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1918-1950 (Creation)
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- Webber, Claude L. (family)
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Includes: 6 account books, 10 leaves of textual material
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Claude Leonard Webber was born on January 31, 1931. He was the only child of Leonard and Greta (Lewis) Webber of Upper Lakeville. He was a bachelor for most of his life, but eventually married Ruby Joan Parker in 1998, whom he had known since his school days. He passed away ten years later on November 27, 2008.
Claude was employed in the audit department of the Department of National Defence dockyard in Halifax for forty-four years. He had an apartment in Halifax and worked there throughout the week, coming home to Upper Lakeville on the weekends. He was a gifted musician, well known for his accordion playing and as the organist for his church.
Although he had no children of his own, he is survived by a stepson, Charles Parker and his family.
Custodial history
Records were kept by Claude Webber at his home and were donated to the Eastern Shore Archives several years prior to his death.
Scope and content
Fonds consists primarily of records created and accumulated by Claude Webber’s parents, Leonard Stanley and Greta (Lewis) Webber as well as Claude’s aunt, Mrs. Alexander ‘Sandy’ Webber (Ada Parker). Greta and Ada Webber were both involved with the Upper Lakeville Ladies' Sewing Guild. Fonds also consists of Leonard Webber’s military records from World War I, the account books and receipts of the Ladies' Sewing Guild, and other invoices and receipts.
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Records were donated to the Eastern Shore Archives by Claude Webber on November 2, 2006.
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Account books of the Upper Lakeville Ladies' Sewing Guild have been arranged chronologically.
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- English
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Open to researchers without restrictions.
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Lake Charlotte Area Heritage Society fonds, Oral Histories series contains a recording of Claude Webber playing the accordion (2012.017).
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Leonard Stanley Webber was born in 1888 in Upper Lakeville and was the son of Jacob and Eliza (Mosher) Webber. He was a blacksmith and married Greta May Lewis (1902-), daughter of Arthur and Miriam (Webber) Lewis of Edwardsville, Cape Breton on September 29, 1920 in Halifax. Leonard served during World War One with the 63rd Regiment of the Halifax Rifles. Together he and Greta had one son, Claude.
Mrs. Alexander ‘Sandy’ Webber was born Ada Parker, to parents Thomas and Julia Parker of Owl’s Head in 1890. She married Alexander William Webber, a seaman from Upper Lakevillle, on January 11, 1911. Together they had five children: Pearl, Kathleen, Blake, Chester, and Royce.
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[Obituary, Halifax Chronicle Herald, Dec. 1, 2008]. Obituaries file, Obituaries Chronicle Herald 2004 to present. Eastern Shore Archives, Lake Charlotte, NS.