Almer F. Lauderdale in entry for John Lauderdale, 1880 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-XPF: residence 1880, Goodwater, Coosa, Alabama back to the text
  3. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-XPF: spouse Robert Edwin Webb, no marriage event FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3C-S55 (their page): parents Charles David Webb and Clarrissa Jane Carlisle back to the text
  4. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-XPF: children Alma Irene Webb (1892–1964), Eva Vester Webb (1899–1964) back to the text
  5. "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch, Almer F Webb in entry for Robert E Webb, 1900. Record: Almer F Webb in entry for Robert E Webb, 1900 "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch, Florence Webb in entry for Eddy Webb, 1910. Record: Florence Webb in entry for Eddy Webb, 1910 "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Florence A Webb in entry for Robbin E V Webb, 1920. Record: Florence A Webb in entry for Robbin E V Webb, 1920 "United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch, Alma F Webb in entry for Robbin E Webb, 1930. Record: Alma F Webb in entry for Robbin E Webb, 1930 FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-XPF: residence 1900 Precinct 3 Socapatoy; 1910, 1920, 1930 Socapatoy back to the text
  6. "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Charles D Webb in entry for Robbin E V Webb, 1920. Record: Charles D Webb in entry for Robbin E V Webb, 1920 "United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch, Clara J Webb in entry for Robbin E V Webb, 1920. Record: Clara J Webb in entry for Robbin E V Webb, 1920 back to the text
  7. 1912-08-16-james-pleasant-webb-hilda-webb-family-gathering: Robin Edmond Webb and wife and their daughters, Alma and Era, Kellyton, Ala. back to the text
  8. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3C-S55 (their page): death 15 May 1932, Kellyton "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Florence Webb in entry for Robin Edwin Webb, 1932. Record: Florence Webb in entry for Robin Edwin Webb, 1932 back to the text
  9. FamilySearch Family Tree, profile LY3H-XPF: death 28 Apr 1947, Kellyton, Coosa, Alabama; burial 29 Apr 1947, Kellyton "Alabama, Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952", FamilySearch, Florence Lauderdale Webb, 29 April 1947. Record: Florence Lauderdale Webb, 29 April 1947 "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Florence Lauderdale Webb, 1947. Record: Florence Lauderdale Webb, Alabama, Deaths, 1947 back to the text
  10. "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974", FamilySearch, Florence Lauderdale in entry for Alma Webb Livingston, 1964. Record: Florence Lauderdale in entry for Alma Webb Livingston, 1964 "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1973", FamilySearch, Florence in entry for Era Webb Hill, 13 Jul 1964. Record: Florence in entry for Era Webb Hill, 13 Jul 1964 back to the text
  11. Research log, searches made: Chronicling America: Alma Lauderdale, Alma F Lauderdale, Alma Webb, Mrs Robert Webb, Alabama, 1881–1948: no matches back to the text