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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Webb, Joseph John

Webb, Joseph John, Builder, Constable Street, Newtown, Wellington. Mr. Webb was born in Wellington in 1850, and is the eldest son of Mr. C. F. Webb. After leaving school, he learned the business by working for his father, who was in business as a builder in Wellington. At the age of seventeen he went to Dunedin, where he worked at the trade for four years. Returning to Wellington, he established the present business. Mr. Webb has been chiefly engaged in private work, and has been fairly successful. He has been a member of the Oddfellows' Order Manchester Unity for the last twenty-five years, and has passed through all the chairs of the Wellington District. He is a member of the Newtown Bowling Club.